17th Golden Globe Awards


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

Winners and nominees

Film

[Golden Globe Award for [Best Motion Picture – Drama|Best Film - Drama]]

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
Edward R. Murrow

Outstanding Merit

The Nun's Story

Special Award

Andrew Marton - Ben-Hur '

Francis X. Bushman '

Ramon Novarro

Special Journalistic Merit Award

Hedda Hopper

Louella Parsons

Henrietta Award (World Film Favorite)

Doris Day

Rock Hudson

Samuel Goldwyn Award

Room at the Top

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Bing Crosby