Golden Globe Awards 1956

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The 13th Golden Globe Awards ceremony took place on February 23, 1956 .

Award winners and nominations

Best film - drama

Beyond Eden (East of Eden) - Director: Elia Kazan

Best Film - Drama (External)

Wichita - Director: Jacques Tourneur

Best Film - Musical / Comedy

Heavy Boys - Easy Girls (Guys and Dolls) - Director: Joseph L. Mankiewicz

Best film to promote international understanding

Splendored Thing (Love is a Many Splendored Thing) - Director: Henry King

Best director

Joshua Logan - Picnic (Picnic)

Best Actor - Drama

Ernest Borgnine - Marty

Best Actress - Drama

Anna Magnani - The Rose Tattoo (The Rose Tattoo)

Best Actor - Musical / Comedy

Tom Ewell - 7. Year Itch (The Seven Year Itch)

Best Actress - Musical / Comedy

Jean Simmons - Heavy Boys - Easy Girls (Guys and Dolls)

Best supporting actor

Arthur Kennedy - The Plot (Trial)

The best supporting actress

Marisa Pavan - The Rose Tattoo (The Rose Tattoo)

Best foreign language film

Dangerous Curves , Great Britain - Director: Unknown
Das Wort (Ordet) , Denmark - Director: Carl Theodor Dreyer
Children, Mothers and a General , Germany - Director: László Benedek
Kodomo no me , Japan - Director: Yoshirô Kawazu
Stella , Greece - Director: Michael Cacoyannis

Best newcomer of the year

Ray Danton
Russ Tamblyn

Best newcomer of the year

Anita Ekberg
Victoria Shaw
Dana Wynter

Best TV Show

Desi Arnaz , Lucille Ball - The American Comedy
Dinah Shore - Disneyland

Cecil B. DeMille Award

Jack L. Warner

Special Achievement Award

James Dean Posthumous Award for Best Drama Actor

Henrietta Award (world star male)

Marlon Brando

Henrietta Award (world star female)

Grace Kelly

Hollywood Citizenship Award

Esther Williams

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