12th Golden Globe Awards
DateFebruary 24, 1955
Highlights
Best Picture On The Waterfront

The 12th Golden Globe Awards, honoring the best in film for 1954, were held on February 24, 1955, in the Cocoanut Grove at the Ambassador Hotel in Los Angeles, California.[1]

Winners

Best Motion Picture - Drama

On the Waterfront directed by Elia Kazan[2]

Best Motion Picture - Comedy or Musical

Carmen Jones directed by Otto Preminger[3]

Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Drama

Marlon Brando - On the Waterfront[4]

Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture - Drama

Grace Kelly - The Country Girl[5]

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

James Mason - A Star Is Born[6]

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

Judy Garland - A Star Is Born[7]

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

Edmond O'Brien - The Barefoot Contessa[8]

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

Jan Sterling - The High and the Mighty[9]

Best Director - Motion Picture

Elia Kazan - On the Waterfront[10]

Best Screenplay - Motion Picture

Ernest Lehman - Sabrina[11]

Best Foreign Language Film

Henrietta Award (World Film Favorites)

Gregory Peck and Audrey Hepburn [13]

Special Achievement Award

Walt Disney for artistic merit in The Living Desert [14]

Cinematography - Color

Brigadoon photographed by Joseph Ruttenberg[15]

Cinematography - Black and White

On the Waterfront photographed by Boris Kaufman[16]

Promoting International Understanding

Broken Lance - directed by Edward Dmytryk[17]

Cecil B. DeMille Award

Jean Hersholt[18]

New Star of the Year Actor

(Three way tie)

New Star of the Year Actress

(Three way tie)

Honor Awards

References

  1. ^ ""The 1955 Golden Globe Award Winners"". Archived from the original on 2008-03-08. Retrieved 2011-12-17.
  2. ^ ""Best Motion Picture Drama" 1954". Archived from the original on 2012-04-15. Retrieved 2011-12-17.
  3. ^ "Best Motion Picture - Comedy or Musical" 1955
  4. ^ ""Best Motion Picture Actor/Drama" 1954". Archived from the original on 2012-04-15. Retrieved 2011-12-17.
  5. ^ ""Best Motion Picture Actress/Drama" 1954". Archived from the original on 2012-04-15. Retrieved 2011-12-17.
  6. ^ ""Best Motion Picture Actor/Musical or Comedy" 1954". Archived from the original on 2012-04-15. Retrieved 2011-12-17.
  7. ^ ""Best Motion Picture Actor/Musical or Comedy" 1954". Archived from the original on 2012-04-15. Retrieved 2011-12-17.
  8. ^ ""Best Supporting Actor" 1954". Archived from the original on 2012-04-15. Retrieved 2011-12-17.
  9. ^ ""Best Supporting Actress" 1954". Archived from the original on 2012-04-15. Retrieved 2011-12-17.
  10. ^ ""Best Director" 1954". Archived from the original on 2012-04-15. Retrieved 2011-12-17.
  11. ^ ""Best Screenplay" 1954". Archived from the original on 2012-04-15. Retrieved 2011-12-17.
  12. ^ ""Best Foreign Language Film" 1954". Archived from the original on 2012-04-15. Retrieved 2011-12-17.
  13. ^ "Henrietta Award" 1955
  14. ^ "Special Achievement Award (Previous Awards Given)" 1953 and 1954 and https://www.imdb.com/event/ev0000292/1954 Archived 2012-04-15 at the Wayback Machine
  15. ^ ""Cinematography - Color (Previous Award Given)" 1954". Archived from the original on 2012-04-15. Retrieved 2011-12-17.
  16. ^ ""Cinematography - Black and White (Previous Award Given)" 1954". Archived from the original on 2012-04-15. Retrieved 2011-12-17.
  17. ^ "Best Film Promoting International Understanding (Previous Award Given)" 1954 [1] Archived 2012-04-15 at the Wayback Machine
  18. ^ ""CeCil B. DeMille Award Recipient" 1954". Archived from the original on 2012-04-15. Retrieved 2011-12-17.
  19. ^ "New Star of the Year Male (Previous Award Given)" 1955
  20. ^ "New Star of the Year Actress (Previous Award Given)" 1955
  21. ^ "Honor Award" 1955 Ford
  22. ^ "Honor Award" 1955 Kalmus
  23. ^ "Honor Award" 1955 Tiomkin
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