17th Golden Globe Awards

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

Best Film - Drama
 Ben-Hur
 * Anatomy of a Murder
 * The Diary of Anne Frank
 * The Nun's Story
 * On the Beach

Best Film - Comedy
 Some Like It Hot
 * But Not For Me
 * Operation Petticoat
 * Pillow Talk
 * Who Was That Lady?

Best Film - Musical
 Porgy and Bess
 * The Five Pennies
 * Li'l Abner
 * Say One for Me
 * A Private's Affair

Best Actor - Drama
 Anthony Franciosa - Career
 * Richard Burton - Look Back In Anger
 * Charlton Heston - Ben-Hur
 * Fredric March - Middle of the Night
 * Joseph Schildkraut - The Diary of Anne Frank

Best Actress - Drama
 Elizabeth Taylor - Suddenly, Last Summer
 * Audrey Hepburn - The Nun's Story
 * Katharine Hepburn - Suddenly, Last Summer
 * Lee Remick - Anatomy of a Murder
 * Simone Signoret - Room at the Top

Best Actor - Musical or Comedy
 Jack Lemmon - Some Like It Hot
 * Clark Gable - But Not For Me
 * Cary Grant - Operation Petticoat
 * Dean Martin - Who Was That Lady?
 * Sidney Poitier - Porgy and Bess

Best Actress - Musical or Comedy
 Marilyn Monroe - Some Like It Hot
 * Dorothy Dandridge - Porgy and Bess
 * Doris Day - Pillow Talk
 * Shirley MacLaine - Ask Any Girl
 * Lilli Palmer - But Not For Me

Best Supporting Actor
 Stephen Boyd - Ben-Hur
 * Fred Astaire - On the Beach
 * Tony Randall - Pillow Talk
 * Robert Vaughn - The Young Philadelphians
 * Joseph Welch - Anatomy of a Murder

Best Supporting Actress
 Susan Kohner - Imitation of Life
 * Edith Evans - The Nun's Story
 * Estelle Hemsley - Take a Giant Step
 * Juanita Moore - Imitation of Life
 * Shelley Winters - The Diary of Anne Frank

Best Director
 William Wyler - Ben-Hur
 * Stanley Kramer - On the Beach
 * Otto Preminger - Anatomy of a Murder
 * George Stevens - The Diary of Anne Frank
 * Fred Zinnemann - The Nun's Story

Best Foreign Film

 * Black Orpheus (France)
 * Odd Obsession (Japan)
 * The Bridge (Germany)
 * Wild Strawberries (Sweden)
 * Wir Wunderkinder (Germany)

Best Music, Original Score
Ernest Gold - On the Beach

Best Film Promoting International Understanding
 The Diary of Anne Frank
 * The Nun's Story
 * Odds Against Tomorrow
 * On the Beach
 * Take a Giant Step

Most Promising Newcomer - Male
Barry Coe

Troy Donahue

George Hamilton

James Shigeta
 * Michael Callan

Most Promising Newcomer - Female
Angie Dickinson

Janet Munro

Stella Stevens

Tuesday Weld
 * Diane Baker

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

Cecil B. DeMille Award
Bing Crosby