17th Golden Globe Awards

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17th Golden Globe Awards
DateMarch 10, 1960

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

Winners and nominees[]

Film[]

Best Film - Drama[]

Ben-Hur

Best Film - Comedy[]

Some Like It Hot

Best Film - Musical[]

Porgy and Bess

Best Actor - Drama[]

Anthony Franciosa - Career

Best Actress - Drama[]

Elizabeth Taylor - Suddenly, Last Summer

Best Actor - Musical or Comedy[]

Jack Lemmon - Some Like It Hot

Best Actress - Musical or Comedy[]

Marilyn Monroe - Some Like It Hot

Best Supporting Actor[]

Stephen Boyd - Ben-Hur

Best Supporting Actress[]

Susan Kohner - Imitation of Life

Best Director[]

William Wyler - Ben-Hur

Best Foreign Film[]

Best Music, Original Score[]

Ernest Gold - On the Beach

Best Film Promoting International Understanding[]

The Diary of Anne Frank

Most Promising Newcomer - Male[]

Barry Coe
Troy Donahue
George Hamilton
James Shigeta

Most Promising Newcomer - Female[]

Angie Dickinson
Janet Munro
Stella Stevens
Tuesday Weld

Achievement in Television[]

Edward R. Murrow

Outstanding Merit[]

The Nun's Story

Special Award[]

Andrew Marton - Ben-Hur (For directing the chariot race)
Francis X. Bushman (For a famous silent film star)
Ramon Novarro (For a famous silent film star)

Special Journalistic Merit Award[]

Hedda Hopper
Louella Parsons

Henrietta Award (World Film Favorite)[]

Doris Day
Rock Hudson

Samuel Goldwyn Award[]

Room at the Top

Cecil B. DeMille Award[]

Bing Crosby

References[]

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