Cineliteracy: What You Need to Know about 1961 as a Movie Year
Best Actress
Oscar: Sophia Loren, Two Women
N.Y. Film Critics Circle: Sophia Loren, Two Women
National Board: Geraldine Page, Summer and Smoke
Golden Globes: Geraldine Page, Summer and Smoke (drama); Rosalind Russell (comedy)
Cannes Film Fest: Sophia Loren, Two Women
Venice Film Fest: Suzanne Flon, Thou Shall Not Kill
Berlin Film Fest: Anna Karina, A Woman Is a Woman
British Awards: Sophia Loren; Bora Bryan, A Taste of Honey
Best Actor
Oscar: Maximillian Schell, Judgment at Nuremberg
N.Y. Film Critics Circle: Maximillian Schell, Judgment at Nuremberg
National Board: Albert Finney, Saturday Night, Sunday Morning
Golden Globes: Maximillian Schell, Judgment at Nuremberg (drama); Glenn Ford, Pocketful of Miracles
Cannes Film Fest: Anthony Perkins, Goodbye Again
Venice Film Fest: Toshiro Mifune, Yojimbo
Berlin Film Fest: Peter Finch, No Love for Johnny
British Awards: Peter Finch, No Love for Johnny; Paul Newman, The Hustler;
Supporting Actress
Oscar: Rita Moreno, West Side Story
National Board: Ruby Dee, A Raisin in the Sun
Golden Globe: Rita Moreno, West Side Story
Supporting Actor
Oscar: George Chakiris, West Side Story
National Board: Jackie Gleason, The Hustler
Golden Globe: George Chakiris, West Side Story; newcomers, Bobby Darin (Come September), Warren Beatty (Splendor in the Grass)