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
[Golden Globe Award for [Best Motion Picture – Drama|Best Film - Drama]]
Ben-Hur[Golden Globe Award for Best [Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy|Best Film - Comedy]]
Some Like It Hot[Golden Globe Award for Best [Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy|Best Film - Musical]]
Porgy and Bess[Golden Globe [Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Drama|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''
[Golden Globe [Award for Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Drama|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''
[Golden Globe Award for [Best Actor – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy|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''
[Golden Globe Award for [Best Actress – Motion Picture Comedy or Musical|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''
[Golden Globe Award for [Best Supporting Actor – Motion Picture|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''
[Golden Globe Award for [Best Supporting Actress – Motion Picture|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''
Best Director">Golden Globe Award for Best Director">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''
[Golden Globe Award for Best [Foreign Language Film|Best Foreign Film]]
Best Music, Original Score">Golden Globe Award for Best Original Score">Best Music, Original Score
'Ernest Gold - On the Beach'''''Best Film Promoting International Understanding
The Diary of Anne Frank[Golden Globe Award for [New Star of the Year – Actor|Most Promising Newcomer - Male]]
Barry CoeTroy Donahue
George Hamilton
James Shigeta
Most Promising Newcomer - Female">Golden Globe Award for New Star of the Year – Actress">Most Promising Newcomer - Female
Angie DickinsonJanet Munro
Stella Stevens
Tuesday Weld
Achievement in Television
'''Edward R. Murrow'''Outstanding Merit
'The Nun's Story'''''Special Award
Andrew Marton - Ben-Hur 'Francis X. Bushman '
Ramon Novarro ''''
Special Journalistic Merit Award
Hedda Hopper'''Louella Parsons'''
Henrietta Award (World Film Favorite)
Doris Day'''Rock Hudson'''