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Each year, the Academy Award for Best Picture is presented by one or more artists. Presenters have included actors, directors, singers, and many others. Below is a list of those artists who have had the distinction of presenting the Academy Award for Best Picture during the awards ceremony.

1^st - 1928 - May 16, 1929 - Douglas Fairbanks
2^nd - 1929 - April 3, 1930 - William C. deMille
3^rd - 1930 - November 5, 1930 - Louis B. Mayer
4^th - 1931 - November 10, 1931 - B. P. Schulberg
5^th - 1932 - November 18, 1932 - William LeBaron
6^th - 1933 - March 16, 1934 - Will Rogers
7^th - 1934 - February 27, 1935 - Irvin S. Cobb
8^th - 1935 - March 5, 1936 - Harry Cohn
9^th - 1936 - March 4, 1937 - George Jessel
10^th - 1937 - March 10, 1938 - Frank Capra
11^th - 1938 - February 23, 1939 - James Roosevelt
12^th - 1939 - February 29, 1940 - Y. Frank Freeman
13^th - 1940 - February 27, 1941 - Mervyn LeRoy
14^th - 1941 - February 26, 1942 - David O. Selznick
15^th - 1942 - March 4, 1943 - William Goetz
16^th - 1943 - March 2, 1944 - Sidney Franklin
17^th - 1944 - March 15, 1945 - Hal B. Wallis
18^th - 1945 - March 7, 1946 - Eric Johnston
19^th - 1946 - March 13, 1947 - Eric Johnston
20^th - 1947 - March 20, 1948 - Fredric March
21^st -1948 - March 24, 1949 - Ethel Barrymore
22^nd - 1949 - March 23, 1950 - James Cagney
23^rd - 1950 - March 29, 1951 - James Cagney
24^th - 1951 - March 20, 1952 - Danny Kaye
25^th - 1952 - March 19, 1953 - Jesse Lasky
26^th - 1953 - March 25, 1954 - Mary Pickford
27^th - 1954 - March 30, 1955 - Cecil B. DeMille
28^th - 1955 - March 21, 1956 - Buddy Adler
29^th - 1956 - March 27, 1957 - Audrey Hepburn
30^th - 1957 - March 26, 1958 - Janet Gaynor
31^st - 1958 - April 6, 1959 - Gary Cooper
32^nd - 1959 - April 4, 1960 - Ingrid Bergman
33^rd - 1960 - April 17, 1961 - Gary Cooper
34^th - 1961 - April 9, 1962 - Audrey Hepburn
35^th - 1962 - April 8, 1963 - Fred Astaire
36^th - 1963 - April 13, 1964 - Olivia de Havilland
37^th - 1964 - April 13, 1965 - Frank Sinatra
38^th - 1965 - April 18, 1966 - Gregory Peck
39^th - 1966 - April 10, 1967 - Jack Lemmon
40^th - 1967 - April 10, 1968 - Audrey Hepburn
41^st - 1968 - April 14, 1969 - Julie Andrews
42^nd - 1969 - April 7, 1970 - Sidney Poitier
43^rd - 1970 - April 15, 1971 - Elizabeth Taylor
44^th - 1971 - April 10, 1972 - Steve McQueen
45^th - 1972 - April 27, 1973 - Jack Nicholson
46^th - 1973 - April 2, 1974 - Clint Eastwood
47^th - 1974 - April 8, 1975 - Elizabeth Taylor
48^th - 1975 - March 29, 1976 - Warren Beatty
49^th - 1976 - March 28, 1977 - Audrey Hepburn
50^th - 1977 - April 3, 1978 - Jack Nicholson
51^st - 1978 - April 9, 1979 - Jack Nicholson
52^nd - 1979 - April 14, 1980 - John Wayne
53^rd - 1980 - March 31, 1981 - Charlton Heston
54^th - 1981 - March 29, 1982 - Lillian Gish
55^th - 1982 - April 11, 1983 - Loretta Young
56^th - 1983 - April 9, 1984 - Carol Burnett
57^th - 1984 - March 25, 1985 - Frank Capra
58^th - 1985 - March 24, 1986 - Laurence Olivier
59^th - 1986 - March 31, 1987 - John Huston, Akira Kurosawa, Billy Wilder
60^th - 1987 - April 11, 1988 - Dustin Hoffman
61^st - 1988 - April 29, 1989 - Eddie Murphy
62^nd - 1989 - March 26, 1990 - Cher
63^rd - 1990 - March 25, 1991 - Warren Beatty, Jack Nicholson
64^th - 1991 - March 30, 1992 - Barbra Streisand
65^th - 1992 - March 29, 1993 - Elizabeth Taylor , Paul Newman
66^th - 1993 - March 21, 1994 - Jack Nicholson
67^th - 1994 - March 27, 1995 - Robert De Niro, Al Pacino
68^th - 1995 - March 25, 1996 - Sidney Poitier
69^th - 1996 - March 24, 1997 - Al Pacino
70^th - 1997 - March 23, 1998 - Sean Connery
71^st - 1998 - March 21, 1999 - Harrison Ford
72^nd - 1999 - March 26, 2000 - Clint Eastwood
73^rd - 2000 - March 25, 2001 - Michael Douglas
74^th - 2001 - March 24, 2002 - Tom Hanks
75^th - 2002 - March 23, 2003 - Kirk Douglas, Michael Douglas
76^th - 2003 - February 29, 2004 - Steven Spielberg
77^th - 2004 - February 27, 2005 - Dustin Hoffman, Barbra Streisand
78^th - 2005 - March 5, 2006 - Jack Nicholson
79^th - 2006 - February 26, 2007 - Diane Keaton, Jack Nicholson

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