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James Stewart

Awards

James Stewart

60 wins & 25 nominations

Academy Awards, USA

  • Anatomy of a Murder (1959)
    1960 Nominee Oscar
    • Best Actor in a Leading Role
    • Anatomy of a Murder
  • James Stewart, Peggy Dow, Charles Drake, Josephine Hull, and Cecil Kellaway in Harvey (1950)
    1951 Nominee Oscar
    • Best Actor in a Leading Role
    • Harvey
  • James Stewart and Donna Reed in It's a Wonderful Life (1946)
    1947 Nominee Oscar
    • Best Actor in a Leading Role
    • It's a Wonderful Life
  • Cary Grant, Katharine Hepburn, and James Stewart in The Philadelphia Story (1940)
    1941 Winner Oscar
    • Best Actor in a Leading Role
    • The Philadelphia Story
  • James Stewart, Jean Arthur, Claude Rains, Edward Arnold, Beulah Bondi, Guy Kibbee, Thomas Mitchell, and Eugene Pallette in Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939)
    1940 Nominee Oscar
    • Best Actor in a Leading Role
    • Mr. Smith Goes to Washington

American Film Institute, USA

  • James Stewart
    1980 Winner Life Achievement Award

Berlin International Film Festival

  • James Stewart
    1982 Winner Honorary Golden Berlin Bear
  • Maureen O'Hara and James Stewart in Mr. Hobbs Takes a Vacation (1962)
    1962 Winner Silver Berlin Bear
    • Best Actor
    • Mr. Hobbs Takes a Vacation

BAFTA Awards

  • Anatomy of a Murder (1959)
    1960 Nominee BAFTA Film Award
    • Best Foreign Actor
    • Anatomy of a Murder
    USA.
  • James Stewart, June Allyson, Louis Armstrong, Gene Krupa, and Frances Langford in The Glenn Miller Story (1954)
    1955 Nominee BAFTA Film Award
    • Best Foreign Actor
    • The Glenn Miller Story
    USA.

CableACE Awards

  • Right of Way (1983)
    1984 Nominee ACE
    • Actor in a Dramatic or Theatrical Program
    • Right of Way

Cannes Film Festival

  • James Stewart
    1985 Winner Festival Trophy
    • Homage

Film Society of Lincoln Center

  • James Stewart
    1990 Winner Gala Tribute

Golden Apple Awards

  • James Stewart
    1970 Winner Golden Apple
    • Male Star of the Year
    Together with Robert S. Young.

Golden Globes, USA

  • Hawkins (1973)
    1974 Winner Golden Globe
    • Best TV Actor - Drama
    • Hawkins
  • James Stewart
    1965 Winner Cecil B. DeMille Award
  • Maureen O'Hara and James Stewart in Mr. Hobbs Takes a Vacation (1962)
    1963 Nominee Golden Globe
    • Best Actor - Comedy or Musical
    • Mr. Hobbs Takes a Vacation
  • James Stewart, Peggy Dow, Charles Drake, Josephine Hull, and Cecil Kellaway in Harvey (1950)
    1951 Nominee Golden Globe
    • Best Actor - Drama
    • Harvey

Grammy Awards

  • James Stewart
    1991 Nominee Grammy
    • Best Spoken Word or Non-Musical Recording
    For "Jimmy Stewart and His Poems"

Hasty Pudding Theatricals, USA

  • James Stewart
    1971 Winner Man of the Year

Laurel Awards

  • James Stewart
    1967 Nominee Golden Laurel
    • Male Star
    13th place.
  • James Stewart
    1966 Nominee Golden Laurel
    • Male Star
    15th place.
  • James Stewart
    1965 Winner Golden Laurel
    • Male Star
  • James Stewart
    1964 Nominee Golden Laurel
    • Top Male Star
    11th place.
  • Take Her, She's Mine (1963)
    1964 Nominee Golden Laurel
    • Top Male Comedy Performance
    • Take Her, She's Mine
    4th place.

National Board of Review, USA

  • James Stewart
    1990 Winner Career Achievement Award
  • James Stewart and Margaret Sullavan in The Shop Around the Corner (1940)
    1940 Winner NBR Award
    • Best Acting
    • The Shop Around the Corner

New York Film Critics Circle Awards

  • Anatomy of a Murder (1959)
    1959 Winner NYFCC Award
    • Best Actor
    • Anatomy of a Murder
  • James Stewart, Jean Arthur, Claude Rains, Edward Arnold, Beulah Bondi, Guy Kibbee, Thomas Mitchell, and Eugene Pallette in Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939)
    1939 Winner NYFCC Award
    • Best Actor
    • Mr. Smith Goes to Washington

Palm Springs International Film Festival

  • James Stewart
    1992 Winner Desert Palm Achievement Award

Photoplay Awards

  • James Stewart
    1955 Nominee Gold Medal
    • Most Popular Male Star
  • James Stewart
    1954 Nominee Gold Medal
    • Most Popular Male Star
  • Charlton Heston, James Stewart, Gloria Grahame, Betty Hutton, Dorothy Lamour, and Cornel Wilde in The Greatest Show on Earth (1952)
    1952 Winner Photoplay Award
    • Best Performances of the Month (March)
    • The Greatest Show on Earth
  • James Stewart and Julie Adams in Bend of the River (1952)
    1952 Winner Photoplay Award
    • Best Performances of the Month (April)
    • Bend of the River
  • James Stewart, Wendell Corey, and Jean Hagen in Carbine Williams (1952)
    1952 Winner Photoplay Award
    • Best Performances of the Month (July)
    • Carbine Williams

San Sebastián International Film Festival

  • Vertigo (1958)
    1958 Winner Zulueta Prize
    • Best Actor
    • Vertigo
    Tied with Kirk Douglas for The Vikings (1958).

Actor Awards

  • James Stewart
    1969 Winner Life Achievement Award

ShoWest Convention, USA

  • James Stewart
    1990 Winner Lifetime Achievement Award

Venice Film Festival

  • Anatomy of a Murder (1959)
    1959 Winner Volpi Cup
    • Best Actor
    • Anatomy of a Murder

Walk of Fame

  • James Stewart
    1960 Winner Star on the Walk of Fame
    • Motion Picture
    On 8 February 1960. At 1708 Vine Street.

Western Heritage Awards

  • James Stewart
    1972 Winner Hall of Great Western Performers
  • James Stewart, John Wayne, Lee Marvin, Andy Devine, Vera Miles, and Edmond O'Brien in The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance (1962)
    1963 Winner Bronze Wrangler
    • Theatrical Motion Picture
    • The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance
    Shared with: Willis Goldbeck · John Ford · James Warner Bellah · Lee Marvin · Edmond O'Brien · Vera Miles · John Wayne

Golden Boot Awards

  • James Stewart
    1985 Winner Golden Boot

Online Film & Television Association

  • James Stewart and Donna Reed in It's a Wonderful Life (1946)
    2023 Winner OFTA Film Hall of Fame
    • Character
    • It's a Wonderful Life
    as George Bailey
  • James Stewart
    1998 Winner OFTA Film Hall of Fame
    • Acting

The Kennedy Center Honors

  • James Stewart
    1983 Winner Kennedy Center Honors

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