Audrey Hepburn (1953)

LIFE Magazine has rolled out from their archives photographs of previous Oscar nights and the stars that made them so special. So take a peek before tuning in this evening to witness the Oscars. The photographs here are filled with icons.

Natalie Wood and Warren Beatty (1962)

Elizabeth Taylor (1961)

Marlon Brando (1955)

Kirk Douglas (1954)

Grace Kelly and Clark Gable (1954)

Lauren Bacall and Humphrey Bogart (1954)

Audrey Hepburn and Grace Kelly (1956)

Paul Newman and Joanne Woodward (1957)

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