Laurel Awards
Appearance
The Laurel Awards was an American cinema awards system established to honor the films, actors, actresses, producers, directors and composers. This award was created by the Motion Picture Exhibitor magazine and ran from 1957 to 1971 (with the exception of 1969).
The Golden Laurels were determined by both American and Canadian film buyers. After the vote, the results were published in the magazine, but unlike the Academy Awards, were more subtly awarded and there was no awards presentation ceremony.
Awardees
- Best Picture
- Patton: 1971, not awarded any other year
- 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
- Top Producer/Director
- Cecil B. DeMille: 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