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    Golden Globe

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    Best Actor - Comedy or Musical

    • Jack Lemmon
      Winner
      • Jack Lemmon
      • The Apartment
    • Bob Hope
      • Bob Hope
      • The Facts of Life
    • Cary Grant
      • Cary Grant
      • The Grass Is Greener
    • Cantinflas in Cantinflas (2014)
      • Cantinflas
      • Pepe
    • Dirk Bogarde
      • Dirk Bogarde
      • Song Without End

    Best Actor - Drama

    • Burt Lancaster
      Winner
      • Burt Lancaster
      • Elmer Gantry
    • Spencer Tracy
      • Spencer Tracy
      • Inherit the Wind
    • Trevor Howard
      • Trevor Howard
      • Sons and Lovers
    • Dean Stockwell in Air Force One (1997)
      • Dean Stockwell
      • Sons and Lovers
    • Laurence Olivier
      • Laurence Olivier
      • Spartacus

    Best Actress - Comedy or Musical

    • Shirley MacLaine at an event for Dreamgirls (2006)
      Winner
      • Shirley MacLaine
      • The Apartment
    • Judy Holliday
      • Judy Holliday
      • Bells Are Ringing
    • Lucille Ball in I Love Lucy (1951)
      • Lucille Ball
      • The Facts of Life
    • Sophia Loren
      • Sophia Loren
      • It Started in Naples
    • Capucine in The Pink Panther (1963)
      • Capucine
      • Song Without End

    Best Actress - Drama

    • Greer Garson
      Winner
      • Greer Garson
      • Sunrise at Campobello
    • Elizabeth Taylor in Cleopatra (1963)
      • Elizabeth Taylor
      • BUtterfield 8
    • Jean Simmons
      • Jean Simmons
      • Elmer Gantry
    • Doris Day "The Doris Day Show" 1968 CBS
      • Doris Day
      • Midnight Lace
    • Nancy Kwan at an event for The World of Suzie Wong (1960)
      • Nancy Kwan
      • The World of Suzie Wong

    Best Director

    • Jack Cardiff
      Winner
      • Jack Cardiff
      • Sons and Lovers
    • Billy Wilder in The Seven Year Itch (1955)
      • Billy Wilder
      • The Apartment
    • Richard Brooks
      • Richard Brooks
      • Elmer Gantry
    • Stanley Kubrick in A Clockwork Orange (1971)
      • Stanley Kubrick
      • Spartacus
    • Fred Zinnemann
      • Fred Zinnemann
      • The Sundowners

    Best English-Language Foreign Film

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      The Trials of Oscar Wilde

      7.1 (1.2K)
      UK

    Best Film Promoting International Understanding

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Hand in Hand

      7.4 (607)
    • [object Object]

      Conspiracy of Hearts

      7.1 (589)

    Best Foreign-Language Foreign Film

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      The Truth

      7.6 (5K)
      France. Tied with The Virgin Spring (1960).
    • [object Object]
      Winner

      The Virgin Spring

      8.0 (33K)
      Sweden. Tied with The Truth (1960).

    Best Motion Picture - Comedy

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      The Apartment

      8.3 (211K)
    • [object Object]

      The Grass Is Greener

      6.4 (6.2K)
    • [object Object]

      The Facts of Life

      6.3 (1.9K)
    • [object Object]

      It Started in Naples

      6.3 (3.4K)
    • [object Object]

      Our Man in Havana

      7.2 (6.4K)

    Best Motion Picture - Drama

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Spartacus

      7.9 (149K)
    • [object Object]

      Elmer Gantry

      7.7 (14K)
    • [object Object]

      Inherit the Wind

      8.1 (35K)
    • [object Object]

      Sunrise at Campobello

      6.8 (1.6K)
    • [object Object]

      Sons and Lovers

      7.1 (1.9K)

    Best Motion Picture - Musical

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Song Without End

      6.1 (1K)
    • [object Object]

      Bells Are Ringing

      6.9 (4K)
    • [object Object]

      Can-Can

      6.3 (2.7K)
    • [object Object]

      Let's Make Love

      6.4 (8.4K)
    • [object Object]

      Pepe

      5.4 (1.2K)

    Best Original Score

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      The Alamo

      6.8 (19K)
      Dimitri Tiomkin
    • [object Object]

      Exodus

      6.7 (12K)
      Ernest Gold
    • [object Object]

      Pepe

      5.4 (1.2K)
      Johnny Green
    • [object Object]

      Spartacus

      7.9 (149K)
      Alex North
    • [object Object]

      The World of Suzie Wong

      6.9 (2.9K)
      George Duning

    Best Supporting Actor

    • Sal Mineo
      Winner
      • Sal Mineo
      • Exodus
    • Lee Kinsolving in The Twilight Zone (1959)
      • Lee Kinsolving
      • The Dark at the Top of the Stairs
    • Ray Stricklyn in The Last Wagon (1956)
      • Ray Stricklyn
      • The Plunderers
    • Woody Strode in Sergeant Rutledge (1960)
      • Woody Strode
      • Spartacus
    • Peter Ustinov
      • Peter Ustinov
      • Spartacus

    Best Supporting Actress

    • Janet Leigh
      Winner
      • Janet Leigh
      • Psycho
    • Shirley Knight at an event for Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood (2002)
      • Shirley Knight
      • The Dark at the Top of the Stairs
    • Shirley Jones
      • Shirley Jones
      • Elmer Gantry
    • Ina Balin in From the Terrace (1960)
      • Ina Balin
      • From the Terrace
    • Mary Ure
      • Mary Ure
      • Sons and Lovers

    Most Promising Newcomer - Female

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      From the Terrace

      6.7 (3.4K)
      Ina Balin
    • [object Object]
      Winner

      The World of Suzie Wong

      6.9 (2.9K)
      Nancy Kwan
    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Pollyanna

      7.4 (12K)
      Hayley Mills
    • [object Object]

      Exodus

      6.7 (12K)
      Jill Haworth
    • [object Object]

      The Dark at the Top of the Stairs

      7.1 (877)
      Shirley Knight
    • [object Object]

      The Marriage-Go-Round

      5.8 (437)
      Julie Newmar

    Most Promising Newcomer - Male

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Because They're Young

      5.9 (381)
      Michael Callan
    • [object Object]
      Winner

      House of Usher

      6.9 (17K)
      Mark Damon
    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Desire in the Dust

      6.0 (212)
      Brett Halsey
    • [object Object]

      Murder, Inc.

      6.6 (1.8K)
      Peter Falk
    • [object Object]

      Hell to Eternity

      6.9 (1.7K)
      David Janssen
    • [object Object]

      The Magnificent Seven

      7.7 (108K)
      Robert Vaughn

    Television Achievement

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Hong Kong

      8.0 (186)
    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Perry Mason

      8.3 (13K)
    • [object Object]
      Winner

      The Twentieth Century

      8.1 (94)
      Walter Cronkite
    • [object Object]
      Winner

      The Bell Telephone Hour

      7.8 (59)
    • William Hanna in Back to Hoagy's Alley: The Making of 'Top Cat' (2004)
      Joseph Barbera
      Winners
      • William Hanna
      • Joseph Barbera
      Hanna-Barbera Productions
      Recipient: Hanna-Barbera Productions

    Cecil B. DeMille Award

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    • Fred Astaire
      Winner
      • Fred Astaire

    Henrietta Award

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    World Film Favorite - Female

    • Gina Lollobrigida
      Winner
      • Gina Lollobrigida

    World Film Favorite - Male

    • Rock Hudson
      Winner
      • Rock Hudson
      Together with Tony Curtis.
    • Tony Curtis
      Winner
      • Tony Curtis
      Together with Rock Hudson.

    Samuel Goldwyn International Award

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    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Never on Sunday

      7.3 (6.4K)
      Greece

    Special Award

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    • Cantinflas in Cantinflas (2014)
      Winner
      • Cantinflas
      For Comedy.
    • Stanley Kramer
      Winner
      • Stanley Kramer
      For Artistic Integrity.

    Special Merit Award

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    • [object Object]
      Winner

      The Sundowners

      7.1 (5.1K)

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    March 16, 1961

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