The Laurel Awards were American cinema awards that honored films, actors, producers, directors, and composers. This award was created by the Motion Picture Exhibitor magazine, and ran from 1948 to 1971 (with the exception of 1969).
The winners of Laurel Awards were determined by both American and Canadian film buyers. After the vote, the results were published in the magazine and each winner was given a golden plaque.
Awardees Best Picture Patton: 1971, not awarded any other year
Best Action Drama Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid: 1970, not awarded any other year
Best Action Performance John Wayne: True Grit: 1970, not awarded any other year
Best Female New Face Ali MacGraw: Goodbye, Columbus: 1970, not awarded any other year
Best Dramatic Performance (Female) Claudette Colbert: 1950 Claudette Colbert Biography. TV GUIDE. A FANDOM COMPANY. Retrieved 2026-02-04. Jane Wyman: 1951 Joan Crawford: 1952 Deborah Kerr: 1953 Grace Kelly: 1954 Susan Hayward: 1955 Ingrid Bergman: 1956 Elizabeth Taylor: 1957
Best Dramatic Performance (Male) Rod Steiger: In the Heat of the Night 1968
Best Male Performance James Stewart: The Stratton Story 1950
Best Female Performance June Allyson: The Stratton Story 1950
Top Female Star Doris Day: 1958, 1959, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1964 Elizabeth Taylor: 1965, 1966 Julie Andrews: 1967, 1968 Katharine Hepburn: 1970, 1971
Top Male Star Rock Hudson: 1958, 1959, 1960, 1962, 1963 Burt Lancaster: 1961 Cary Grant: 1964, 1966 Jack Lemmon: 1965, 1967 Paul Newman: 1968, 1970 Dustin Hoffman: 1971
Top Male Personality Peter O'Toole: Lawrence of Arabia 1963
Top Producer / Director Cecil B. DeMille: 1949, 1950, 1951, 1952, 1953, 1954, 1955, 1956, 1957, 1958 Alfred Hitchcock: 1959, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1964, 1966, 1970, 1971 Billy Wilder: 1963 Mervyn LeRoy: 1965 Robert Wise: 1967, 1968
Top Director Fred Zinnemann: 1958, 1959, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1964 Vincente Minnelli: 1960 George Cukor: 1965 David Lean: 1966 Henry Hathaway: 1967 Norman Jewison: 1968 Mike Nichols: 1970, 1971
Musical Performance, Male Elvis Presley: 1966
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