13th Golden Globes

Best Motion Picture - Drama

East of Eden directed by Elia Kazan ^[1]

Best Motion Picture - Comedy or Musical

Guys and Dolls directed by Joseph L. Mankiewicz ^[2]

Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Drama

Ernest Borgnine - Marty ^[3]

Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture - Drama

Anna Magnani - The Rose Tattoo ^[4]

Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Comedy or Musical

Tom Ewell - The Seven Year Itch ^[5]

Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture - Comedy or Musical

Jean Simmons - Guys and Dolls ^[6]

Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Motion Picture

Arthur Kennedy - Trial ^[7]

Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in a Motion Picture

Marisa Pavan - The Rose Tattoo ^[8]

Best Director - Motion Picture

Joshua Logan - Picnic ^[9]

Best Foreign Language Film

Curvas peligrosas (Dangerous Curves) from Mexico^[10]

Eyes of Children from Japan

Sons, Mothers, and a General from West Germany

Stella from Greece

The Word from Denmark ^[11]

Henrietta Award (World Film Favorites) Male

Marlon Brando ^[12]

Henrietta Award (World Film Favorites) Female

Grace Kelly ^[12]

Special Achievement Award

James Dean Award given posthumously for Best Dramatic Actor. ^[13]

Cecil B. DeMille Award

Jack L. Warner ^[14]

Best Motion Picture - Outdoor Drama

Wichita ^[15]

Television Achievement

Desi Arnaz for American Comedy

Dinah Shore for Walt Disney anthology television series episode Davy Crockett. ^[16]

Promoting International Understanding

Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing- directed by Henry King ^[17]

New Star of the Year Actor

(Two way tie)

Ray Danton in I'll Cry Tomorrow

Russ Tamblyn in Hit the Deck ^[18]

New Star of the Year Actress

(Three way tie)

Anita Ekberg in Blood Alley

Victoria Shaw in The Eddy Duchin Story

Dana Wynter in The View from Pompey's Head ^[19]

Hollywood Citizenship Award

Esther Williams ^[20]