12th Golden Globes

The 12th Golden Globe Awards, honoring the best in film for 1954, were held on February 24, 1955, in the Cocoanut Grove at the Ambassador Hotel in Los Angeles, California.

Winners

Best Motion Picture - Drama

On the Waterfront directed by Elia Kazan

Best Motion Picture - Comedy or Musical

Carmen Jones directed by Otto Preminger

Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Drama

Marlon Brando - On the Waterfront

Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture - Drama

Grace Kelly - The Country Girl

Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Comedy or Musical

James Mason - A Star Is Born

Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture - Comedy or Musical

Judy Garland - A Star Is Born

Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Motion Picture

Edmond O'Brien - The Barefoot Contessa

Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in a Motion Picture

Jan Sterling - The High and the Mighty

Best Director - Motion Picture

Elia Kazan - On the Waterfront

Best Screenplay - Motion Picture

Ernest Lehman - Sabrina

Best Foreign Language Film

Henrietta Award (World Film Favorites)

Gregory Peck and Audrey Hepburn

Cinematography - Color

Brigadoon photographed by Joseph Ruttenberg

Cinematography - Black and White

On the Waterfront photographed by Boris Kaufman

Promoting International Understanding

Broken Lance - directed by Edward Dmytryk

Cecil B. DeMille Award

Jean Hersholt

New Star of the Year Actor

(Three way tie)

New Star of the Year Actress

(Three way tie)

Honor Awards

References