Laurel Awards
The Laurel Awards were American cinema awards that honored films, actors, producers, directors, and composers. This award was created by the Motion Picture Exhibitor magazine, and ran from 1948 to 1971.
The winners of Laurel Awards were determined by both American and Canadian film buyers. After the vote, the results were published in the magazine and each winner was given a golden plaque.
Awardees
Best Picture
- Patton: 1971, not awarded any other year
Best Action Drama
- Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid: 1970, not awarded any other year
Best Action Performance
- John Wayne: True Grit: 1970, not awarded any other year
Best Female New Face
- Ali MacGraw: Goodbye, Columbus: 1970, not awarded any other year
Best Dramatic Performance (Female)
- Claudette Colbert: 1950
- Jane Wyman: 1951
- Joan Crawford: 1952
- Deborah Kerr: 1953
- Grace Kelly: 1954
- Susan Hayward: 1955
- Ingrid Bergman: 1956
- Elizabeth Taylor: 1957
Best Dramatic Performance (Male)
- Rod Steiger: In the Heat of the Night 1968
Best Male Performance
- James Stewart: The Stratton Story 1950
Best Female Performance
- June Allyson: The Stratton Story 1950
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
- Peter O'Toole: Lawrence of Arabia 1963
Top Producer / Director
- Cecil B. DeMille: 1949, 1950, 1951, 1952, 1953, 1954, 1955, 1956, 1957, 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
Musical Performance, Male
- Elvis Presley: 1966