17th Golden Globe Awards

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

17th Golden Globe Awards
DateMarch 10, 1960

Winners and nominees

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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