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1959 - Results

Film Awards

1959 Results

  • Winner

    The Little Island

    Animated Film
    Nominee

    The Juggler Of Our Lady

    Animated Film
    Nominee

    The Blackbird (Le Merle)

    Animated Film
  • Winner

    Trevor Howard

    The Key
    British Actor
    Nominee

    Michael Craig

    Sea Of Sand
    British Actor
    Nominee

    Laurence Harvey

    Room At The Top
    British Actor
    Nominee

    IS Johar

    Harry Black
    British Actor
    Nominee

    Anthony Quayle

    Ice Cold In Alex
    British Actor
    Nominee

    Terry Thomas

    Tom Thumb
    British Actor
    Nominee

    Donald Wolfit

    Room At The Top
    British Actor
  • Winner

    Irene Worth

    Orders To Kill
    British Actress
    Nominee

    Hermione Baddeley

    Room At The Top
    British Actress
    Nominee

    Karuna Banerjee

    The Unvanquished (Aparajito)
    British Actress
    Nominee

    Virginia McKenna

    Carve Her Name With Pride
    British Actress
  • Winner

    Room At The Top

    British Film
    Nominee

    Ice Cold In Alex

    British Film
    Nominee

    Indiscreet

    British Film
    Nominee

    Orders To Kill

    British Film
    Nominee

    Sea Of Sand

    British Film
  • Winner

    Orders to Kill

    Paul Dehn
    British Screenplay
    Nominee

    Violent Playground

    James Kennaway
    British Screenplay
    Nominee

    Bonjour Tristesse

    Arthur Laurents
    British Screenplay
    Nominee

    A Cry From The Streets

    Vernon Harris
    British Screenplay
    Nominee

    Ice Cold In Alex

    TJ Morrison
    British Screenplay
    Nominee

    Indiscreet

    Norman Krasna
    British Screenplay
    Nominee

    The Inn of the Sixth Happiness

    Isobel Lennart
    British Screenplay
    Nominee

    The Key

    Carl Foreman
    British Screenplay
    Nominee

    The Man Upstairs

    Alun Falconer
    British Screenplay
    Nominee

    A Night To Remember

    Eric Ambler
    British Screenplay
  • Winner

    Glass (Glas)

    Documentary
    Nominee

    The Forerunner

    Documentary
    Nominee

    Jabulani Afrika

    Documentary
    Nominee

    LS Lowry

    Documentary
    Nominee

    Secrets Of The Reef

    Documentary
    Nominee

    Wonders Of Chicago

    Documentary
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    Room At The Top

    Film From Any Source
    Nominee

    The Young Lions

    Film From Any Source
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    The Defiant Ones

    Film From Any Source
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    Ice Cold In Alex

    Film From Any Source
    Nominee

    Indiscreet

    Film From Any Source
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    No Down Payment

    Film From Any Source
    Nominee

    Orders To Kill

    Film From Any Source
    Nominee

    Sea Of Sand

    Film From Any Source
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    The Sheepman

    Film From Any Source
    Nominee

    The Unvanquished (Aparajito)

    Film From Any Source
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    Wild Strawberries (Smultronstället)

    Film From Any Source
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    Cabiria (Le Notti Di Cabiria)

    Film From Any Source
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    Cat On A Hot Tin Roof

    Film From Any Source
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    The Cranes Are Flying (Letyat Zhuravli)

    Film From Any Source
  • Winner

    Sidney Poitier

    The Defiant Ones
    Foreign Actor
    Nominee

    Marlon Brando

    The Young Lions
    Foreign Actor
    Nominee

    Tony Curtis

    The Defiant Ones
    Foreign Actor
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    Glenn Ford

    The Sheepman
    Foreign Actor
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    Curt Jurgens

    The Enemy Below/The Inn Of The Sixth Happiness
    Foreign Actor
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    Charles Laughton

    Witness For The Prosecution
    Foreign Actor
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    Paul Newman

    Cat On A Hot Tin Roof
    Foreign Actor
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    Victor Sjostrom

    Wild Strawberries (Smultronstället)
    Foreign Actor
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    Spencer Tracy

    The Last Hurrah
    Foreign Actor
  • Winner

    Simone Signoret

    Room At The Top
    Foreign Actress
    Nominee

    Ingrid Bergman

    The Inn Of The Sixth Happiness
    Foreign Actress
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    Anna Magnani

    Wild Is The Wind
    Foreign Actress
    Nominee

    Giulietta Masina

    Cabiria (Le Notti Di Cabiria)
    Foreign Actress
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    Tatyana Samojlova

    The Cranes Are Flying (Letyat Zhuravli)
    Foreign Actress
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    Elizabeth Taylor

    Cat on a Hot Tin Roof
    Foreign Actress
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    Joanne Woodward

    No Down Payment
    Foreign Actress
  • Winner

    Paul Massie

    Orders To Kill
    Most Promising Newcomer To Film
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    Mary Peach

    Room At The Top
    Most Promising Newcomer To Film
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    Ronald Radd

    Camp On Blood Island
    Most Promising Newcomer To Film
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    Maggie Smith

    Nowhere To Go
    Most Promising Newcomer To Film
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    Gwen Vernon

    What Lola Wants
    Most Promising Newcomer To Film
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    Red Buttons

    Sayonara
    Most Promising Newcomer To Film
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    Teresa Izewska

    Canal (Kanal)
    Most Promising Newcomer To Film
  • Winner

    The Children's Film Foundation

    The Children's Film Foundation
    Non Competitive
    Special Award
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    The Defiant Ones

    United Nations Award - for the best Film embodying one or more of the principles of the United Nations Charter
    Nominee

    People Like Maria

    United Nations Award - for the best Film embodying one or more of the principles of the United Nations Charter
    Nominee

    The Unknown Soldier (Tuntematon Sotilas)

    United Nations Award - for the best Film embodying one or more of the principles of the United Nations Charter

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