17th Golden Globe Awards

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17th Golden Globe Awards
DateMarch 10, 1960

The 17th Golden Globe Awards, honoring the best in film for 1959 films, were held on March 10, 1960.

Winners and nominees

Film

Ben-Hur

Some Like It Hot

Porgy and Bess

Anthony Franciosa - Career

Elizabeth Taylor - Suddenly, Last Summer

Jack Lemmon - Some Like It Hot

Marilyn Monroe - Some Like It Hot

Stephen Boyd - Ben-Hur

Susan Kohner - Imitation of Life

William Wyler - Ben-Hur

Ernest Gold - On the Beach

Best Film Promoting International Understanding

The Diary of Anne Frank

Barry Coe
Troy Donahue
George Hamilton
James Shigeta

Angie Dickinson
Janet Munro
Stella Stevens
Tuesday Weld

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

Bing Crosby

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