Golden Globe Awards 1955

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The twelfth Golden Globe Awards ceremony took place on February 24, 1955 .

Award winners and nominations

Best film - drama

The fist in the neck (On the Waterfront) - Director: Elia Kazan

Best Film - Musical / Comedy

Carmen Jones - Director: Otto Preminger

Best film to promote international understanding

Broken Lance (The Broken Lance) - Director: Edward Dmytryk

Best director

Elia Kazan - The Fist in the Neck (On the Waterfront)

Best Actor - Drama

Marlon Brando - The Fist in the Neck (On the Waterfront)

Best Actress - Drama

Grace Kelly - The Country Girl (The Country Girl)

Best Actor - Musical / Comedy

James Mason - A new star in the sky (A Star Is Born)

Best Actress - Musical / Comedy

Judy Garland - A new star in the sky (A Star Is Born)

Best supporting actor

Edmond O'Brien - The Barefoot Countess (The Barefoot Contessa)

The best supporting actress

Jan Sterling - The High and the Mighty (The High and the Mighty)

Best young actor

Joe Adams - Carmen Jones
George Nader - Die Nacht der Rache (Four Guns to the Border)
Jeff Richards - A Bride for Seven Brothers (Seven Brides for Seven Brothers)

Best Young Actress

Shirley MacLaine - The Trouble with Harry (The Trouble with Harry)
Kim Novak - A happy divorce (Phfft)
Karen Sharpe - The High and the Mighty (The High and the Mighty)

Best script

Ernest Lehman - Sabrina

Best camera - black and white

Boris Kaufman - The Fist in the Neck (On the Waterfront)

Best camera - color

Joseph Ruttenberg - Brigadoon

Best foreign language film

Die fierige Isabella (Genevieve) , Great Britain - Director: Henry Cornelius
La Mujer de las camelias , Argentina - Director: Ernesto Arancibia
Twenty-four Eyes (Nijûshi no hitomi) , Japan - Director: Keisuke Kinoshita
Weg ohne Revers , Germany - Director: Victor Vicas

Cecil B. DeMille Award

Jean Hersholt

Special Achievement Award

John Ford - “Pioneer” award of the film industry
Herbert Kalmus - “Pioneer” award for the use of color films
Dimitri Tiomkin - “Pioneer” award for the music contributions to cinema films
Anywhere In Our Time - experimental film

Henrietta Award (world star male)

Gregory Peck

Henrietta Award (world star female)

Audrey Hepburn

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