17th Annual Golden Globe Awards Results and Commentary (1960)
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- Date of Ceremony: Thursday, March 10, 1960
- For films released in: 1959
Here is the complete list of winners for the 17th Annual Golden Globe Awards.
Results
Best Motion Picture - Drama
- Ben-Hur
Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Drama
- Career
Anthony Franciosa
Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture - Drama
- Suddenly, Last Summer
Elizabeth Taylor
Best Motion Picture - Comedy
- Some Like It Hot
Best Motion Picture - Musical
- Porgy and Bess
Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Musical/Comedy
- Some Like It Hot
Jack Lemmon
Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture - Musical/Comedy
- Some Like It Hot
Marilyn Monroe
Best Directing
- Ben-Hur
William Wyler
Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Motion Picture
- Ben-Hur
Stephen Boyd
Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in a Motion Picture
- Imitation of Life
Susan Kohner
Best Foreign Film
- Die Brucke
- Kagi
- Orfeu Negro
- Smultronstallet
- Wir Wunderkinder
Best Film Promoting International Understanding
- The Diary of Anne Frank
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
Most Promising Newcomer - Female
- Tuesday Weld
- Angie Dickinson
- Janet Munro
- Stella Stevens
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
Cecil B. DeMille Award
- Bing Crosby