Box-Office Hits
Best Actress:
Oscar: Shirley Booth, Come Back, Little Sheba
N.Y. Film Critics Circle: Shirlet Booth
National Board of Review: Shirley Booth
Golden Globes: Shirley Booth
Cannes Film Festival: Lee Grant, Detective Story
Venice Film Festival: Not Awarded
British: Tie–Vivien Leigh, A Streetcar Named desire; Simone Signoret, Casque dÓr
Best Actor:
Oscar: Gary Cooper, High Noon
N.Y. Film Critics Circle: Ralph Richardson, Breaking the Sound Barriers
National Board of Review: Ralph Richardson, Breaking the Sound Barriers
Golden Globes: Gary Cooper, High Noon; Donald O’Connor, Singin’ in the Rain
Cannes Film Festival: Marlon Brando, Viva Zapata
Venice Film Festival: Fredric March, Death of a Salesman
British: Ralph Richardson, Breaking the Sound Barriers; foreign actor: Marlon Brando, Viva Zapata
Shirley Booth
Golden Globes: Shirley Booth
Cannes Film Festival: Lee Grant, Detective Story
Venice Film Festival: Not Awarded
British: Vivien Leigh, A Streetcar Named desire; Simone Signorey, Casque dÓr