15th Golden Globes

Best Film - Drama

The Bridge on the River Kwai

• Wild is the Wind
• Sayonara
• 12 Angry Men
• Witness for the Prosecution

Best Film - Comedy or Musical

Les Girls

• Don't Go Near the Water
• Love in the Afternoon
• Pal Joey
• Silk Stockings

Best Actor - Drama

Alec Guinness - The Bridge on the River Kwai

• Marlon Brando - Sayonara
• Henry Fonda - 12 Angry Men
• Anthony Franciosa - A Hatful of Rain
• Charles Laughton - Witness for the Prosecution

Best Actress - Drama

Joanne Woodward - The Three Faces of Eve

• Marlene Dietrich - Witness for the Prosecution
• Deborah Kerr - Heaven Knows, Mr. Allison
• Anna Magnani - Wild Is the Wind
• Eva Marie Saint - A Hatful of Rain

Best Actor - Comedy or Musical

Frank Sinatra - Pal Joey

• Maurice Chevalier - Love in the Afternoon
• Glenn Ford - Don't Go Near the Water
• David Niven - My Man Godfrey
• Tony Randall - Will Success Spoil Rock Hunter?

Best Actress - Comedy or Musical

Taina Elg - Les Girls
Kay Kendall - Les Girls

• Cyd Charisse - Silk Stockings
• Audrey Hepburn - Love in the Afternoon
• Jean Simmons - This Could Be the Night

Best Supporting Actor

Red Buttons - Sayonara

• Lee J. Cobb - 12 Angry Men
• Sessue Hayakawa - The Bridge on the River Kwai
• Nigel Patrick - Raintree County
• Ed Wynn - The Great Man

Best Supporting Actress

Elsa Lanchester - Witness for the Prosecution

• Mildred Dunnock - Peyton Place
• Hope Lange - Peyton Place
• Heather Sears - The Story of Esther Costello
• Miyoshi Umeki - Sayonara

Best Director

David Lean - The Bridge on the River Kwai

• Joshua Logan - Sayonara
• Sidney Lumet - 12 Angry Men
• Billy Wilder - Witness for the Prosecution
• Fred Zinnemann - A Hatful of Rain

Best Foreign Language Film

Confessions of Felix Krull (West Germany)
Tizoc (Mexico)
Woman in a Dressing Gown (United Kingdom)
Yellow Crow (Kiiroi karasu) (Japan)

Best Film Promoting International Understanding

The Happy Road

Henrietta Award (World Film Favorites)

Tony Curtis
Doris Day

Special Achievement Award

Hugo Friedhofer
Zsa Zsa Gabor
Bob Hope
LeRoy Prinz
Jean Simmons

Best TV Show

The Mickey Mouse Club

Television Achievement

Jack Benny
Eddie Fisher
Alfred Hitchcock
Mike Wallace