13th Golden Globe Awards

13th Golden Globe Awards
DateFebruary 23, 1956
Highlights
Best PictureEast of Eden

The 13th Golden Globe Awards, honoring the best in film for 1955 films, were held on February 23, 1956.

Winners

Best Motion Picture - Drama

East of Eden directed by Elia Kazan [1]

Best Motion Picture - Comedy or Musical

Guys and Dolls directed by Joseph L. Mankiewicz [2]

Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Drama

Ernest Borgnine - Marty [3]

Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture - Drama

Anna Magnani - The Rose Tattoo [4]

Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Comedy or Musical

Tom Ewell - The Seven Year Itch [5]

Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture - Comedy or Musical

Jean Simmons - Guys and Dolls [6]

Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Motion Picture

Arthur Kennedy - Trial [7]

Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in a Motion Picture

Marisa Pavan - The Rose Tattoo [8]

Best Director - Motion Picture

Joshua Logan - Picnic [9]

Best Foreign Language Film

Curvas peligrosas (Dangerous Curves) from Mexico[10]

Eyes of Children from Japan

Sons, Mothers, and a General from West Germany

Stella from Greece

The Word from Denmark [11]

Henrietta Award (World Film Favorites) Male

Marlon Brando [12]

Henrietta Award (World Film Favorites) Female

Grace Kelly [12]

Special Achievement Award

James Dean Award given posthumously for Best Dramatic Actor. [13]

Cecil B. DeMille Award

Jack L. Warner [14]

Best Motion Picture - Outdoor Drama

Wichita [15]

Television Achievement

Desi Arnaz for American Comedy

Dinah Shore for Walt Disney anthology television series episode Davy Crockett. [16]

Promoting International Understanding

Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing- directed by Henry King [17]

New Star of the Year Actor

(Two way tie)

Ray Danton in I'll Cry Tomorrow

Russ Tamblyn in Hit the Deck [18]

New Star of the Year Actress

(Three way tie)

Anita Ekberg in Blood Alley

Victoria Shaw in The Eddy Duchin Story

Dana Wynter in The View from Pompey's Head [19]

Hollywood Citizenship Award

Esther Williams [20]

References

  1. ^ "Best Motion Picture Drama". Archived from the original on 2012-04-15. Retrieved 2024-08-28.
  2. ^ "Best Motion Picture Comedy or Musical". Archived from the original on 2012-04-15. Retrieved 2024-08-28.
  3. ^ "Best Motion Picture Actor in a Drama". Archived from the original on 2012-04-15. Retrieved 2024-08-28.
  4. ^ "Best Motion Picture Actress in a Drama". Archived from the original on 2012-04-15. Retrieved 2024-08-28.
  5. ^ "Best Motion Picture Actor in a Musical or Comedy". Archived from the original on 2012-04-15. Retrieved 2024-08-28.
  6. ^ "Actress in a leading role (Previous Award Given)". Archived from the original on 2012-04-15. Retrieved 2024-08-28.
  7. ^ "Best Supporting Actor". Archived from the original on 2012-04-15. Retrieved 2024-08-28.
  8. ^ "Best Performance by an Actress in a supporting role". Archived from the original on 2012-04-15. Retrieved 2024-08-28.
  9. ^ "Best Director". Archived from the original on 2012-04-15. Retrieved 2024-08-28.
  10. ^ @karaszewski (September 24, 2022). ""Dangerous Curves" is not British & wasn't made in 1956..." (Tweet). Retrieved 2023-03-04 – via Twitter.
  11. ^ "Best Foreign Language Film (Previous Award Given)" http://www.goldenglobes.org/browse/year/1955 Archived 2012-04-15 at the Wayback Machine
  12. ^ a b "Henrietta Award (Previous Award Given)"https://www.imdb.com/event/ev0000292/1956
  13. ^ "Special Achievement Award(Previous Award Given)"https://www.imdb.com/event/ev0000292/1956
  14. ^ "CeCil B. DeMille Award Recipient" http://www.goldenglobes.org/browse/year/1955 Archived 2012-04-15 at the Wayback Machine
  15. ^ "Best Motion Picture Outdoor Drama (Previous Given Award)" http://www.goldenglobes.org/browse/year/1955 Archived 2012-04-15 at the Wayback Machine
  16. ^ "Best TV Show (Previous Award Given)" https://www.imdb.com/event/ev0000292/1956
  17. ^ "Best Film Promoting International Understanding (Previous Award Given)" http://www.goldenglobes.org/browse/year/1955 Archived 2012-04-15 at the Wayback Machine
  18. ^ "New Star of the Year Male (Previous Award Given)" http://www.goldenglobes.org/browse/year/1955 Archived 2012-04-15 at the Wayback Machine
  19. ^ "New Star of the Year Actress (Previous Award Given)" http://www.goldenglobes.org/browse/year/1955 Archived 2012-04-15 at the Wayback Machine
  20. ^ "Hollywood Citizenship Award (Previous Award Given)" http://www.goldenglobes.org/browse/year/1955 Archived 2012-04-15 at the Wayback Machine