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Thursday: The day in photos

Running with the bulls in Pamplona

Remembering Michael Jackson

Military operation in Afghanistan's Helmand province

Fans mourn Michael Jackson

Oscar in the nude

By Susan King, Los Angeles Times Staff Writer

Truth be told, Oscar doesn’t wear any clothes. Yep, the Academy Awards statuette is glad just in its gold. So it’s no wonder that several performers have won Oscars for revealing a lot more than the soul of a character.

Since the end of the production code in the mid-1960s, actresses — and a few actors — have tossed caution (and their clothes) to the wind in their Academy Award-winning turns. Here’s a look at a few performers who appeared in various states of undress in their Oscar-winning work.