The Laurel Awards were American cinema awards that honored

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s. This award was created by the ''Motion Picture Exhibitor'' magazine, and ran from 1948 to 1971 (with the exception of 1969). The winners of Laurel Awards were determined by both American and Canadian film buyers. After the vote, the results were published in the magazine and each winner was given a golden plaque.

Awardees

Best Picture

* '' Patton'': 1971, not awarded any other year

Best Action Drama

* ''

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'': 1970, not awarded any other year

Best Action Performance

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: '' True Grit'': 1970, not awarded any other year

Best Female New Face

* Ali MacGraw: '' Goodbye, Columbus'': 1970, not awarded any other year

Best Dramatic Performance (Female)

* Claudette Colbert: 1950 * Jane Wyman: 1951 * Joan Crawford: 1952 * Deborah Kerr: 1953 * Grace Kelly: 1954 *

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: 1955 * Ingrid Bergman: 1956 *

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: 1957

Best Dramatic Performance (Male)

* Rod Steiger: '' In the Heat of the Night'' 1968

Best Male Performance

* James Stewart: '' The Stratton Story'' 1950

Best Female Performance

* June Allyson: '' The Stratton Story'' 1950

Top Female Star

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: 1958, 1959, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1964 *

: 1965, 1966 * Julie Andrews: 1967, 1968 * Katharine Hepburn: 1970, 1971

Top Male Star

* Rock Hudson: 1958, 1959, 1960, 1962, 1963 * Burt Lancaster: 1961 * Cary Grant: 1964, 1966 * Jack Lemmon: 1965, 1967 *

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: 1968, 1970 * Dustin Hoffman: 1971

Top Male Personality

* Peter O'Toole: '' Lawrence of Arabia'' 1963

Top Producer / Director

* Cecil B. DeMille: 1949, 1950, 1951, 1952, 1953, 1954, 1955, 1956, 1957, 1958 *

Alfred Hitchcock Sir Alfred Joseph Hitchcock (13 August 1899 – 29 April 1980) was an English film director. He is widely regarded as one of the most influential figures in the history of cinema. In a career spanning six decades, he directed over 50 featu ...

: 1959, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1964, 1966, 1970, 1971 *

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: 1963 *

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: 1965 * Robert Wise: 1967, 1968

Top Director

* Fred Zinnemann: 1958, 1959, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1964 *

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: 1960 *

George Cukor George Dewey Cukor ( ; July 7, 1899 – January 24, 1983) was an American film director and film producer, producer. He mainly concentrated on comedies and literary adaptations. His career flourished at RKO Pictures, RKO when David O. Selzn ...

: 1965 *

David Lean Sir David Lean (25 March 190816 April 1991) was an English film director, producer, screenwriter, and editor, widely considered one of the most important figures of Cinema of the United Kingdom, British cinema. He directed the large-scale epi ...

: 1966 * Henry Hathaway: 1967 *

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: 1968 * Mike Nichols: 1970, 1971

Musical Performance, Male

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: 1966

References

External links

*{{IMDb event, 0000394 American film awards Awards established in 1948 Awards disestablished in 1971