Awards & Winners

1956 Writers Guild of America Award

Check winners and nominations of 1956 Writers Guild of America Award. Check awards winners of Writers Guild of America Awards 1955. (Click on the Award name to show winners and nominees)

Writers Guild of America Awards 1955

Writers Guild of America Award for Best Written Musical

Daniel Fuchs, Isobel Lennart

Honored for : Love Me or Leave Me

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Nominee Nominated Work
Daniel Fuchs Love Me or Leave Me
Isobel Lennart Love Me or Leave Me
Phoebe Ephron Daddy Long Legs
Henry Ephron Daddy Long Legs
Joseph L. Mankiewicz Guys and Dolls
Betty Comden It's Always Fair Weather
Adolph Green It's Always Fair Weather
Sonya Levien Oklahoma!
William Ludwig Oklahoma!
Writers Guild of America Award for Best Written Drama

Paddy Chayefsky

Honored for : Marty

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Nominee Nominated Work
Paddy Chayefsky Marty
Millard Kaufman Bad Day at Black Rock
Richard Brooks Blackboard Jungle
Paul Osborn East of Eden
Daniel Taradash Picnic
Writers Guild of America Award for Best Written Comedy

Frank Nugent, Joshua Logan

Honored for : Mister Roberts

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Nominee Nominated Work
Frank Nugent Mister Roberts
Joshua Logan Mister Roberts
George Axelrod Phffft
Billy Wilder The Seven Year Itch
George Axelrod The Seven Year Itch
Julius J. Epstein The Tender Trap
John Michael Hayes To Catch a Thief