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Laurel Awards

    • 1970s
    • 1960s
    • 1950s
    • 1959195819571956195519541953195219511950

    Golden Laurel

    Edit

    Sleeper of the Year

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Al Capone

      6.7 (2.1K)

    Top Action Drama

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      The Vikings

      7.0 (17K)
    • [object Object]

      Rio Bravo

      8.0 (72K)
    • [object Object]

      The Big Country

      7.9 (24K)
    • [object Object]

      The Hanging Tree

      7.1 (5.3K)
      4th place.
    • [object Object]

      The Trap

      6.6 (794)
      5th place.

    Top Action Performance

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      The Hanging Tree

      7.1 (5.3K)
      Gary Cooper
    • [object Object]

      Rio Bravo

      8.0 (72K)
      Dean Martin
    • [object Object]

      The Bravados

      7.0 (7K)
      Gregory Peck
    • [object Object]

      The Trap

      6.6 (794)
      Richard Widmark
      4th place.
    • [object Object]

      Ride a Crooked Trail

      6.6 (1.4K)
      Audie Murphy
      5th place.

    Top Cinematography - Black and White

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      The Defiant Ones

      7.5 (20K)
      Sam Leavitt
    • [object Object]

      I Want to Live!

      7.5 (8.1K)
      Lionel Lindon
    • [object Object]

      Run Silent Run Deep

      7.3 (14K)
      Russell Harlan
    • [object Object]

      A Night to Remember

      7.9 (19K)
      Geoffrey Unsworth
      4th place.
    • [object Object]

      Desire Under the Elms

      6.5 (1.5K)
      Daniel L. Fapp
      5th place.

    Top Cinematography - Color

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      The Old Man and the Sea

      6.9 (9.2K)
      James Wong Howe
    • [object Object]

      Gigi

      6.6 (26K)
      Joseph Ruttenberg
    • [object Object]

      Auntie Mame

      7.9 (14K)
      Harry Stradling Sr.
    • [object Object]

      The Brothers Karamazov

      6.7 (3.2K)
      John Alton
      4th place.
    • [object Object]

      Imitation of Life

      7.8 (20K)
      Russell Metty
      5th place.

    Top Comedy

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Houseboat

      6.6 (10K)
    • [object Object]

      The Mating Game

      6.9 (1.9K)
    • [object Object]

      The Perfect Furlough

      6.3 (1.3K)
    • [object Object]

      Rally 'Round the Flag, Boys!

      5.9 (1.5K)
      4th place.
    • [object Object]

      The Geisha Boy

      6.4 (2.3K)
      5th place.

    Top Director

    • Fred Zinnemann
      Winner
      • Fred Zinnemann
    • George Sidney
      • George Sidney
    • Richard Brooks
      • Richard Brooks
    • Edward Dmytryk
      • Edward Dmytryk
      4th place.
    • Mark Robson
      • Mark Robson
      5th place.
    • Delmer Daves
      • Delmer Daves
      6th place.
    • Michael Curtiz
      • Michael Curtiz
      7th place.
    • Douglas Sirk
      • Douglas Sirk
      8th place.
    • John Sturges
      • John Sturges
      9th place.
    • Henry Koster
      • Henry Koster
      10th place.

    Top Drama

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Imitation of Life

      7.8 (20K)
    • [object Object]

      Some Came Running

      7.2 (8K)
    • [object Object]

      Cat on a Hot Tin Roof

      7.9 (56K)
    • [object Object]

      The Defiant Ones

      7.5 (20K)
      4th place.
    • [object Object]

      I Want to Live!

      7.5 (8.1K)
      5th place.

    Top Female Comedy Performance

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Auntie Mame

      7.9 (14K)
      Rosalind Russell
    • [object Object]

      The Mating Game

      6.9 (1.9K)
      Debbie Reynolds
    • [object Object]

      The Tunnel of Love

      5.8 (1.6K)
      Doris Day
    • [object Object]

      Rally 'Round the Flag, Boys!

      5.9 (1.5K)
      Joanne Woodward
      4th place.
    • [object Object]

      The Reluctant Debutante

      6.7 (2.1K)
      Kay Kendall
      5th place.

    Top Female Dramatic Performance

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Cat on a Hot Tin Roof

      7.9 (56K)
      Elizabeth Taylor
    • [object Object]

      I Want to Live!

      7.5 (8.1K)
      Susan Hayward
    • [object Object]

      Some Came Running

      7.2 (8K)
      Shirley MacLaine
    • [object Object]

      Home Before Dark

      7.1 (1.3K)
      Jean Simmons
      4th place.
    • [object Object]

      Separate Tables

      7.3 (9.5K)
      Deborah Kerr
      5th place.

    Top Female Musical Performance

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Gigi

      6.6 (26K)
      Leslie Caron
    • [object Object]

      Damn Yankees

      7.0 (3.8K)
      Gwen Verdon
    • [object Object]

      Never Steal Anything Small

      6.0 (384)
      Shirley Jones
    • [object Object]

      Gigi

      6.6 (26K)
      Hermione Gingold
      4th place.
    • [object Object]

      The Sheriff of Fractured Jaw

      6.1 (1.5K)
      Jayne Mansfield
      5th place.

    Top Female New Personality

    • Sandra Dee
      Winner
      • Sandra Dee
    • Susan Kohner
      • Susan Kohner
    • Cara Williams in Naked City (1958)
      • Cara Williams
    • Gwen Verdon
      • Gwen Verdon
      4th place.
    • Angie Dickinson
      • Angie Dickinson
      5th place.
    • Peggy Cass
      • Peggy Cass
      6th place.
    • Fay Spain
      • Fay Spain
      7th place.
    • Linda Cristal in Mr. Majestyk (1974)
      • Linda Cristal
      8th place.
    • France Nuyen in St. Elsewhere (1982)
      • France Nuyen
      9th place.
      • Jill Corey
      10th place.

    Top Female Star

    • Doris Day "The Doris Day Show" 1968 CBS
      Winner
      • Doris Day
    • Elizabeth Taylor
      • Elizabeth Taylor
    • Susan Hayward
      • Susan Hayward
    • Debbie Reynolds
      • Debbie Reynolds
      4th place.
    • Ingrid Bergman in Casablanca (1942)
      • Ingrid Bergman
      5th place.
    • Marilyn Monroe
      • Marilyn Monroe
      6th place.
    • Natalie Wood
      • Natalie Wood
      7th place.
    • Shirley MacLaine at an event for Dreamgirls (2006)
      • Shirley MacLaine
      8th place.
    • Lana Turner
      • Lana Turner
      9th place.
    • Jean Simmons
      • Jean Simmons
      10th place.
    • Deborah Kerr
      • Deborah Kerr
      11th place.
    • Kim Novak in Vertigo (1958)
      • Kim Novak
      12th place.
    • Dorothy McGuire
      • Dorothy McGuire
      13th place.
    • Dorothy Malone
      • Dorothy Malone
      14th place.
    • Eleanor Parker
      • Eleanor Parker
      15th place.

    Top Female Supporting Performance

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Some Came Running

      7.2 (8K)
      Martha Hyer
    • [object Object]

      Imitation of Life

      7.8 (20K)
      Juanita Moore
    • [object Object]

      Auntie Mame

      7.9 (14K)
      Peggy Cass
    • [object Object]

      Separate Tables

      7.3 (9.5K)
      Wendy Hiller
      4th place.
    • [object Object]

      God's Little Acre

      6.5 (2.3K)
      Tina Louise
      5th place.

    Top General Entertainment

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Auntie Mame

      7.9 (14K)

    Top Male Comedy Performance

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Houseboat

      6.6 (10K)
      Cary Grant
    • [object Object]

      The Mating Game

      6.9 (1.9K)
      Tony Randall
    • [object Object]

      The Horse's Mouth

      6.9 (4.1K)
      Alec Guinness
    • [object Object]

      Bell Book and Candle

      6.8 (14K)
      Ernie Kovacs
      4th place.
    • [object Object]

      My Uncle

      7.6 (26K)
      Jacques Tati
      5th place.

    Top Male Dramatic Performance

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Some Came Running

      7.2 (8K)
      Frank Sinatra
    • [object Object]

      Separate Tables

      7.3 (9.5K)
      David Niven
    • [object Object]

      The Defiant Ones

      7.5 (20K)
      Sidney Poitier
    • [object Object]

      Cat on a Hot Tin Roof

      7.9 (56K)
      Paul Newman
      4th place.
    • [object Object]

      Al Capone

      6.7 (2.1K)
      Rod Steiger
      5th place.

    Top Male Musical Performance

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Mardi Gras

      5.3 (269)
      Pat Boone
    • [object Object]

      Gigi

      6.6 (26K)
      Louis Jourdan
    • [object Object]

      Gigi

      6.6 (26K)
      Maurice Chevalier
    • [object Object]

      Damn Yankees

      7.0 (3.8K)
      Tab Hunter
      4th place.
    • [object Object]

      Tom Thumb

      6.5 (3.1K)
      Russ Tamblyn
      5th place.

    Top Male New Personality

    • John Gavin
      Winner
      • John Gavin
    • Bradford Dillman
      • Bradford Dillman
    • Sidney Poitier
      • Sidney Poitier
    • Ricky Nelson
      • Ricky Nelson
      4th place.
    • Stuart Whitman in The Pirate (1948)
      • Stuart Whitman
      5th place.
    • Kerwin Mathews in The 7th Voyage of Sinbad (1958)
      • Kerwin Mathews
      6th place.
    • Gary Crosby
      • Gary Crosby
      7th place.
    • Ray Walston in Fast Times at Ridgemont High (1982)
      • Ray Walston
      8th place.
    • James Darren
      • James Darren
      9th place.
    • Dean Jones
      • Dean Jones
      10th place.

    Top Male Star

    • Rock Hudson
      Winner
      • Rock Hudson
    • Frank Sinatra
      • Frank Sinatra
    • Marlon Brando in Last Tango in Paris (1972)
      • Marlon Brando
    • Cary Grant
      • Cary Grant
      4th place.
    • William Holden in The Bridges at Toko-Ri (1954)
      • William Holden
      5th place.
    • James Stewart
      • James Stewart
      6th place.
    • Gary Cooper
      • Gary Cooper
      7th place.
    • John Wayne in El Dorado (1966)
      • John Wayne
      8th place.
    • Glenn Ford
      • Glenn Ford
      9th place.
    • Jerry Lewis in The Jerry Lewis Show (1963)
      • Jerry Lewis
      10th place.
    • Pat Boone
      • Pat Boone
      11th place.
    • Bing Crosby
      • Bing Crosby
      12th place.
    • Bob Hope
      • Bob Hope
      13th place.
    • Dean Martin
      • Dean Martin
      14th place.
    • Jeff Chandler
      • Jeff Chandler
      15th place.

    Top Male Supporting Performance

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      The Tunnel of Love

      5.8 (1.6K)
      Gig Young
    • [object Object]

      Some Came Running

      7.2 (8K)
      Arthur Kennedy
    • [object Object]

      The Hanging Tree

      7.1 (5.3K)
      Karl Malden
    • [object Object]

      Imitation General

      6.5 (807)
      Red Buttons
      4th place.
    • [object Object]

      The Defiant Ones

      7.5 (20K)
      Theodore Bikel
      5th place.

    Top Musical

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Gigi

      6.6 (26K)
    • [object Object]

      Damn Yankees

      7.0 (3.8K)
    • [object Object]

      Mardi Gras

      5.3 (269)
    • [object Object]

      Tom Thumb

      6.5 (3.1K)
      4th place.
    • [object Object]

      Seven Hills of Rome

      5.8 (393)
      5th place.

    Top Producer

    • Buddy Adler
      Winner
      • Buddy Adler
    • Sol C. Siegel
      • Sol C. Siegel
    • Walt Disney
      • Walt Disney
    • Samuel Goldwyn circa 1950
      • Samuel Goldwyn
      4th place.
    • Arthur Freed
      • Arthur Freed
      5th place.
    • Joan Crawford and Jerry Wald in The Best of Everything (1959)
      • Jerry Wald
      6th place.
    • Sam Spiegel
      • Sam Spiegel
      7th place.
    • Joe Pasternak
      • Joe Pasternak
      8th place.
    • Ross Hunter
      • Ross Hunter
      9th place.
      • Henry Blanke
      10th place.

    Top Producer/Director

    • Alfred Hitchcock in Psycho (1960)
      Winner
      • Alfred Hitchcock
    • Billy Wilder in The Seven Year Itch (1955)
      • Billy Wilder
    • William Wyler
      • William Wyler
    • George Stevens
      • George Stevens
      4th place.
    • Stanley Kramer
      • Stanley Kramer
      5th place.
    • Mervyn LeRoy in Quo Vadis (1951)
      • Mervyn LeRoy
      6th place.
    • John Huston
      • John Huston
      7th place.
    • Anatole Litvak
      • Anatole Litvak
      8th place.
    • Otto Preminger
      • Otto Preminger
      9th place.
    • Leo McCarey
      • Leo McCarey
      10th place.

    Top Score

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Some Came Running

      7.2 (8K)
      Elmer Bernstein
    • [object Object]

      The Old Man and the Sea

      6.9 (9.2K)
      Dimitri Tiomkin
    • [object Object]

      I Want to Live!

      7.5 (8.1K)
      Johnny Mandel
    • [object Object]

      The Big Country

      7.9 (24K)
      Jerome Moross
      4th place.
    • [object Object]

      The Defiant Ones

      7.5 (20K)
      Ernest Gold
      5th place.

    Top Song

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Marjorie Morningstar

      6.2 (1.4K)
      Sammy Fain
      Paul Francis Webster
      For the song "A Very Precious Love"
    • [object Object]

      Gigi

      6.6 (26K)
      Alan Jay Lerner
      Frederick Loewe
      For the song "Gigi"
    • [object Object]

      Some Came Running

      7.2 (8K)
      Sammy Cahn
      Jimmy Van Heusen
      For the song "To Love and Be Loved"
    • [object Object]

      The Hanging Tree

      7.1 (5.3K)
      Mack David
      Jerry Livingston
      4th place. For the song "The Hanging Tree"
    • [object Object]

      A Certain Smile

      5.7 (374)
      Sammy Fain
      Paul Francis Webster
      5th place. For the song "A Certain Smile"

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    Event date

    September 23, 1959

    Event location

    USA

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