23rd British Academy Film Awards

The 23rd British Academy Film Awards, given by the British Academy of Film and Television Arts in 1970, honoured the best films of 1969.

Winners and nominees

Midnight Cowboy – John SchlesingerOh! What a Lovely War – Richard AttenboroughWomen in Love – Ken RussellZ – Costa-Gavras	John Schlesinger – Midnight Cowboy Ken Russell – Women in Love Peter Yates – Bullitt Richard Attenborough – Oh! What a Lovely War
Dustin Hoffman – John and Mary as John Dustin Hoffman – Midnight Cowboy as Enrico Salvatore Rizzo Alan Bates – Women in Love as Rupert Birkin Nicol Williamson – Inadmissible Evidence as Bill Maitland Walter Matthau – Hello, Dolly! as Horace Vandergelder Walter Matthau – The Secret Life of an American Wife as Movie Star	*Maggie Smith – The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie* as Jean Brodie** Barbra Streisand – Funny Girl as Fanny Brice Barbra Streisand – Hello, Dolly! as Dolly Levi Glenda Jackson – Women in Love as Gudrun Brangwan Mia Farrow – John and Mary as Mary Mia Farrow – Rosemary's Baby as Rosemary Woodhouse Mia Farrow – Secret Ceremony as Cenci
*Laurence Olivier – Oh! What a Lovely War* as John French** Jack Klugman – Goodbye, Columbus as Ben Patimkin Jack Nicholson – Easy Rider as George Hanson Robert Vaughn – Bullitt as Senator Walter Chalmers	*Celia Johnson – The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie* as Miss Mackay** Mary Wimbush – Oh! What a Lovely War as Mary Smith Pamela Franklin – The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie as Sandy Peggy Ashcroft – Three into Two Won't Go as Belle
Midnight Cowboy – Waldo SaltGoodbye, Columbus – Arnold SchulmanWomen in Love – Larry KramerZ – Costa-Gavras and Jorge Semprún	Oh! What a Lovely War – Gerry TurpinBullitt – William A. FrakerFunny Girl – Harry StradlingHello, Dolly! – Harry StradlingThe Magus – Billy WilliamsWomen in Love – Billy Williams
Oh! What a Lovely War – Anthony MendlesonFunny Girl – Irene SharaffIsadora – Ruth MyersWomen in Love – Shirley Ann Russell	Midnight Cowboy – Hugh A. RobertsonBullitt – Frank P. KellerOh! What a Lovely War – Kevin ConnorZ – Françoise Bonnot
Z – Mikis TheodorakisSecret Ceremony – Richard Rodney BennettThe Thomas Crown Affair – Michel LegrandWomen in Love – Georges Delerue	Oh! What a Lovely War – Donald M. AshtonHello, Dolly! – John DeCuirWar and Peace – Mikhail Bogdanov and Gennady MyasnikovWomen in Love – Luciana Arrighi
Oh! What a Lovely War – Don Challis and Simon KayeBattle of Britain – Ted Mason and Jim ShieldsBullitt – Edwin ScheidIsadora – Terry RawlingsWomen in Love – Terry Rawlings	Prologue – National Film Board of Canada
Picture to Post – Sarah ErulkarBarbican – Robin ContelonBirthday – Franc RoddamA Test of Violence – Stuart Cooper	Let There Be Light – Peter De NormanvilleThe Behaviour Game – Ronald SpencerIsotopes In Action – Ken McCreadyMullardability – Rene Basilico
Jon Voight – Midnight Cowboy as Joe Buck Ali MacGraw – Goodbye, Columbus as Brenda Patimkin Jennie Linden – Women in Love as Ursula Brangwen Kim Darby – True Grit as Mattie Ross	Oh! What a Lovely War – Richard AttenboroughÅdalen 31 – Bo WiderbergMidnight Cowboy – John SchlesingerZ – Costa-Gavras

Statistics

Awards	Film
6	Midnight Cowboy
6	Oh! What a Lovely War
2	The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie