9th British Academy Film Awards
The 9th British Film Awards, given by the British Academy of Film and Television Arts in 1956, honoured the best films of 1955.Winners and nominees
Best Film
Richard III
Richard III
- The Colditz Story
- The Dam Busters
- The Ladykillers
- The Night My Number Came Up
- The Prisoner
- Simba
Best Foreign Actor
Ernest Borgnine in Marty
- James Dean in East of Eden
- Jack Lemmon in Mister Roberts
- Frank Sinatra in Not as a Stranger
- Toshirō Mifune in Seven Samurai
- Takashi Shimura in Seven Samurai
Laurence Olivier in Richard III
- Alfie Bass in The Bespoke Overcoat
- Kenneth More in The Deep Blue Sea
- Michael Redgrave in The Night My Number Came Up
- Jack Hawkins in The Prisoner
- Alec Guinness in The Prisoner''
Katie Johnson in The Ladykillers
- Margaret Lockwood in Cast a Dark Shadow
- Deborah Kerr in The End of the Affair
- Margaret Johnston in Touch and Go
Best Foreign Actress
Betsy Blair in Marty
- Dorothy Dandridge in Carmen Jones
- Grace Kelly in The Country Girl
- Julie Harris in I Am a Camera
- Marilyn Monroe in The Seven Year Itch
- Judy Garland in A Star Is Born
- Giulietta Masina in La Strada
- Katharine Hepburn in Summertime
Best British Screenplay
The Ladykillers - William Rose ' Blinkity Blank
Lady and the Tramp''