1955 in Film - Awards

Awards

Academy Awards:

Best Picture: Marty - Hecht-Lancaster, United Artists

Best Director: Delbert Mann - Marty

Best Actor: Ernest Borgnine - Marty

Best Actress: Anna Magnani - The Rose Tattoo

Best Supporting Actor: Jack Lemmon - Mister Roberts

Best Supporting Actress: Jo Van Fleet - East of Eden

Golden Globe Awards:

Drama:

Best Picture: East of Eden

Best Actor: Ernest Borgnine – Marty

Best Actress: Anna Magnani – The Rose Tattoo

Musical or comedy:

Best Picture: Guys and Dolls

Best Actor: Tom Ewell – The Seven Year Itch

Best Actress: Jean Simmons – Guys and Dolls

Other

Best Director: Joshua Logan – Picnic

Best Foreign Film: Ordet (The Word), Denmark

Best Foreign Film: Stella, Greece

Best Foreign Film: Sons, Mothers, and a General, West Germany

Best Foreign Film: Eyes of Children, Japan

Palme d'Or (Cannes Film Festival):

Marty, directed by Delbert Mann, United States

Golden Lion (Venice Film Festival):

Ordet (The Word), directed by Carl Theodor Dreyer, Denmark

Golden Bear (Berlin Film Festival):

Die Ratten (The Rats), directed by Robert Siodmak, West Germany