The 13th

Golden Globe Award The Golden Globe Awards are accolades bestowed by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association beginning in January 1944, recognizing excellence in both American and international film and television. Beginning in 2022, there are 105 members of ...

s, honoring the best in

film A film also called a movie, motion picture, moving picture, picture, photoplay or (slang) flick is a work of visual art that simulates experiences and otherwise communicates ideas, stories, perceptions, feelings, beauty, or atmospher ...

for

1955 Events January * January 3 – José Ramón Guizado becomes president of Panama. * January 17 – , the first nuclear-powered submarine, puts to sea for the first time, from Groton, Connecticut. * January 18– 20 – Battle of Yijiangs ...

films, were held on February 23, 1956.

Winners

Best Motion Picture - Drama

'' East of Eden directed by Elia Kazan''

Best Motion Picture - Comedy or Musical

Guys and Dolls ''Guys and Dolls'' is a musical with music and lyrics by Frank Loesser and book by Jo Swerling and Abe Burrows. It is based on " The Idyll of Miss Sarah Brown" (1933) and "Blood Pressure", which are two short stories by Damon Runyon, and also b ...

directed by Joseph L. Mankiewicz''

Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Drama

'' Ernest Borgnine - Marty''

Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture - Drama

Anna Magnani Anna Maria Magnani (; 7 March 1908 – 26 September 1973) was an Italian actress.Obituary ''Variety'', 3 October 1973, pg. 47 She was known for her explosive acting and earthy, realistic portrayals of characters. Born in Rome, she worked her ...

- The Rose Tattoo''

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

'' Tom Ewell -

The Seven Year Itch ''The Seven Year Itch'' is a 1955 American romantic comedy film directed by Billy Wilder, from a screenplay he co-wrote with George Axelrod from the 1952 three-act play. The film stars Marilyn Monroe and Tom Ewell, who reprised his stage rol ...

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

Jean Simmons Jean Merilyn Simmons, (31 January 1929 – 22 January 2010) was a British actress and singer. One of J. Arthur Rank's "well-spoken young starlets", she appeared predominantly in films, beginning with those made in Great Britain during and aft ...

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

Arthur Kennedy - '' Trial''

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

'' Marisa Pavan - The Rose Tattoo''

Best Director - Motion Picture

Joshua Logan - '' Picnic''

Best Foreign Language Film This is a list of categories of awards commonly awarded through organizations that bestow film awards, including those presented by various film, festivals, and people's awards. Best Actor/Best Actress *See Best Actor#Film awards, Best Actress#F ...

'' Curvas peligrosas (Dangerous Curves) from

Mexico Mexico (Spanish language, Spanish: México), officially the United Mexican States, is a List of sovereign states, country in the southern portion of North America. It is borders of Mexico, bordered to the north by the United States; to the so ...

'' '' Eyes of Children from

Japan Japan ( ja, 日本, or , and formally , ''Nihonkoku'') is an island country in East Asia. It is situated in the northwest Pacific Ocean, and is bordered on the west by the Sea of Japan, while extending from the Sea of Okhotsk in the n ...

'' '' Sons, Mothers, and a General from

West Germany West Germany is the colloquial term used to indicate the Federal Republic of Germany (FRG; german: Bundesrepublik Deutschland , BRD) between its formation on 23 May 1949 and the German reunification through the accession of East Germany on 3 ...

'' '' Stella from

Greece Greece,, or , romanized: ', officially the Hellenic Republic, is a country in Southeast Europe. It is situated on the southern tip of the Balkans, and is located at the crossroads of Europe, Asia, and Africa. Greece shares land borders wi ...

'' '' The Word from

Denmark ) , song = ( en, "King Christian stood by the lofty mast") , song_type = National and royal anthem , image_map = EU-Denmark.svg , map_caption = , subdivision_type = Sovereign state , subdivision_name = Kingdom of Denmark , establish ...

Henrietta Award (World Film Favorites) Male

'' Marlon Brando''

Henrietta Award (World Film Favorites) Female

'' Grace Kelly''

Special Achievement Award

'' James Dean'' Award given posthumously for Best Dramatic Actor.

Cecil B. DeMille Award

Jack L. Warner Jack Leonard Warner (born Jacob Warner; August 2, 1892 – September 9, 1978) was a Canadian-American film executive, who was the president and driving force behind the Warner Bros. Studios in Burbank, California. Warner's career spanned some ...

Best Motion Picture - Outdoor Drama

'' Wichita''

Television Achievement

'' Desi Arnaz'' for American Comedy '' Dinah Shore'' for Walt Disney anthology television series episode Davy Crockett.

Promoting International Understanding

'' Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing- directed by Henry King''

New Star of the Year Actor

(Two way tie) '' Ray Danton in I'll Cry Tomorrow'' '' Russ Tamblyn in Hit the Deck''

New Star of the Year Actress

(Three way tie) ''

Anita Ekberg Kerstin Anita Marianne Ekberg (; 29 September 193111 January 2015) was a Swedish actress active in American and European films, known for her beauty and stunning figure. She became prominent in her iconic role as Sylvia in the Federico Fellini ...

Blood Alley ''Blood Alley'' is a 1955 American seafaring Cold War adventure film produced by John Wayne, directed by William A. Wellman, and starring Wayne and Lauren Bacall. The film was distributed by Warner Bros. and shot in CinemaScope and Warnercolor. ...

'' '' Victoria Shaw in The Eddy Duchin Story'' '' Dana Wynter in The View from Pompey's Head''

Hollywood Citizenship Award

'' Esther Williams'' "Hollywood Citizenship Award (Previous Award Given)" http://www.goldenglobes.org/browse/year/1955

References

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