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2) Who was the first performer to win consecutive Awards?

Luise Rainer, named Best Actress in 1936 and 1937 for "The Great Ziegfeld" and "The Good Earth." Spencer Tracy (1937 "Captains Courageous" and 1938 "Boys Town"), Katharine Hepburn (1967 "Guess Who's Coming to Dinner" and 1968 "The Lion in Winter"), Jason Robards (1976 "All the President's Men" and 1977 "Julia") and Tom Hanks (1993 "Philadelphia" and 1994 "Forrest Gump") followed.