18th Annual Golden Globe Awards Results and Commentary (1961)

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• Date of Ceremony: Thursday, March 16, 1961
• For films released in: 1960

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Here is the complete list of winners for the 18th Annual Golden Globe Awards.

Results

Best Motion Picture - Drama

• Spartacus

Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Drama

• Elmer Gantry
  Burt Lancaster

Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture - Drama

• Sunrise at Campobello
  Greer Garson

Best Motion Picture - Comedy

• The Apartment

Best Motion Picture - Musical

• Song without End (The Story of Franz Liszt)

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

• The Apartment
  Jack Lemmon

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

• The Apartment
  Shirley MacLaine

Best Directing

• Sons and Lovers
  Jack Cardiff

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

• Exodus
  Sal Mineo

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

• Psycho
  Janet Leigh

Best Film Promoting International Understanding

• Hand in Hand

Best Original Score - Motion Picture

• The Alamo
  Dimitri Tiomkin

Henrietta Award (World Film Favorites) - Male

• Rock Hudson
• Tony Curtis

Henrietta Award (World Film Favorites) - Female

• Gina Lollobrigida

Most Promising Newcomer - Male

• Michael Callan
• Mark Damon
• Brett Halsey

Most Promising Newcomer - Female

• Ina Balin
• Nancy Kwan
• Hayley Mills

Special Award

• Cantinflas
  Note: For comedy.
• Stanley Kramer
  Note: For artistic integrity.

Special Merit Award

• The Sundowners

Samuel Goldwyn Award

• La verite
• The Trials of Oscar Wilde
• The Virgin Spring

Cecil B. DeMille Award

• Fred Astaire