23rd British Academy Film Awards
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| 23rd British Academy Film Awards | |
|---|---|
| Date | 1970 |
| Highlights | |
| Best Film | Midnight Cowboy |
| Best Actor | Dustin Hoffman John and Mary and Midnight Cowboy |
| Best Actress | Maggie Smith The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie |
| Most awards | Midnight Cowboy & Oh! What a Lovely War (6) |
| Most nominations | Women in Love (11) |
The 23rd British Film Awards, given by the British Academy of Film and Television Arts in 1970, honoured the best films of 1969.
Contents
Winners and nominees
Best Film
Best Actor
Dustin Hoffman in John and Mary and Midnight Cowboy
- Nicol Williamson in Inadmissible Evidence
- Walter Matthau in The Secret Life of an American Wife and Hello, Dolly!
- Alan Bates in Women in Love
Best Actress
Maggie Smith in The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie
- Barbra Streisand in Hello, Dolly!
- Barbra Streisand in Funny Girl
- Mia Farrow in John and Mary
- Mia Farrow in Rosemary's Baby
- Mia Farrow in Secret Ceremony
- Glenda Jackson in Women in Love
Best Supporting Actor
Laurence Olivier in Oh! What a Lovely War
Best Supporting Actress
Celia Johnson in The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie
- Mary Wimbush in Oh! What a Lovely War
- Pamela Franklin in The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie
- Peggy Ashcroft in Three Into Two Won't Go
Best Direction
John Schlesinger for Midnight Cowboy
- Peter Yates for Bullitt
- Richard Attenborough for Oh! What a Lovely War
- Ken Russell for Women in Love
