The 13th Golden Globe Awards, honoring the best in film for 1955 films, were held on February 23, 1956.

Winners

Best Motion Picture - Drama

East of Eden directed by Elia Kazan ^[1]

Best Motion Picture - Comedy or Musical

Guys and Dolls directed by Joseph L. Mankiewicz ^[2]

Best performance by an actor in a motion picture - Drama

Ernest Borgnine - Marty ^[3]

Best performance by an actor in a motion picture - Musical or Comedy

Tom Ewell - The Seven Year Itch ^[4]

Best performance by an actress in a motion picture - Drama

Anna Magnani - The Rose Tattoo ^[5]

Best performance by an actress in a supporting role in a motion picture

Marisa Pavan - The Rose Tattoo ^[6]

Best Performance by an Actress in a leading role - Comedy or Musical

Jean Simmons - Guys and Dolls ^[7]

Best performance by an actor in a supporting role in a motion picture

Arthur Kennedy - Trial ^[8]

Best Director - Motion Picture

Joshua Logan - Picnic ^[9]

Henrietta Award (World Film Favorites) Male

Marlon Brando ^[10]

Henrietta Award (World Film Favorites) Female

Grace Kelly ^[11]

Special Achievement Award

James Dean Award given posthumously for Best Dramatic Actor. ^[12]

Cecil B. DeMille Award

Jack L. Warner ^[13]

Best Motion Picture - Outdoor Drama

Wichita ^[14]

Television Achievement

Desi Arnaz for American Comedy Dinah Shore for Walt Disney anthology television series episode Davy Crockett. ^[15]

Promoting International Understanding

Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing- directed by Henry King ^[16]

New Star of the Year Actor

(Two way tie)

Ray Danton in I'll Cry Tomorrow Russ Tamblyn in Hit The Deck ^[17]

New Star of the Year Actress

(Three way tie)

Anita Ekberg in Blood Alley Victoria Shaw in The Eddy Duchin Story

Dana Wynter in The View from Pompey's Head ^[18]

Hollywood Citizenship Award

Esther Williams ^[19]

Best Foreign Language Film

Dangerous Curves from United Kingdom Eyes of Children from Japan

Sons, Mothers, and a General from West Germany Stella from Greece

The Word from Denmark ^[20]

References

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