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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 [13]

Special Achievement Award

James Dean Award given posthumously for Best Dramatic Actor. [14]

Cecil B. DeMille Award

Jack L. Warner [15]

Best Motion Picture - Outdoor Drama

Wichita [16]

Television Achievement

Desi Arnaz for American Comedy

Dinah Shore for Walt Disney anthology television series episode Davy Crockett. [17]

Promoting International Understanding

Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing- directed by Henry King [18]

New Star of the Year Actor

(Two way tie)

Ray Danton in I'll Cry Tomorrow

Russ Tamblyn in Hit the Deck [19]

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 [20]

Hollywood Citizenship Award

Esther Williams [21]

References

  1. ^ "Best Motion Picture Drama" http://www.goldenglobes.org/browse/year/1955 Archived 2012-04-15 at the Wayback Machine
  2. ^ "Best Motion Picture Comedy or Musical" http://www.goldenglobes.org/browse/year/1955 Archived 2012-04-15 at the Wayback Machine
  3. ^ "Best Motion Picture Actor in a Drama" http://www.goldenglobes.org/browse/year/1955 Archived 2012-04-15 at the Wayback Machine
  4. ^ "Best Motion Picture Actress in a Drama" http://www.goldenglobes.org/browse/year/1955 Archived 2012-04-15 at the Wayback Machine
  5. ^ "Best Motion Picture Actor in a Musical or Comedy" http://www.goldenglobes.org/browse/year/1955 Archived 2012-04-15 at the Wayback Machine
  6. ^ "Actress in a leading role (Previous Award Given)" http://www.goldenglobes.org/browse/year/1955 Archived 2012-04-15 at the Wayback Machine
  7. ^ "Best Supporting Actor" http://www.goldenglobes.org/browse/year/1955 Archived 2012-04-15 at the Wayback Machine
  8. ^ "Best Performance by an Actress in a supporting role" http://www.goldenglobes.org/browse/year/1955 Archived 2012-04-15 at the Wayback Machine
  9. ^ "Best Director" http://www.goldenglobes.org/browse/year/1955 Archived 2012-04-15 at the Wayback Machine
  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. ^ "Henrietta Award (Previous Award Given)"https://www.imdb.com/event/ev0000292/1956
  13. ^ "Henrietta Award (Previous Award Given)"https://www.imdb.com/event/ev0000292/1956
  14. ^ "Special Achievement Award(Previous Award Given)"https://www.imdb.com/event/ev0000292/1956
  15. ^ "CeCil B. DeMille Award Recipient" http://www.goldenglobes.org/browse/year/1955 Archived 2012-04-15 at the Wayback Machine
  16. ^ "Best Motion Picture Outdoor Drama (Previous Given Award)" http://www.goldenglobes.org/browse/year/1955 Archived 2012-04-15 at the Wayback Machine
  17. ^ "Best TV Show (Previous Award Given)" https://www.imdb.com/event/ev0000292/1956
  18. ^ "Best Film Promoting International Understanding (Previous Award Given)" http://www.goldenglobes.org/browse/year/1955 Archived 2012-04-15 at the Wayback Machine
  19. ^ "New Star of the Year Male (Previous Award Given)" http://www.goldenglobes.org/browse/year/1955 Archived 2012-04-15 at the Wayback Machine
  20. ^ "New Star of the Year Actress (Previous Award Given)" http://www.goldenglobes.org/browse/year/1955 Archived 2012-04-15 at the Wayback Machine
  21. ^ "Hollywood Citizenship Award (Previous Award Given)" http://www.goldenglobes.org/browse/year/1955 Archived 2012-04-15 at the Wayback Machine