17th Annual Golden Globe Awards Nominations (1960)

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  • Date of Ceremony: Thursday, March 10, 1960
  • For films released in: 1959
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Here is the complete list of nominations for the 17th Annual Golden Globe Awards.

And the nominees are:

Best Motion Picture - Drama

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

Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Drama

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

Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture - Drama

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

Best Motion Picture - Comedy

  • But Not for Me
  • Operation Petticoat
  • Pillow Talk
  • Some Like It Hot
  • Who Was that Lady?

Best Motion Picture - Musical

  • The Five Pennies
  • Li'l Abner
  • Porgy and Bess
  • A Private Affair
  • Say One for Me

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

  • But Not for Me
    Clark Gable
  • Operation Petticoat
    Cary Grant
  • Porgy and Bess
    Sidney Poitier
  • Some Like It Hot
    Jack Lemmon
  • Who Was that Lady?
    Dean Martin

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

  • Ask Any Girl
    Shirley MacLaine
  • But Not for Me
    Lilli Palmer
  • Pillow Talk
    Doris Day
  • Porgy and Bess
    Dorothy Dandridge
  • Some Like It Hot
    Marilyn Monroe

Best Directing

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

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

  • Anatomy of a Murder
    Joseph N. Welch
  • Ben-Hur
    Stephen Boyd
  • On the Beach
    Fred Astaire
  • Pillow Talk
    Tony Randall
  • The Young Philadelphians
    Robert Vaughn

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

  • The Diary of Anne Frank
    Shelley Winters
  • Imitation of Life
    Susan Kohner
  • Imitation of Life
    Jaunita Moore
  • The Nun's Story
    Dame Edith Evans
  • Take a Giant Step
    Estelle Hemsley

Best Foreign Film

  • Die Brucke
  • Kagi
  • Orfeu Negro
  • Smultronstallet
  • Wir Wunderkinder

Best Film Promoting International Understanding

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

Best Original Score - Motion Picture

  • On the Beach
    Ernest Gold

Henrietta Award (World Film Favorites) - Male

  • Rock Hudson

Henrietta Award (World Film Favorites) - Female

  • Doris Day

Most Promising Newcomer - Male

  • James Shigeta
  • Barry Coe
  • Troy Donahue
  • George Hamilton
  • Michael Callan

Most Promising Newcomer - Female

  • Tuesday Weld
  • Angie Dickinson
  • Janet Munro
  • Stella Stevens
  • Diane Baker

Achievement in Television

  • Edward R. Murrow

Outstanding Merit

  • The Nun's Story

Special Award

  • Francis X. Bushman
    Note: For a famous silent film star.
  • Ramon Novarro
    Note: For a famous silent film star.
  • Ben-Hur
    Andrew Marton
    Note: For directing the chariot race in Ben-Hur.

Special Journalistic Merit Award

  • Hedda Hopper
  • Louella Parsons

Samuel Goldwyn Award

  • Room at the Top