Multiple choice general knowledge

Name the first person to win an Academy Award portraying a member of the opposite gender?

  1. Jack Gilford

  2. Dustin Hoffman

  3. Robin Williams

  4. Linda Hunt
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Explanation

Linda Hunt won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress in 1983 for her role as Billy Kwan in 'The Year of Living Dangerously,' a male character. This made her the first person (of any gender) to win an Oscar for portraying a character of the opposite gender. Jack Gilford, Dustin Hoffman, and Robin Williams all played male roles in their Oscar-nominated or winning performances.

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