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1981 Academy Awards Odds

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Odds from the day of the Academy Awards

Best Picture

Movie Odds Result
Ordinary People +140 ** WINNER **
Raging Bull +200  
Tess Harper +200  
Coal Miner's Daughter +2000  
The Elepant Man +2000  

Best Director

Name Movie Odds Result
Ordinay People Robert Redford +200 ** WINNER **
Raging Bull Martin Scorsese +180  
The Elepant Man David Lynch +500  
Tess Roman Polanski +500  
The Stunt Man Richard Rush +500  

Best Actor

Name Movie Odds Result
Raging Bull Robert DeNiro +120 ** WINNER **
Tribute Jack Lemmon +140  
The Stunt Man Peter O'Toole +800  
The Great Santini Robert Duvall +2000  
The Elepant Man John Hurt +2000  

Best Actress

Name Movie Odds Result
Coal Miner's Daughter Sissy Spacek +140 ** WINNER **
Resurrection Ellen Burstyn +200  
Ordinay People Mary Tyler Moore +200  
Private Benjamin Goldie Hawn +1000  
Gloria Gena Rowlands +1000  

Best Supporting Actor

Name Movie Odds Result
Ordinay People Timothy Hutton +200 ** WINNER **
Raging Bull Joe Pesci +180  
Ordinay People Judd Hirsch +200  
The Great Santini Michael O'Keefe +1000  
Melvin and Howard Jason Robards +1000  

Best Supporting Actress

Name Movie Odds Result
Melvin and Howard Mary Steenburgen +300 ** WINNER **
Resurrection Eva Le Gallienne +250  
Raging Bull Cathy Moriarty +300  
Inside Moves Diana Scarwid +300  
Private Benjamin Eillen Brennan +400