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

• Anatomy of a Murder
• The Diary of Anne Frank
• The Nun's Story
• On the Beach

Best Film - Comedy

Some Like It Hot

• But Not For Me
• Operation Petticoat
• Pillow Talk
• Who Was That Lady?

Best Film - Musical

Porgy and Bess

• The Five Pennies
• Li'l Abner
• Say One for Me
• A Private's Affair

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Best Foreign Film

• Black Orpheus (France)
• Odd Obsession (Japan)
• The Bridge (Germany)
• Wild Strawberries (Sweden)
• Wir Wunderkinder (Germany)

Best Music, Original Score

Ernest Gold - On the Beach

Best Film Promoting International Understanding

The Diary of Anne Frank

• The Nun's Story
• Odds Against Tomorrow
• On the Beach
• Take a Giant Step

Most Promising Newcomer - Male

Barry Coe
Troy Donahue
George Hamilton
James Shigeta

• Michael Callan

Most Promising Newcomer - Female

Angie Dickinson
Janet Munro
Stella Stevens
Tuesday Weld

• Diane Baker

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

Referencesedit

• IMdb 1960 Golden Globe Awards