Date 10 March 1960 | Other ceremonies 1959, 1961 | |
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The 17th Golden Globe Awards, honoring the best in film for 1959 films, were held on March 10, 1960.
Contents
- Best Actor Drama
- Best Actor Musical or Comedy
- Best Actress Drama
- Best Actress Musical or Comedy
- Best Director
- Best Film Drama
- Best Film Comedy
- Best Film Musical
- Best Music Original Score
- Best Supporting Actor
- Best Supporting Actress
- Best Film Promoting International Understanding
- Best Foreign Film
- Most Promising Newcomer Male
- Most Promising Newcomer Female
- Achievement in Television
- Outstanding Merit
- Special Award
- Special Journalistic Merit Award
- Henrietta Award World Film Favorite
- Samuel Goldwyn Award
- Cecil B DeMille Award
- References
Best Actor - Drama
Anthony Franciosa - Career
Best Actor - Musical or Comedy
Jack Lemmon - Some Like It Hot
Best Actress - Drama
Elizabeth Taylor - Suddenly, Last Summer
Best Actress - Musical or Comedy
Marilyn Monroe - Some Like It Hot
Best Director
William Wyler - Ben-Hur
Best Film - Drama
Ben-Hur
Best Film - Comedy
Some Like It Hot
Best Film - Musical
Porgy and Bess
Best Music, Original Score
Ernest Gold - On the Beach
Best Supporting Actor
Stephen Boyd - Ben-Hur
Best Supporting Actress
Susan Kohner - Imitation of Life
Best Film Promoting International Understanding
The Diary of Anne Frank
Best Foreign Film
Black Orpheus (France)
Most Promising Newcomer - Male
Barry Coe
Troy Donahue
George Hamilton
James Shigeta
Most Promising Newcomer - Female
Angie Dickinson
Janet Munro
Stella Stevens
Tuesday Weld
Achievement in Television
Edward R. Murrow
Outstanding Merit
The Nun's Story
Special Award
Andrew Marton - Ben-Hur (For directing the chariot race)
Francis X. Bushman (For a famous silent film star)
Ramon Novarro (For a famous silent film star)
Special Journalistic Merit Award
Hedda Hopper
Louella Parsons
Henrietta Award (World Film Favorite)
Doris Day
Rock Hudson
Samuel Goldwyn Award
Room at the Top
Cecil B. DeMille Award
Bing Crosby