First person to win an Oscar award for best supporting actress for a debut performance
- Who
- Gale Sondergaard
- Where
- United States (Hollywood,)
- When
- 04 March 1937
At the Academy Awards held on 4 March 1937, the first Oscar awarded for a debut performance was given to Gale Sondegaard (USA, 1899-1995) as Best Supporting Actress for her role of 'Faith Paleologus' in Anthony Adverse (USA 1936).