13th Golden Globe Awards

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13th Golden Globe Awards
DateFebruary 23, 1956
Highlights
Best PictureEast of Eden

The 13th Golden Globe Awards , honoring the best in film for 1955 films, were held on February 23, 1956.

Contents

Winners

Best Motion Picture - Drama

East of Eden directed by Elia Kazan [1]

Best Motion Picture - Comedy or Musical

Guys and Dolls directed by Joseph L. Mankiewicz [2]

Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Drama

Ernest Borgnine - Marty [3]

Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture - Drama

Anna Magnani - The Rose Tattoo [4]

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

Tom Ewell - The Seven Year Itch [5]

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

Jean Simmons - Guys and Dolls [6]

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

Arthur Kennedy - Trial [7]

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

Marisa Pavan - The Rose Tattoo [8]

Best Director - Motion Picture

Joshua Logan - Picnic [9]

Best Foreign Language Film

Curvas peligrosas (Dangerous Curves) from Mexico [10]

Eyes of Children from Japan

Sons, Mothers, and a General from West Germany

Stella from Greece

The Word from Denmark [11]

Henrietta Award (World Film Favorites) Male

Marlon Brando [12]

Henrietta Award (World Film Favorites) Female

Grace Kelly [13]

Special Achievement Award

James Dean Award given posthumously for Best Dramatic Actor. [14]

Cecil B. DeMille Award

Jack L. Warner [15]

Best Motion Picture - Outdoor Drama

Wichita [16]

Television Achievement

Desi Arnaz for American Comedy

Dinah Shore for Walt Disney anthology television series episode Davy Crockett. [17]

Promoting International Understanding

Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing- directed by Henry King [18]

New Star of the Year Actor

(Two way tie)

Ray Danton in I'll Cry Tomorrow

Russ Tamblyn in Hit the Deck [19]

New Star of the Year Actress

(Three way tie)

Anita Ekberg in Blood Alley

Victoria Shaw in The Eddy Duchin Story

Dana Wynter in The View from Pompey's Head [20]

Hollywood Citizenship Award

Esther Williams [21]

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  2. "Best Motion Picture Comedy or Musical" http://www.goldenglobes.org/browse/year/1955 Archived 2012-04-15 at the Wayback Machine
  3. "Best Motion Picture Actor in a Drama" http://www.goldenglobes.org/browse/year/1955 Archived 2012-04-15 at the Wayback Machine
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  5. "Best Motion Picture Actor in a Musical or Comedy" http://www.goldenglobes.org/browse/year/1955 Archived 2012-04-15 at the Wayback Machine
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  7. "Best Supporting Actor" http://www.goldenglobes.org/browse/year/1955 Archived 2012-04-15 at the Wayback Machine
  8. "Best Performance by an Actress in a supporting role" http://www.goldenglobes.org/browse/year/1955 Archived 2012-04-15 at the Wayback Machine
  9. "Best Director" http://www.goldenglobes.org/browse/year/1955 Archived 2012-04-15 at the Wayback Machine
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  21. "Hollywood Citizenship Award (Previous Award Given)" http://www.goldenglobes.org/browse/year/1955 Archived 2012-04-15 at the Wayback Machine