17th Golden Globe Awards

The 17th Golden Globe Awards, honoring the best in film for 1959 films, were held on March 10, 1960.

Winners and nominees

Film

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 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 - 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 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 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 Film - Drama

Ben-Hur

• Anatomy of a Murder
• The Diary of Anne Frank
• The Nun's Story
• On the Beach

Best Film - Musical and Comedy

Comedy: Some Like It Hot

• But Not For Me
• Operation Petticoat
• Pillow Talk
• Who Was That Lady?

Musical: Porgy and Bess

• The Five Pennies
• Li'l Abner
• Say One for Me
• A Private's Affair

Best Original Score

"On the Beach" - Ernest Gold

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