The Laurel Awards was an American cinema awards system established to honor the pictures, actors, actresses, directors and composers. This award was created by the Motion Picture Exhibitor magazine and ran from 1957 to 1971 (with the exception of 1969).
The Golden Laurels were determined by American and Canadian film buyers. After the vote, the results were published in the magazine, without ceremony.
Best Picture
Patton: 1971, not awarded any other year
Top Female Star
Doris Day: 1958, 1959, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1964
Elizabeth Taylor: 1965, 1966
Julie Andrews: 1967, 1968
Katharine Hepburn: 1970, 1971
Top Male Star
Rock Hudson: 1958, 1959 1960, 1962, 1963
Burt Lancaster: 1961
Cary Grant: 1964, 1966
Jack Lemmon: 1965, 1967
Elvis Presley: 1966
Paul Newman: 1968, 1970
Dustin Hoffman: 1971
Top Male Personality
Peter O'Toole: Lawrence of Arabia 1963
Top Producer/Director
Cecil B. DeMille: 1958
Alfred Hitchcock: 1959, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1964, 1966, 1970, 1971
Billy Wilder: 1963
Mervyn LeRoy: 1965
Robert Wise: 1967, 1968
Top Director
Fred Zinnemann: 1958, 1959, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1964
Vincente Minnelli: 1960
George Cukor: 1965
David Lean: 1966
Henry Hathaway: 1967
Norman Jewison: 1968
Mike Nichols: 1970, 1971
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