BAFTA Award for Most Promising Newcomer to Leading Film Roles

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BAFTA Award for Most Promising Newcomer to Leading Film Roles
CountryUnited Kingdom
Presented by British Academy of Film and Television Arts
First awarded1952 (presented 1953)
Last awarded1984 (presented 1985)
Website http://www.bafta.org/

The British Academy Award for Most Promising Newcomer to Leading Film Roles is a discontinued British Academy Film Award presented annually by the British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) until 1984.

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The category has had several name changes throughout its history, as detailed on the recipient's list below:

Note: The BAFTA site differs on what the category title is for the 1980s, with the actors own pages on the site using the titles given above, while other pages use Most Promising Newcomer to Film. [1]

A similar award honoring new acting talent, the Rising Star Award, was introduced in 2006. Even though its nominees are selected by the BAFTA juries, the eventual Rising Star winner is decided by public votes via text, internet, or phone.

In the following lists, the titles and names in bold with a gold background are the winners and recipients respectively; those not in bold are the nominees. The years given are those in which the films under consideration were released, not the year of the ceremony, which always takes place the following year.

Winners and nominees

  indicates the winner

1950s

YearActorFilmCharacter
Most Promising Newcomer to Film
1952
(6th)
Claire Bloom Limelight Terry
Dorothy Alison Mandy Miss Stockston
Mandy Miller Mandy Garland
Dorothy Tutin The Importance of Being Earnest Cecily Cardew
1953
(7th)
Norman Wisdom Trouble in Store Norman
Colette Marchand Moulin Rouge Marie Charlet
1954
(8th)
David Kossoff The Young Lovers Geza Szobek
Maggie McNamara The Moon is Blue Patty O'Neill
Eva Marie Saint On the Waterfront Edie Doyle
1955
(9th)
Paul Scofield That Lady King Philip II of Spain
Jo Van Fleet East of Eden Kate
1956
(10th)
Eli Wallach Baby Doll Silva Vaccara
Stephen Boyd The Man Who Never Was Patrick O'Reilly
Don Murray Bus Stop Beauregard "Bo" Decker
Susan Strasberg Picnic Millie Owens
Elizabeth Wilson Patterns of Power Marge Fleming
1957
(11th)
Eric Barker Brothers in Law Alec Blair
Mylène Demongeot The Witches of Salem Abigail Williams
Elvi Hale True as a Turtle Ann
James MacArthur The Young Stranger Harold "Hal" Ditmar
Keith Michell True as a Turtle Harry Bell
1958
(12th)
Paul Massie Orders to Kill Gene Summers
Red Buttons Sayonara Joe Kelly
Teresa Iżewska Kanał Stokrotka
Mary Peach Room at the Top June Samson
Ronald Radd The Camp on Blood Island Commander Yamamitsu
Maggie Smith Nowhere to Go Bridget Howard
Gwen Verdon What Lola Wants Lola
1959
(13th)
Hayley Mills Tiger Bay Gillie Evans
Gerry Duggan The Siege of Pinchgut Pat Fulton
Liz Fraser I'm All Right Jack Cynthia Kite
Joseph N. Welch Anatomy of a Murder Judge Weaver

1960s

YearActorFilmCharacter
Most Promising Newcomer to Leading Film Roles
1960
(14th)
Albert Finney Saturday Night and Sunday Morning Arthur Seaton
Lelia Goldoni Shadows Lelia
Jean-Pierre Léaud The 400 Blows Antoine Doinel
George Peppard Home from the Hill Raphael "Rafe" Copley
Joan Plowright The Entertainer Jean Rice
Anthony Ray Shadows Tony
Billie Whitelaw Hell Is a City Chloe Hawkins
1961
(15th)
Rita Tushingham A Taste of Honey Josephine "Jo"
Tony Hancock The Rebel Anthony Hancock
Murray Melvin A Taste of Honey Geoffrey Ingham
1962
(16th)
Tom Courtenay The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner Colin Smith
Mariette Hartley Guns in the Afternoon Elsa Knudsen
Ian Hendry Live Now, Pay Later Albert
Sarah Miles Term of Trial Shirley Taylor
Terence Stamp Billy Budd Billy Budd
1963
(17th)
James Fox The Servant Tony
Wendy Craig The Servant Susan
Keir Dullea David and Lisa David Clemens
Janet Margolin Lisa Brandt
1964
(18th)
Julie Andrews Mary Poppins Mary Poppins
Elizabeth Ashley The Carpetbaggers Monica Winthrop
The Beatles A Hard Day's Night The Beatles
Lynn Redgrave Girl with Green Eyes Baba Brennan
1965
(19th)
Judi Dench Four in the Morning Wife
Michael Crawford The Knack...and How to Get It Colin
Barbara Ferris Catch Us If You Can Dinah
Tom Nardini Cat Ballou Jackson Two-Bears
1966
(20th)
Vivien Merchant Alfie Lily
Alan Arkin The Russians Are Coming, the Russians Are Coming Lt. Yuri Rozanov
Frank Finlay Othello Iago
Jeremy Kemp The Blue Max Lt. Willi von Klugermann
1967
(21st)
Faye Dunaway [A] Bonnie and Clyde Bonnie Parker
Hurry Sundown Lou McDowell
Peter Kastner You're A Big Boy Now Bernard Chanticleer
Milo O'Shea Ulysses Leopold Bloom
Michael J. Pollard Bonnie and Clyde C.W Moss
1968
(22nd)
Dustin Hoffman The Graduate Benjamin Braddock
Pia Degermark Elvira Madigan Hedvig Jensen "Elvira Madigan"
Katharine Ross The Graduate Elaine Robinson
Jack Wild Oliver! The Artful Dodger
1969
(23rd)
Jon Voight Midnight Cowboy Joe Buck
Kim Darby True Grit Mattie Ross
Jennie Linden Women in Love Ursula Brangwen
Ali MacGraw Goodbye, Columbus Brenda Patimkin

1970s

YearActorFilmCharacter
1970
(24th)
David Bradley Kes Billy Casper
Liza Minnelli Pookie Mary Ann "Pookie" Adams
Michael Sarrazin They Shoot Horses, Don't They? Robert Syverton
Sally Thomsett The Railway Children Phyllis Waterbury
1971
(25th)
Dominic Guard The Go-Between Leo Colston
Gary Grimes Summer of '42 Hermie
Carrie Snodgress Diary of a Mad Housewife Tina Balser
Janet Suzman Nicholas and Alexandra Alexandra
1972
(26th)
Joel Grey Cabaret Emcee
Bud Cort Harold and Maude Harold Parker Chason
Al Pacino The Godfather Michael Corleone
Simon Ward Young Winston Winston Churchill
1973
(27th)
Peter Egan The Hireling Captain Hugh Cantrip
Jim Dale Adolf Hitler: My Part in his Downfall Terence "Spike" Milligan
David Essex That'll Be the Day Jim MacLain
Kris Kristofferson Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid Billy the Kid
1974
(28th)
Georgina Hale Mahler Alma Werfel
Cleavon Little Blazing Saddles Sheriff Bart
Sissy Spacek Badlands Holly Sargis
1975
(29th)
Valerie Perrine Lenny Honey Bruce
Robert De Niro The Godfather Part II Vito Corleone
Alfred Lutter Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore Tommy
Lily Tomlin Nashville Linnea Reese
1976
(30th)
Jodie Foster [A] Bugsy Malone Tallulah
Taxi Driver Iris Steensma
No other Nominees
1977
(31st)
Isabelle Huppert The Lacemaker Pomme
Olimpia Carlisi The Middle of the World Adriana
Jeannette Clift The Hiding Place Corrie ten Boom
Saverio Marconi Padre Padrone Gavino
1978
(32nd)
Christopher Reeve Superman Clark Kent / Superman
Brad Davis Midnight Express Billy Hayes
Mary Beth Hurt Interiors Joey
Melanie Mayron Girlfriends Susan Weinblatt
1979
(33rd)
Dennis Christopher Breaking Away Dave Stoller
Gary Busey The Buddy Holly Story Buddy Holly
Sigourney Weaver Alien Ellen Ripley
Ray Winstone That Summer! Steve Brody

1980s

YearActorFilmCharacter
Most Outstanding Newcomer to Leading Film Roles
1980
(34th)
Judy Davis My Brilliant Career Sybylla Melvyn
Sônia Braga Dona Flor and Her Two Husbands Flor
John Gordon Sinclair Gregory's Girl Gregory Underwood
Debra Winger Urban Cowboy Sissy Davis
1981
(35th)
Joe Pesci Raging Bull Joey LaMotta
Klaus Maria Brandauer Mephisto Hendrik Hoefgen
Timothy Hutton Ordinary People Conrad Jarrett
Cathy Moriarty Raging Bull Vicki Thailer
1982
(36th)
Ben Kingsley Gandhi Mahatma Gandhi
Drew Barrymore E.T. the Extra Terrestrial Gertie
Henry Thomas Elliott
Kathleen Turner Body Heat Matty Walker
Most Outstanding Newcomer to Film
1983
(37th)
Phyllis Logan Another Time, Another Place Janie
Kevin Kline Sophie's Choice Nathan Landau
Greta Scacchi Heat and Dust Olivia Rivers
Julie Walters Educating Rita Susan "Rita" White
1984
(38th)
[2]
Haing S. Ngor The Killing Fields Pran
Rupert Everett Another Country Guy Bennett
John Lynch Cal Cal
Tim Roth The Hit Myron

Notes

    A 1 2 : Rules from the 1960s to the 1970s allowed for an actor to receive a single citation for performances in multiple films in the same year. Faye Dunaway and Jodie Foster were both nominated for their roles in two different films.

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    References

    1. "BAFTA Awards Search | BAFTA Awards".
    2. Walker, John (2006). Halliwell's Who's Who in the Movies, pages 598-601. HarperCollins UK; Fourth edition ISBN   978-0007169573.