Oscar Awards
Best Actress
Oscar: Ingrid Bergman, Anastasia
N.Y. Film Critics Circle:
National Board: Dorothy MCguire, Friendly Persuasion
Golden Globes: Ingrid Bergman (drama); Deborah Kerr (musical-comedy, The King and I)
Cannes Film Fest: Susan Hayward, I’ll Cry Tomorrow
Venice Film Fest: Maria Schell, Gervaise
Berlin Film Fest: Elsa Martinelli, Donatella
British Awards: Virginia McKenna, A Town Named Alice
Supporting Actress:
Oscar: Dorothy Malone, Written on the Wind
National Board: Debbie Reynolds, The Catered Aaffair
Golden Globe: Eileen Heckart, The Bad Seed
Best Actor
Oscar: Yul Brynner, The King and I
N.Y. Film Critics Circle: Kirk Douglas, Lust for Life
National Board: Yul Brynner, The King and I, Anastasia, The Ten Commandments
Golden Globes: Kirk Douglas (drama); Cantinflas (musical-comedy, Around the World in 80 Days)
Cannes Film Fest:
Venice Film Fest: Bourvil, La Traverse de Paris
Berlin Film Fest: Burt Lancaster, Trapez
British Awards: Francois Perier (Gervaise, for foreign), Peter Finch
Supporting Actor:
Oscar: Anthony Quinn, Lust for Life
National Board: Richard Basehart, Moby Dick
Golden Globe: Earl Holliman, The Rainmaker; John Kerr, Paul Newman, and Tony Perkins, newcomers