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List of Academy Award records

Luise Rainer becomes the first person to win Best Actress in consecutive years when she wins Academy Awards for The Great Ziegfeld in 1936 and The Good Earth in 1937. This distinction is subsequently achieved by Katharine Hepburn in 1967 and 1968. [7], [8], [9]

Ceremony	Year	Record Holder	Record
7th Academy Awards	1934 / 1935	It Happened One Night	It Happened One Night becomes the first film to win the "Big Five" Academy Awards: Best Picture, Best Director, Best Actor, Best Actress, and Best Writing. This distinction is subsequently achieved by One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest in 1975 and again by The Silence of the Lambs in 1991. [10], [11], [12]
9th Academy Awards	1936	Gale Sondergaard	Gale Sondergaard becomes the first person to win Best Supporting Actress for a debut film performance when she wins an Academy Award for Anthony Adverse. This distinction is subsequently achieved by Katina Paxinou in 1943, Mercedes McCambridge in 1949, Eva Marie Saint in 1954, Jo Van Fleet in 1955, Tatum O'Neal in 1973, Anna Paquin in 1993, and Jennifer Hudson in 2006. [13], [14], [15]
10th Academy Awards	1937	Luise Rainer	Luise Rainer becomes the first person to win Best Actress in consecutive years when she wins Academy Awards for The Great Ziegfeld in 1936 and The Good Earth in 1937. This distinction is subsequently achieved by Katharine Hepburn in 1967 and 1968. [16], [17], [18]

Ceremony	Year	Record Holder	Record
7th Academy Awards	1934 / 1935	It Happened One Night	It Happened One Night becomes the first film to win the "Big Five" Academy Awards: Best Picture, Best Director, Best Actor, Best Actress, and Best Writing. This distinction is subsequently achieved by One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest in 1975 and again by The Silence of the Lambs in 1991. [19], [20], [21]
9th Academy Awards	1936	Gale Sondergaard	Gale Sondergaard becomes the first person to win Best Supporting Actress for a debut film performance when she wins an Academy Award for Anthony Adverse. This distinction is subsequently achieved by Katina Paxinou in 1943, Mercedes McCambridge in 1949, Eva Marie Saint in 1954, Jo Van Fleet in 1955, Tatum O'Neal in 1973, Anna Paquin in 1993, and Jennifer Hudson in 2006. [22], [23], [24]
10th Academy Awards	1937	Luise Rainer	Luise Rainer becomes the first person to win Best Actress in consecutive years when she wins Academy Awards for The Great Ziegfeld in 1936 and The Good Earth in 1937. This distinction is subsequently achieved by Katharine Hepburn in 1967 and 1968. [25], [26], [27]

Ceremony	Year	Record
7th Academy Awards	1934 / 1935	It Happened One Night becomes the first film to win the "Big Five" Academy Awards: Best Picture, Best Director, Best Actor, Best Actress, and Best Writing. This distinction is subsequently achieved by One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest in 1975 and again by The Silence of the Lambs in 1991. [28], [29], [30]
9th Academy Awards	1936	Gale Sondergaard becomes the first person to win Best Supporting Actress for a debut film performance when she wins an Academy Award for Anthony Adverse. This distinction is subsequently achieved by Katina Paxinou in 1943, Mercedes McCambridge in 1949, Eva Marie Saint in 1954, Jo Van Fleet in 1955, Tatum O'Neal in 1973, Anna Paquin in 1993, and Jennifer Hudson in 2006. [31], [32], [33]
10th Academy Awards	1937	Luise Rainer becomes the first person to win Best Actress in consecutive years when she wins Academy Awards for The Great Ziegfeld in 1936 and The Good Earth in 1937. This distinction is subsequently achieved by Katharine Hepburn in 1967 and 1968. [34], [35], [36]