12th Annual Golden Globe Awards Results and Commentary (1955)

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  • Date of Ceremony: Thursday, February 24, 1955
  • For films released in: 1954
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Here is the complete list of winners for the 12th Annual Golden Globe Awards.

Results

Best Motion Picture - Drama

  • On the Waterfront

Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Drama

  • On the Waterfront
    Marlon Brando

Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture - Drama

  • The Country Girl
    Grace Kelly

Best Motion Picture - Musical/Comedy

  • Carmen Jones

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

  • A Star Is Born
    James Mason

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

  • A Star Is Born
    Judy Garland

Best Directing

  • On the Waterfront
    Elia Kazan

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

  • The Barefoot Contessa
    Edmond O'Brien

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

  • The High and the Mighty
    Jan Sterling

Best Foreign Language Film

  • Genevieve
  • The Lady of the Camelias
  • Nijûshi no hitomi
  • Weg ohne Umkehr

Best Film Promoting International Understanding

  • Broken Lance
    Edward Dmytryk [directed by]

Best Cinematography - Black and White

  • On the Waterfront
    Boris Kaufman

Best Cinematography - Color

  • Brigadoon
    Joseph Ruttenberg

Best Screenplay

  • Sabrina
    Billy Wilder, Samuel Taylor and Ernest Lehman

Henrietta Award (World Film Favorites) - Male

Henrietta Award (World Film Favorites) - Female

  • Audrey Hepburn

Most Promising Newcomer - Male

  • Joe Adams
  • Jeff Richards
  • George Nader

Most Promising Newcomer - Female

  • Shirley MacLaine
  • Kim Novak
  • Karen Sharpe

Special Award

  • Dimitri Tiomkin
    Note: For creative musical contribution to Motion Pictures.
  • John Ford
    Note: Special Pioneer award in the motion picture industry.
  • Herbert T. Kalmus
    Note: Special Pioneer award for color on the screen.
  • Anywhere in Our Time
    Note: For experimental film.

Cecil B. DeMille Award

  • Jean Hersholt