The 17th Golden Globe Awards, honoring the best in film for 1959 films, were held on March 10, 1960.
Winners and nominees Film
Best Film - Drama Ben-Hur Anatomy of a Murder The Diary of Anne Frank The Nun's Story On the Beach
Best Film - Comedy Some Like It Hot But Not For Me Operation Petticoat Pillow Talk Who Was That Lady?
Best Film - Musical Porgy and Bess The Five Pennies Li'l Abner Say One for Me A Private's Affair
Best Actor - Drama Anthony Franciosa - Career Richard Burton - Look Back In Anger Charlton Heston - Ben-Hur Fredric March - Middle of the Night Joseph Schildkraut - The Diary of Anne Frank
Best Actress - Drama Elizabeth Taylor - Suddenly, Last Summer Audrey Hepburn - The Nun's Story Katharine Hepburn - Suddenly, Last Summer Lee Remick - Anatomy of a Murder Simone Signoret - Room at the Top
Best Actor - Musical or Comedy Jack Lemmon - Some Like It Hot Clark Gable - But Not For Me Cary Grant - Operation Petticoat Dean Martin - Who Was That Lady? Sidney Poitier - Porgy and Bess
Best Actress - Musical or Comedy Marilyn Monroe - Some Like It Hot Dorothy Dandridge - Porgy and Bess Doris Day - Pillow Talk Shirley MacLaine - Ask Any Girl Lilli Palmer - But Not For Me
Best Supporting Actor Stephen Boyd - Ben-Hur Fred Astaire - On the Beach Tony Randall - Pillow Talk Robert Vaughn - The Young Philadelphians Joseph Welch - Anatomy of a Murder
Best Supporting Actress Susan Kohner - Imitation of Life Edith Evans - The Nun's Story Estelle Hemsley - Take a Giant Step Juanita Moore - Imitation of Life Shelley Winters - The Diary of Anne Frank
Best Director William Wyler - Ben-Hur Stanley Kramer - On the Beach Otto Preminger - Anatomy of a Murder George Stevens - The Diary of Anne Frank Fred Zinnemann - The Nun's Story
Best Foreign Film Black Orpheus (France) Odd Obsession (Japan) The Bridge (Germany) Wild Strawberries (Sweden) Wir Wunderkinder (Germany)
Best Music, Original Score Ernest Gold - On the Beach
Best Film Promoting International Understanding The Diary of Anne Frank The Nun's Story Odds Against Tomorrow On the Beach Take a Giant Step
Most Promising Newcomer - Male Barry Coe Troy Donahue George Hamilton James Shigeta Michael Callan
Most Promising Newcomer - Female Angie Dickinson Janet Munro Stella Stevens Tuesday Weld Diane Baker
Achievement in Television Edward R. Murrow
Outstanding Merit The Nun's Story
Special Award Andrew Marton - Ben-Hur (For directing the chariot race) Francis X. Bushman (For a famous silent film star) Ramon Novarro (For a famous silent film star)
Special Journalistic Merit Award Hedda Hopper Louella Parsons
Henrietta Award (World Film Favorite) Doris Day Rock Hudson
Samuel Goldwyn Award Room at the Top
Cecil B. DeMille Award Bing Crosby
References IMdb 1960 Golden Globe Awards