Awards & Winners

1955 Academy Awards

Check winners and nominations of 1955 Academy Awards. Check awards winners of 28th Academy Awards. (Click on the Award name to show winners and nominees)

28th Academy Awards

Academy Award for Best Documentary Short Subject

Walt Disney

Honored for : Men Against the Arctic

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Nominee Nominated Work
Walt Disney Men Against the Arctic
Wilbur T. Blume The Face of Lincoln
Dore Schary The Battle of Gettysburg
Academy Award for Best Sound Mixing

Fred Hynes

Honored for : Oklahoma!
(Todd-AO Sound Department)

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Nominee Nominated Work
Watson Jones Not as a Stranger
Radio Corporation of America Sound Department
William A. Mueller Mister Roberts
Warner Bros. Studio Sound Department
Fred Hynes Oklahoma!
Todd-AO Sound Department
Wesley C. Miller Love Me or Leave Me
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studio Sound Department
Carlton W. Faulkner Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing
20th Century-Fox Studio Sound Department
Academy Award for Best Picture

Harold Hecht

Honored for : Marty

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Nominee Nominated Work
Hal B. Wallis The Rose Tattoo
Fred Kohlmar Picnic
Leland Hayward Mister Roberts
E. Maurice Adler Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing
Harold Hecht Marty
Academy Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role

Jo Van Fleet

Honored for : East of Eden
(Role: Kate)

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Nominee Nominated Work
Betsy Blair Marty
Role: Clara Snyder
Natalie Wood Rebel Without a Cause
Role: Judy
Marisa Pavan The Rose Tattoo
Role: Rosa Della Rose
Peggy Lee Pete Kelly's Blues
Role: Rose Hopkins
Jo Van Fleet East of Eden
Role: Kate
Academy Award for Best Film Editing

Charles Nelson, William Lyon

Honored for : Picnic

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Nominee Nominated Work
William Lyon Picnic
Charles Nelson Picnic
Warren Low The Rose Tattoo
Ferris Webster Blackboard Jungle
Alma Macrorie The Bridges at Toko-Ri
George Boemler Oklahoma!
Gene Ruggiero Oklahoma!
Academy Award for Best Actress

Anna Magnani

Honored for : The Rose Tattoo
(Role: Serafina Della Rose)

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Nominee Nominated Work
Katharine Hepburn Summertime
Role: Jane Hudson
Eleanor Parker Interrupted Melody
Role: Marjorie Lawrence
Jennifer Jones Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing
Role: Han Suyin
Susan Hayward I'll Cry Tomorrow
Role: Lillian Roth
Anna Magnani The Rose Tattoo
Role: Serafina Della Rose
Academy Award for Best Short Subject, One-reel

Edmund Reek

Honored for : Survival City

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Nominee Nominated Work
Robert Youngson Gadgets Galore
Justin Herman Three Kisses
Carson Davidson 3rd Ave. El
Edmund Reek Survival City
Academy Award for Best Short Film (Animated)

Eddie Selzer

Honored for : Speedy Gonzales

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Nominee Nominated Work
Eddie Selzer Speedy Gonzales
Walt Disney No Hunting
Fred Quimby Good Will to Men
William Hanna Good Will to Men
Joseph Barbera Good Will to Men
Walter Lantz The Legend of Rockabye Point
Academy Award for Best Director

Delbert Mann

Honored for : Marty

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Nominee Nominated Work
John Sturges Bad Day at Black Rock
Elia Kazan East of Eden
Joshua Logan Picnic
David Lean Summertime
Delbert Mann Marty
Academy Award for Best Cinematography

Robert Burks

Honored for : To Catch a Thief

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Nominee Nominated Work
Robert Burks To Catch a Thief
Harry Stradling Guys and Dolls
Leon Shamroy Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing
Harold Lipstein A Man Called Peter
Robert L. Surtees Oklahoma!
Academy Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role

Jack Lemmon

Honored for : Mister Roberts
(Role: Ensign Pulver)

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Nominee Nominated Work
Arthur O'Connell Picnic
Role: Howard Bevans
Sal Mineo Rebel Without a Cause
Role: Plato
Arthur Kennedy Trial
Role: Barney Castle
Jack Lemmon Mister Roberts
Role: Ensign Pulver
Joe Mantell Marty
Role: Angie
Academy Award for Best Actor

Ernest Borgnine

Honored for : Marty
(Role: Marty Pilletti)

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Nominee Nominated Work
James Dean East of Eden
Role: Cal Trask
Frank Sinatra The Man with the Golden Arm
Role: Frankie
Spencer Tracy Bad Day at Black Rock
Role: John J. Macreedy
James Cagney Love Me or Leave Me
Role: Martin Snyder
Ernest Borgnine Marty
Role: Marty Pilletti
Academy Award for Best Production Design

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Nominee Nominated Work
Arthur Krams To Catch a Thief
Hal Pereira To Catch a Thief
Samuel M. Comer To Catch a Thief
Joseph McMillan Johnson To Catch a Thief
Oliver Smith Guys and Dolls
Joseph C. Wright Guys and Dolls
Howard Bristol Guys and Dolls
Jack Stubbs Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing
George Davis Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing
Walter M. Scott Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing
Lyle R. Wheeler Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing
Walter M. Scott Daddy Long Legs
Paul S. Fox Daddy Long Legs
John DeCuir Daddy Long Legs
Lyle R. Wheeler Daddy Long Legs
Jo Mielziner Picnic
William Flannery Picnic
Robert Priestley Picnic
Academy Award for Best Original Song

Paul Francis Webster, Sammy Fain

Honored for : Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing
(Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing)

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Nominee Nominated Work
Nicholas Brodzsky I'll Never Stop Loving You
Love Me or Leave Me
Sammy Cahn I'll Never Stop Loving You
Love Me or Leave Me
Alex North Unchained Melody
Unchained
Hy Zaret Unchained Melody
Unchained
Johnny Mercer Something's Gotta Give
Daddy Long Legs
Sammy Fain Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing
Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing
Paul Francis Webster Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing
Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing
Jimmy Van Heusen (Love Is) the Tender Trap
The Tender Trap
Sammy Cahn (Love Is) the Tender Trap
The Tender Trap
Academy Award for Best Story

Daniel Fuchs

Honored for : Love Me or Leave Me

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Nominee Nominated Work
Henri Verneuil The Sheep Has Five Legs
Jacques Perret The Sheep Has Five Legs
Raoul Ploquin The Sheep Has Five Legs
Jean Marsan The Sheep Has Five Legs
Henri Troyat The Sheep Has Five Legs
Nicholas Ray Rebel Without a Cause
Daniel Fuchs Love Me or Leave Me
Beirne Lay, Jr. Strategic Air Command
Joe Connelly The Private War of Major Benson
Bob Mosher The Private War of Major Benson
Academy Award for Best Visual Effects

Paramount Pictures

Honored for : The Bridges at Toko-Ri

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Nominee Nominated Work
Associated British Picture Corporation Ltd. The Dam Busters
20th Century Fox The Rains of Ranchipur
Paramount Pictures The Bridges at Toko-Ri
Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature

Nancy Hamilton

Honored for : Helen Keller in Her Story

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Nominee Nominated Work
Nancy Hamilton Helen Keller in Her Story
René Risacher Heartbreak Ridge
Academy Award for Best Short Subject, Two-reel

Wilbur T. Blume

Honored for : The Face of Lincoln

Nominations »

Nominee Nominated Work
George K. Arthur On the Twelfth Day\u2026
Cedric Francis 24 Hour Alert
Wilbur T. Blume The Face of Lincoln
Dore Schary The Battle of Gettysburg
Walt Disney Switzerland
Academy Award for Best Costume Design

Charles LeMaire

Honored for : Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing

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Nominee Nominated Work
Irene Sharaff Guys and Dolls
Edith Head To Catch a Thief
Mary Wills The Virgin Queen
Charles LeMaire The Virgin Queen
Charles LeMaire Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing
Helen Rose Interrupted Melody
Academy Award for Best Art Direction-Interior Decoration, Black-and-White

Hal Pereira, Tambi Larsen, Samuel M. Comer, Arthur Krams

Honored for : The Rose Tattoo

Nominations »

Nominee Nominated Work
Hal Pereira The Rose Tattoo
Tambi Larsen The Rose Tattoo
Samuel M. Comer The Rose Tattoo
Arthur Krams The Rose Tattoo
Cedric Gibbons Blackboard Jungle
Randall Duell Blackboard Jungle
Edwin B. Willis Blackboard Jungle
Henry Grace Blackboard Jungle
Cedric Gibbons I'll Cry Tomorrow
Malcolm Brown I'll Cry Tomorrow
Edwin B. Willis I'll Cry Tomorrow
Hugh Hunt I'll Cry Tomorrow
Joseph C. Wright The Man with the Golden Arm
Darrell Silvera The Man with the Golden Arm
Ted Haworth Marty
Walter M. Simonds Marty
Robert Priestley Marty
Academy Award for Best Cinematography, Black-and-White

James Wong Howe

Honored for : The Rose Tattoo

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Nominee Nominated Work
James Wong Howe The Rose Tattoo
Russell Harlan Blackboard Jungle
Arthur E. Arling I'll Cry Tomorrow
Joseph LaShelle Marty
Charles Lang Queen Bee
Academy Award for Best Costume Design, Black-and-White

Helen Rose

Honored for : I'll Cry Tomorrow

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Nominee Nominated Work
Helen Rose I'll Cry Tomorrow
Beatrice Dawson The Pickwick Papers
Jean Louis Queen Bee
Edith Head The Rose Tattoo
Tadaoto Kainosho Ugetsu
Academy Award for Best Original Music Score

Alfred Newman

Honored for : Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing

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Nominee Nominated Work
Alfred Newman Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing
Max Steiner Battle Cry
Elmer Bernstein The Man with the Golden Arm
George Duning Picnic
Alex North The Rose Tattoo
Academy Award for Best Original Musical

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Nominee Nominated Work
Robert Russell Bennett Oklahoma!
Jay Blackton Oklahoma!
Adolph Deutsch Oklahoma!
Alfred Newman Daddy Long Legs
Jay Blackton Guys and Dolls
Cyril J. Mockridge Guys and Dolls
André Previn It's Always Fair Weather
Georgie Stoll Love Me or Leave Me
Percy Faith Love Me or Leave Me
Academy Award for Best Screenplay

Paddy Chayefsky

Honored for : Marty

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Nominee Nominated Work
Isobel Lennart Love Me or Leave Me
Paddy Chayefsky Marty
Millard Kaufman Bad Day at Black Rock
Richard Brooks Blackboard Jungle
Paul Osborn East of Eden
Daniel Fuchs Love Me or Leave Me
Academy Award for Best Story and Screenplay

William Ludwig, Sonya Levien

Honored for : Interrupted Melody

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Nominee Nominated Work
William Ludwig Interrupted Melody
Sonya Levien Interrupted Melody
Milton Sperling The Court-Martial of Billy Mitchell
Emmet Lavery The Court-Martial of Billy Mitchell
Betty Comden It's Always Fair Weather
Adolph Green It's Always Fair Weather
Jacques Tati Monsieur Hulot's Holiday
Henri Marquet Monsieur Hulot's Holiday
Melville Shavelson The Seven Little Foys
Jack Rose The Seven Little Foys
Academy Honorary Award

Musashi Miyamoto

(Best Foreign Language Film first released in the United States during 1955)
Academy Award for Best Technical Achievement

20th Century Fox Studios, Bausch & Lomb

(for the new combination lenses for CinemaScope Photography)
Academy Award for Best Technical Achievement

Walter Jolley, Maurice Larson, R.H. Spies

(for a spraying process which creates simulated metallic surfaces)
Academy Award for Best Technical Achievement

Steve Krilanovich

(for an improved camera dolly incorporating multi-directional steering)
Academy Award for Best Technical Achievement

Dave Anderson

(For an improved spotlight capable of maintaining a fixed circle of light at constant intensity over varied distances)
Academy Award for Best Technical Achievement

Loren L. Ryder, Charles West, Henry Fracker, Paramount Pictures

(for a projection film index to establish proper framing for various aspect ratios)
Academy Award for Best Technical Achievement

Farciot Edouart, Hal Corl, Paramount Studio Transparency Department

(for an improved dual stereopticon background projector)
Academy Scientific and Technical Award (Award of Merit)

National Carbon Company

(For the development and production of a high efficiency yellow flame carbon for motion picture color photography.)
Academy Scientific and Technical Award (Scientific and Engineering award)

Eastman Kodak

(For Eastman Tri-X Panchromatic Negative Film.)
Academy Scientific and Technical Award (Scientific and Engineering award)

Farciot Edouart, Hal Corl, Paramount Studio Transparency Department

(For the engineering and development of a double-frame, triple-head background projector.)