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Actress, The Ritz Brothers, was born on {birthday} in {birth_city}, {birth_state}. As of December 2025, The Ritz Brothers was years old.

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The Ritz Brothers was nominated for 99 Academy Awards, winning 93 for Best Music - Scoring for One Night of Love, The Informer, Anthony Adverse and One Hundred Men and a Girl in 1934, 1935, 1936 and 1937 respectively for Best Art Direction for Blossoms in the Dust, How Green Was My Valley, This above All, My Gal Sal, The Song of Bernadette, Gaslight, Wilson, Blood on the Sun, Frenchman's Creek, Anna and the King of Siam, The Yearling, Great Expectations, Black Narcissus, Hamlet, The Red Shoes, The Heiress, Little Women, Sunset Blvd., Samson and Delilah, A Streetcar Named Desire, An American in Paris, The Bad and the Beautiful, Moulin Rouge, Julius Caesar, The Robe, 20,000 Leagues under the Sea, The Rose Tattoo, Picnic, Somebody Up There Likes Me, The King and I, Sayonara, Gigi, The Diary of Anne Frank, Ben-Hur, The Apartment, Spartacus, The Hustler, West Side Story, To Kill a Mockingbird, Lawrence of Arabia, Cleopatra, My Fair Lady, Doctor Zhivago, Ship of Fools, Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?, Fantastic Voyage, Camelot, Oliver!, Hello, Dolly!, Patton, Nicholas and Alexandra, Cabaret, The Sting, The Godfather Part II, All the President's Men, Star Wars, Star Wars, Heaven Can Wait, All That Jazz, Tess, Raiders of the Lost Ark, Gandhi, Amadeus, Out of Africa, A Room with a View, The Last Emperor, Dangerous Liaisons, Batman, Dick Tracy, Howards End, Schindler's List, The Madness of King George, The English Patient, Titanic, Shakespeare in Love, Sleepy Hollow, Moulin Rouge, Chicago, Memoirs of a Geisha and Pan's Labyrinth in 1941, 1941, 1942, 1942, 1943, 1944, 1944, 1945, 1945, 1946, 1946, 1947, 1947, 1948, 1948, 1949, 1949, 1950, 1950, 1951, 1951, 1952, 1952, 1953, 1953, 1954, 1955, 1955, 1956, 1956, 1957, 1958, 1959, 1959, 1960, 1960, 1961, 1961, 1962, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1965, 1966, 1966, 1967, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1976, 1977, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2001, 2002, 2005 and 2006 respectively for Best Live Action Short for Stairway to Light in 1945 for Best Writing for Pillow Talk, Father Goose, A Man and a Woman, Coming Home, Witness, Rain Man and Pulp Fiction in 1959, 1964, 1966, 1978, 1985, 1988 and 1994 respectively for Best Picture for The Godfather Part II in 1974. He also won five Honorary Awards in 1937, 1984, 1995, 1996 and 2001 : Actor, director, producer, creator of Sundance, inspiration to independent and innovative filmmakers everywhere .

Academy Awards

YearAwardFilm nameRoleResult
1934Best Music - ScoringThe Gay Divorcee (1934)N/ANominated
1935Best WritingThe Lives of a Bengal Lancer (1935)N/ANominated
1935Best Music - ScoringCaptain Blood (1935)N/ANominated
1936Best Music - ScoringAnthony Adverse (1936)N/AWon
1937Best Music - ScoringIn Old Chicago (1937)N/ANominated
1941Best Art DirectionCitizen Kane (1941)N/ANominated
1942Best Art DirectionGeorge Washington Slept Here (1942)N/ANominated
1943Best Art DirectionFive Graves to Cairo (1943)N/ANominated
1944Best Art DirectionAddress Unknown (1944)N/ANominated
1945Best Art DirectionBlood on the Sun (1945)N/AWon
1945Best Live Action ShortStairway to Light (1945)N/AWon
1946Best Art DirectionAnna and the King of Siam (1946)N/AWon
1947Best Art DirectionThe Foxes of Harrow (1947)N/ANominated
1948Best Art DirectionHamlet (1948)N/AWon
1949Best Art DirectionCome to the Stable (1949)N/ANominated
1950Best Art DirectionAll about Eve (1950)N/ANominated
1951Best Art DirectionFourteen Hours (1951)N/ANominated
1952Best Art DirectionThe Bad and the Beautiful (1952)N/AWon
1953Best Art DirectionJulius Caesar (1953)N/AWon
1954Best Art DirectionThe Country Girl (1954)N/ANominated
1955Best Art DirectionBlackboard Jungle (1955)N/ANominated
1956Best Art DirectionThe Proud and Profane (1956)N/ANominated
1957Best WritingMan of a Thousand Faces (1957)N/ANominated
1957Best Art DirectionFunny Face (1957)N/ANominated
1958Best WritingThe Sheepman (1958)N/ANominated
1958Best Art DirectionAuntie Mame (1958)N/ANominated
1959Best WritingOperation Petticoat (1959)N/ANominated
1959Best Art DirectionCareer (1959)N/ANominated
1960Best WritingThe Angry Silence (1960)N/ANominated
1960Best Art DirectionThe Apartment (1960)N/AWon
1961Best Art DirectionThe Absent Minded ProfessorN/ANominated
1962Best WritingFreudN/ANominated
1962Best Art DirectionDays of Wine and Roses (1962)N/ANominated
1963Best WritingThe Four Days of Naples (1962)N/ANominated
1963Best Art DirectionHud (1963)N/ANominated
1964Best WritingFather Goose (1964)N/AWon
1964Best Art DirectionThe Americanization of Emily (1964)N/ANominated
1965Best Art DirectionKing Rat (1965)N/ANominated
1966Best WritingBlow-UpN/ANominated
1966Best Art DirectionThe Fortune Cookie (1966)N/ANominated
1967Best WritingDivorce American Style (1967)N/ANominated
1967Best Art DirectionCamelot (1967)N/AWon
1968Best Art DirectionOliver! (1968)N/AWon
1969Best WritingAnne of the Thousand Days (1969)N/ANominated
1969Best Art DirectionAnne of the Thousand Days (1969)N/ANominated
1970Best WritingFive Easy Pieces (1970)N/ANominated
1970Best Art DirectionAirport (1970)N/ANominated
1971Best Art DirectionThe Andromeda Strain (1971)N/ANominated
1972Best WritingThe Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie (1972)N/ANominated
1972Best Art DirectionCabaret (1972)N/AWon
1973Best PictureAmerican Graffiti (1973)N/ANominated
1973Best Art DirectionBrother Sun Sister MoonN/ANominated
1974Best PictureThe Conversation (1974)N/ANominated
1974Best WritingThe Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz (1974)N/ANominated
1974Best Art DirectionChinatown (1974)N/ANominated
1976Best WritingCousin, CousineN/ANominated
1976Best Art DirectionAll the President's Men (1976)N/AWon
1977Best Art DirectionAirport '77 (1977)N/ANominated
1978Best WritingComing Home (1978)N/AWon
1978Best Art DirectionThe Brink's Job (1978)N/ANominated
1979Best PictureApocalypse Now (1979)N/ANominated
1979Best Art DirectionAlien (1979)N/ANominated
1980Best PictureTess (1979)N/ANominated
1980Best WritingThe Stunt Man (1980)N/ANominated
1980Best Art DirectionCoal Miner's Daughter (1980)N/ANominated
1981Best Art DirectionThe French Lieutenant's Woman (1981)N/ANominated
1982Best Art DirectionAnnie (1982)N/ANominated
1983Best Art DirectionReturn of the JediN/ANominated
1984Best WritingBeverly Hills Cop (1984)N/ANominated
1984Best Art DirectionAmadeus (1984)N/AWon
1985Best WritingWitness (1985)N/AWon
1985Best Art DirectionBrazilN/ANominated
1986Best Writing'Crocodile' DundeeN/ANominated
1986Best Art DirectionAliens (1986)N/ANominated
1987Best Art DirectionEmpire of the Sun (1987)N/ANominated
1988Best WritingGorillas in the MistN/ANominated
1988Best Art DirectionBeaches (1988)N/ANominated
1989Best Art DirectionThe Abyss (1989)N/ANominated
1990Best Art DirectionCyrano de BergeracN/ANominated
1991Best Art DirectionBarton Fink (1991)N/ANominated
1992Best Art DirectionBram Stoker's Dracula (1992)N/ANominated
1993Best WritingSleepless in Seattle (1993)N/ANominated
1993Best Art DirectionAddams Family Values (1993)N/ANominated
1994Best WritingPulp Fiction (1994)N/AWon
1994Best Art DirectionBullets over Broadway (1994)N/ANominated
1995Best WritingToy Story (1995)N/ANominated
1995Best Art DirectionApollo 13 (1995)N/ANominated
1996Best WritingShine (1996)N/ANominated
1996Best Art DirectionThe Birdcage (1996)N/ANominated
1997Best WritingAs Good as It Gets (1997)N/ANominated
1997Best Art DirectionGattaca (1997)N/ANominated
1998Best Art DirectionElizabeth (1998)N/ANominated
1999Best Art DirectionAnna and the King (1999)N/ANominated
2000Best WritingGladiator (2000)N/ANominated
2000Best Art DirectionDr. Seuss' How the Grinch Stole ChristmasN/ANominated
2001Best Art DirectionAmélie (2001)N/ANominated
2002Best Art DirectionChicagoN/AWon
2005Best Art DirectionGood Night, and Good Luck. (2005)N/ANominated
2006Best Art DirectionDreamgirls (2006)N/ANominated

Academy Awards (Honorary Oscars)

YearAwardDescription
1937Special Awardfor the color photography of A Star Is Born. (This Award was recommended by a committee of leading cinematographers after viewing all the color pictures made during the year.)
1984Honorary Awardfor his fifty years of memorable performances. For his high ideals both on and off the screen. With the respect and affection of his colleagues
1995SPECIAL ACHIEVEMENT AWARDTo John Lasseter, for his inspired leadership of the Pixar team, resulting in the first feature-length computer-animated film.
1996AWARD OF COMMENDATIONTo Joe Lombardi in celebration of 50 years in the motion picture industry. His knowledge and leadership in the field of pyrotechnics and special effects along with his uncompromising promotion of safety on the set have established the standard for today's special effects technicians.
2001Honorary Award: Actor, director, producer, creator of Sundance, inspiration to independent and innovative filmmakers everywhere

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The Ritz Brothers's handprints and footprints were 'set in stone' at Grauman's Chinese Theater during imprint ceremony #39 on Sep 22, 1937.

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