17th Golden Globes

The 17th Golden Globe Awards, honoring the best in film for 1959 films, were held on March 10, 1960.

Winners and nominees

Film

Best Film - Drama

Ben-Hur

• Anatomy of a Murder
• The Diary of Anne Frank
• The Nun's Story
• On the Beach

Best Film - Comedy

Some Like It Hot

• But Not For Me
• Operation Petticoat
• Pillow Talk
• Who Was That Lady?

Best Film - Musical

Porgy and Bess

• The Five Pennies
• Li'l Abner
• Say One for Me
• A Private's Affair

Best Actor - Drama

Anthony Franciosa - Career

• Richard Burton - Look Back In Anger
• Charlton Heston - Ben-Hur
• Fredric March - Middle of the Night
• Joseph Schildkraut - The Diary of Anne Frank

Best Actress - Drama

Elizabeth Taylor - Suddenly, Last Summer

• Audrey Hepburn - The Nun's Story
• Katharine Hepburn - Suddenly, Last Summer
• Lee Remick - Anatomy of a Murder
• Simone Signoret - Room at the Top

Best Actor - Musical or Comedy

Jack Lemmon - Some Like It Hot

• Clark Gable - But Not For Me
• Cary Grant - Operation Petticoat
• Dean Martin - Who Was That Lady?
• Sidney Poitier - Porgy and Bess

Best Actress - Musical or Comedy

Marilyn Monroe - Some Like It Hot

• Dorothy Dandridge - Porgy and Bess
• Doris Day - Pillow Talk
• Shirley MacLaine - Ask Any Girl
• Lilli Palmer - But Not For Me

Best Supporting Actor

Stephen Boyd - Ben-Hur

• Fred Astaire - On the Beach
• Tony Randall - Pillow Talk
• Robert Vaughn - The Young Philadelphians
• Joseph Welch - Anatomy of a Murder

Best Supporting Actress

Susan Kohner - Imitation of Life

• Edith Evans - The Nun's Story
• Estelle Hemsley - Take a Giant Step
• Juanita Moore - Imitation of Life
• Shelley Winters - The Diary of Anne Frank

Best Director

William Wyler - Ben-Hur

• Stanley Kramer - On the Beach
• Otto Preminger - Anatomy of a Murder
• George Stevens - The Diary of Anne Frank
• Fred Zinnemann - The Nun's Story

Best Foreign Film

• Black Orpheus (France)
• Odd Obsession (Japan)
• The Bridge (Germany)
• Wild Strawberries (Sweden)
• Wir Wunderkinder (Germany)

Best Music, Original Score

Ernest Gold - On the Beach

Best Film Promoting International Understanding

The Diary of Anne Frank

• The Nun's Story
• Odds Against Tomorrow
• On the Beach
• Take a Giant Step

Most Promising Newcomer - Male

Barry Coe<br /> Troy Donahue<br /> George Hamilton<br /> James Shigeta

• Michael Callan

Most Promising Newcomer - Female

Angie Dickinson<br /> Janet Munro<br /> Stella Stevens<br /> Tuesday Weld

• Diane Baker

Achievement in Television

Edward R. Murrow

Outstanding Merit

The Nun's Story

Special Award

Andrew Marton - Ben-Hur (For directing the chariot race)<br /> Francis X. Bushman (For a famous silent film star)<br /> Ramon Novarro (For a famous silent film star)

Special Journalistic Merit Award

Hedda Hopper<br /> Louella Parsons

Henrietta Award (World Film Favorite)

Doris Day<br /> Rock Hudson

Samuel Goldwyn Award

Room at the Top

Cecil B. DeMille Award

Bing Crosby

References

• IMdb 1960 Golden Globe Awards