Patricia Neal controversially won Best Actress for her role in Hud, despite having a relatively small amount of screen time and having expected a baby in England.
"[1] An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge was the first Oscar-winning film to have aired on network television prior to the ceremony.
Sidney Poitier's Best Actor win for Lilies of the Field[3] marked the first time a Black man won a competitive Oscar.
[1] It would take almost forty years for another African-American male to win Best Actor, when Denzel Washington won in 2001 for Training Day.
After a confused round of applause followed by silence, Davis acknowledged his mistake (joking, "Wait 'til the NAACP hears about this!