In 1953, Booth received the Academy Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role for her performance in "Come Back, Little Sheba", becoming the first actress ever to win both a Tony and an Oscar for the same role. The film also earned Booth Best Actress awards from The Cannes Film Festival, the Golden Globe Awards, The New York Film Critics Circle Awards, and National Board of Review. She also received her third Tony, her second in the Best Actress in a Play category, for her performance in the Broadway production of Arthur Laurents' play "The Time of the Cuckoo".