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1950
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"ALL ABOUT EVE"
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"Born Yesterday"

"Father of the Bride"
"King Solomon's Mines"
"Sunset Boulevard"
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Actor:
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JOSE FERRER for "Cyrano de Bergerac" |
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Louis Calhern for "The Magnificent Yankee"
William Holden for "Sunset Boulevard"

James Stewart for "Harvey"

Spencer Tracy for "Father of the Bride"
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Actress:
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JUDY HOLLIDAY for "Born Yesterday"
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Anne Baxter for "All About Eve"

Bette Davis for "All About Eve"

Eleanor Parker for "Caged"
Gloria Swanson for "Sunset Boulevard"
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Supporting Actor:
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GEORGE SANDERS for "All About Eve"
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Jeff Chandler for "Broken Arrow"
Edmund Gwenn for "Mister 880"
Sam Jaffe for "The Asphalt Jungle"
Erich von Stroheim for "Sunset Boulevard"
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Supporting Actress:
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JOSEPHINE HULL for "Harvey"
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Hope Emerson for "Caged"
Celeste Holm for "All About Eve"

Nancy Olson for "Sunset Boulevard"
Thelma Ritter for "All About Eve" |
Director:
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JOSEPH L. MANKIEWICZ for "All About Eve"
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George Cukor for "Born Yesterday"

John Huston for "The Asphalt Jungle"
Carol Reed for "The Third Man"

Billy Wilder for "Sunset Boulevard"
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1951
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"AN AMERICAN IN PARIS"
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"Decision Before Dawn"
"A Place in the Sun"

"Quo Vadis?"
"A Streetcar Named Desire"
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Actor:
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HUMPHREY BOGART for "The African Queen"
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Marlon Brando for "A Streetcar Named Desire"

Montgomery Clift for "A Place in the Sun"

Arthur Kennedy for "Bright Victory"
Fredric March for "Death of a Salesman" |
Actress:
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VIVIEN LEIGH for "A Streetcar Named Desire"
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Katharine Hepburn for "The African Queen"

Eleanor Parker for "Detective Story"
Shelley Winters for "A Place in the Sun"

Jane Wyman for "The Blue Veil" |
Supporting Actor:
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KARL MALDEN for "A Streetcar Named Desire"
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Leo Genn for "Quo Vadis?"
Kevin McCarthy for "Death of a Salesman"
Peter Ustinov for "Quo Vadis?"
Gig Young for "Come Fill the Cup" |
Supporting Actress:
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KIM HUNTER for "A Streetcar Named Desire"
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Joan Blondell for "The Blue Veil"
Mildred Dunnock for "Death of a Salesman"
Lee Grant for "Detective Story"
Thelma Ritter for "The Mating Season" |
Director:
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GEORGE STEVENS for "A Place in the Sun"
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John Huston for "The African Queen"

Elia Kazan for "A Streetcar Named Desire"

Vincente Minnelli for "An American in Paris"

William Wyler for "Detective Story" |
1952
Picture:
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"THE GREATEST SHOW ON EARTH" |
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"High Noon"

"Ivanhoe"
"Moulin Rouge"
"The Quiet Man"
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Actor:
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GARY COOPER for "High Noon"
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Marlon Brando for "Viva Zapata!"
Kirk Douglas for "The Bad and the Beautiful"
Jose Ferrer for "Moulin Rouge"
Alec Guinness for "The Lavender Hill Mob" |
Actress:
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SHIRLEY BOOTH for "Come Back, Little Sheba" |
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Joan Crawford for "Sudden Fear"
Bette Davis for "The Star"
Julie Harris for "The Member of the Wedding"
Susan Hayward for "With a Song in My Heart" |
Supporting Actor:
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ANTHONY QUINN for "Viva Zapata!" |
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Richard Burton for "My Cousin Rachel"
Arthur Hunnicutt for "The Big Sky"
Victor McLaglen for "The Quiet Man"

Jack Palance for "Sudden Fear" |
Supporting Actress:
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GLORIA GRAHAME for "The Bad and the Beautiful" |
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Jean Hagen for "Singin' In The Rain"

Colette Marchand for "Moulin Rouge"
Terry Moore for "Come Back, Little Sheba"
Thelma RItter for "With a Song in My Heart" |
Director:
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JOHN FORD for "The Quiet Man"
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Cecil B. DeMille for "The Greatest Show On Earth"
John Huston for "Moulin Rouge"
Joseph L. Mankiewicz for "Five Fingers"
Fred Zinnemann for "High Noon"
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1953
Picture:
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"FROM HERE TO ETERNITY"
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"Julius Caesar"
"The Robe"
"Roman Holiday"

"Shane" |
Actor:
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WILLIAM HOLDEN for "Stalag 17" |
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Marlon Brando for "Julius Caesar"
Richard Burton for "The Robe"
Montgomery Clift for "From Here to Eternity"

Burt Lancaster for "From Here to Eternity"
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Actress:
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AUDREY HEPBURN for "Roman Holiday"
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Leslie Caron for "Lily"
Ava Gardner for "Mogambo"
Deborah Kerr for "From Here to Eternity"

Maggie McNamara for "The Moon is Blue" |
Supporting Actor:
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FRANK SINATRA for "From Here to Eternity"
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Eddie Albert for "Roman Holiday"

Brandon de Wilde for "Shane"

Jack Palance for "Shane"

Robert Strauss for "Stalag 17"
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Supporting Actress:
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DONNA REED for "From Here to Eternity"
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Grace Kelly for "Mogambo"
Geraldine Page for "Hondo"
Marjorie Rambeau for "Torch Song"
Thelma Ritter for "Pickup on South Street" |
Director:
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FRED ZINNEMANN for "From Here to Eternity"
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George Stevens for "Shane"

Charles Walters for "Lili"
Billy Wilder for "Stalag 17"
William Wyler for "Roman Holiday"
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1954
Picture:
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"ON THE WATERFRONT"
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"The Caine Mutiny"
"The Country Girl"
"Seven Brides for Seven Brothers"
"Three Coins in the Fountain" |
Actor:
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MARLON BRANDO for "On The Waterfront"
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Humphrey Bogart for "The Caine Mutiny"
Bing Crosby for "The Country Girl"
James Mason for "A Star Is Born"

Dan O'Herlihy for "Adventures of Robinson Crusoe" |
Actress:
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GRACE KELLY for "The Country Girl" |
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Dorothy Dandridge for "Carmen Jones"

Judy Garland for "A Star Is Born"

Audrey Hepburn for "Sabrina"

Jane Wyman for "Magnificent Obsession" |
Supporting Actor:
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EDMOND O'BRIEN for "The Barefoot Contessa" |
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Lee J. Cobb for "On The Waterfront"

Karl Malden for "On The Waterfront"

Rod Steiger for "On The Waterfront"

Tom Tully for "The Caine Mutiny" |
Supporting Actress:
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EVA MARIE SAINT for "On The Waterfront"
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Nina Foch for "Executive Suite"
Katy Jurado for "Broken Lance"
Jan Sterling for "The High and the Mighty"
Claire Trevor for "The High and the Mighty" |
Director:
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ELIA KAZAN for "On The Waterfront"
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Alfred Hitchcock for "Rear Window"

George Seaton for "The Country Girl"
William Wellman for "The High and the Mighty"
Billy Wilder for "Sabrina"
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1955
Picture:
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"MARTY"
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"Love is a Many-Splendored Thing"

"Mister Roberts"
"Picnic"

"The Rose Tattoo" |
Actor:
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ERNEST BORGNINE for "Marty"
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James Cagney for "Love Me or Leave Me"
James Dean for "East of Eden"
Frank Sinatra for "The Man With the Golden Arm"
Spencer Tracy for "Bad Day at Black Rock" |
Actress:
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ANNA MAGNANI for "The Rose Tattoo" |
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Susan Hayward for "I'll Cry Tomorrow"
Katharine Hepburn for "Summertime"
Jennifer Jones for "Love is a Many-Splendored Thing"

Eleanor Parker for "Interrupted Melody" |
Supporting Actor:
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JACK LEMMON for "Mister Roberts" |
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Arthur Kennedy for "Trial"
Joe Mantell for "Marty"

Sal Mineo for "Rebel Without a Cause"

Arthur O'Connell for "Picnic"
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Supporting Actress:
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JO VAN FLEET for "East of Eden" |
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Betsy Blair for "Marty"

Peggy Lee for "Pete Kelly's Blues"
Marisa Pavan for "The Rose Tattoo"
Natalie Wood for "Rebel Without a Cause"
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Director:
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DELBERT MANN for "Marty"
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Elia Kazan for "East of Eden"
David Lean for "Summertime"
Joshua Logan for "Picnic"

John Sturges for "Bad Day at Black Rock" |
1956
Picture:
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"AROUND THE WORLD IN 80 DAYS" |
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"Friendly Persuasion"
"Giant"

"The King and I"

"The Ten Commandments"
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Actor:
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YUL BRYNNER for "The King and I"
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James Dean for "Giant"

Kirk Douglas for "Lust for Life"
Rock Hudson for "Giant"

Laurence Olivier for "Richard III" |
Actress:
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INGRID BERGMAN for "Anastasia" |
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Carroll Baker for "Baby Doll"
Katharine Hepburn for "The Rainmaker"
Nancy Kelly for "The Bad Seed"
Deborah Kerr for "The King and I"
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Supporting Actor:
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ANTHONY QUINN for "Lust for Life" |
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Don Murray for "Bus Stop"
Anthony Perkins for "Friendly Persuasion"
Mickey Rooney for "The Bold and the Brave"
Robert Stack for "Written on the Wind" |
Supporting Actress:
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DOROTHY MALONE for "Written on the Wind" |
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Mildred Dunnock for "Baby Doll"
Eileen Heckart for "The Bad Seed"
Mercedes McCambridge for "Giant"

Patty McCormack for "The Bad Seed" |
Director:
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GEORGE STEVENS for "Giant"
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Michael Anderson for "Around the World in 80 Days"
Walter Lang for "The King and I"

King Vidor for "War and Peace"
William Wyler for "Friendly Persuasion" |
1957
Picture:
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"THE BRIDGE ON THE RIVER KWAI"
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"Peyton Place"
"Sayonara"
"Twelve Angry Men"

"Witness for the Prosecution" |
Actor:
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ALEC GUINNESS for "The Bridge On The River Kwai"
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Marlon Brando for "Sayonara"
Anthony Franciosa for "A Hatful of Rain"
Charles Laughton for "Witness for the Prosecution"
Anthony Quinn for "Wild Is the Wind" |
Actress:
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JOANNE WOODWARD for "The Three Faces of Eve" |
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Deborah Kerr for "Heaven Knows, Mr. Allison"
Anna Magnani for "Wild is the Wind"
Elizabeth Taylor for "Raintree County"
Lana Turner for "Peyton Place" |
Supporting Actor:
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RED BUTTONS for "Sayonara" |
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Vittorio De Sica for "A Farewell to Arms"
Sessue Hayakawa for "The Bridge On The River Kwai"

Arthur Kennedy for "Peyton Place"
Russ Tamblyn for "Peyton Place" |
Supporting Actress:
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MIYOSHI UMEKI for "Sayonara" |
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Carolyn Jones for "The Bachelor Party"
Elsa Lanchester for "Witness for the Prosecution"
Hope Lange for "Peyton Place"
Diane Varsi for "Peyton Place" |
Director:
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DAVID LEAN for "The Bridge On The River Kwai"
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Joshua Logan for "Sayonara"
Sidney Lumet for "Twelve Angry Men"

Mark Robson for "Peyton Place"
Billy Wilder for "Witness for the Prosecution" |
1958
Picture:
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"GIGI"
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"Auntie Mame"

"Cat on a Hot Tin Roof"
"The Defiant Ones"
"Separate Tables" |
Actor:
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DAVID NIVEN for "Separate Tables" |
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Tony Curtis for "The Defiant Ones"
Paul Newman for "Cat on a Hot Tin Roof"
Sidney Poitier for "The Defiant Ones"
Spencer Tracy for "The Old Man and the Sea" |
Actress:
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SUSAN HAYWARD for "I Want to Live" |
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Deborah Kerr for "Separate Tables"
Shirley MacLaine for "Some Came Running"
Rosalind Russell for "Auntie Mame"

Elizabeth Taylor for "Cat on a Hot Tin Roof" |
Supporting Actor:
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BURL IVES for "The Big Country" |
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Theodore Bikel for "The Defiant Ones"
Lee J. Cobb for "The Brothers Karamazov"
Arthur Kennedy for "Some Came Running"
Gig Young for "Teacher's Pet" |
Supporting Actress:
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WENDY HILLER for "Separate Tables" |
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Peggy Cass for "Auntie Mame"

Martha Hyer for "Some Came Running"
Maureen Stapleton for "Lonelyhearts"
Cara Williams for "The Defiant Ones" |
Director:
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VINCENTE MINNELLI for "Gigi"
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Richard Brooks for "Cat on a Hot Tin Roof"
Stanley Kramer for "The Defiant Ones"
Mark Robson for "The Inn of the Sixth Happiness"
Robert Wise for "I Want to Live!" |
1959
Picture:
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"BEN-HUR"
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"Anatomy of a Murder"
"The Diary of Anne Frank"
"The Nun's Story"
"Room at the Top" |
Actor:
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CHARLTON HESTON for "Ben-Hur"
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Laurence Harvey for "Room at the Top"
Jack Lemmon for "Some Like It Hot"

Paul Muni for "The Last Angry Man"
James Stewart for "Anatomy of a Murder" |
Actress:
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SIMONE SIGNORET for "Room at the Top" |
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Doris Day for "Pillow Talk"

Audrey Hepburn for "The Nun's Story"
Katharine Hepburn for "Suddenly, Last Summer"
Elizabeth Taylor for "Suddenly, Last Summer" |
Supporting Actor:
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HUGH GRIFFITH for "Ben-Hur"
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Arthur O'Connell for "Anatomy of a Murder"
George C. Scott for "Anatomy of a Murder"
Robert Vaughn for "The Young Philadelphians"
Ed Wynn for "The Diary of Anne Frank" |
Supporting Actress:
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SHELLEY WINTERS for "The Diary of Anne Frank" |
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Hermione Baddeley for "Room at the Top"
Susan Kohner for "Imitation of Life"
Juanita Moore for "Imitation of Life"
Thelma Ritter for "Pillow Talk"
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Director:
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WILLIAM WYLER for "Ben-Hur"
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Jack Clayton for "Room at the Top"
George Stevens for "The Diary of Anne Frank"
Billy Wilder for "Some Like It Hot"

Fred Zinnemann for "The Nun's Story" |
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