13th Annual Golden Globe Awards Results and Commentary (1956)

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  • Date of Ceremony: Thursday, February 23, 1956
  • For films released in: 1955
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Here is the complete list of winners for the 13th Annual Golden Globe Awards.

Results

Best Motion Picture - Drama

  • East of Eden

Best Outdoor Drama

  • Wichita

Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Drama

  • Marty
    Ernest Borgnine

Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture - Drama

  • The Rose Tattoo
    Anna Magnani

Best Motion Picture - Musical/Comedy

  • Guys and Dolls

Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Musical/Comedy

  • The Seven Year Itch
    Tom Ewell

Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture - Musical/Comedy

  • Guys and Dolls
    Jean Simmons

Best Directing

  • Picnic
    Joshua Logan

Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Motion Picture

  • Trial
    Arthur Kennedy

Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in a Motion Picture

  • The Rose Tattoo
    Marisa Pavan

Best Foreign Language Film

  • Children, Mother, and the General
  • Dangerous Curves
  • Eyes of Children
  • Ordet
  • Stella

Best Film Promoting International Understanding

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

Henrietta Award (World Film Favorites) - Male

  • Marlon Brando

Henrietta Award (World Film Favorites) - Female

  • Grace Kelly

Most Promising Newcomer - Male

  • Russ Tamblyn
  • Ray Danton

Most Promising Newcomer - Female

  • Anita Ekberg
  • Victoria Shaw
  • Dana Wynter

Best TV Show

  • The American Comedy
    Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz
  • Disneyland
    Dinah Shore
    Note: For the episode “Davy Crockett”

Hollywood Citizenship Award

  • Esther Williams

Special Achievement Award

  • James Dean
    Note: Award given posthumously for Best Dramatic Actor.

Cecil B. DeMille Award

  • Jack L. Warner