1959 Golden Globes: Winners and Nominees

37 films were recognised at the 1959 Golden Globe Awards, across 17 categories. 20 of them took home at least one award.

The biggest winner of the year was Gigi, with 3 awards, ahead of Auntie Mame with 2. The categories below run from New Star Of The Year - Actor, New Star Of The Year - Actress and Actress In A Leading Role - Musical Or Comedy to the smaller prizes, and in every one the winner is listed first, followed by the other nominees.

Each title links to the film's full award history at all four awards, and the links at the bottom step to the previous and next ceremony.

Last updated August 12, 2026

New Star Of The Year - Actor

A Time to Love and a Time to Die(1958)
John Gavin
Winner
In Love and War(1958)
Bradford Dillman
Winner
Too Much, Too Soon(1958)
Efrem Zimbalist Jr.
Winner
Rio Bravo(1959)
Ricky Nelson
Ten North Frederick (10 North Frederick)(1958)
Ray Stricklyn
The Proud Rebel(1958)
David Ladd

New Star Of The Year - Actress

God's Little Acre(1958)
Tina Louise
Winner
The Gene Krupa Story(1959)
Susan Kohner
Winner
The Perfect Furlough(1958)
Linda Cristal
Winner
Auntie Mame(1958)
Joanna Barnes
South Pacific(1958)
France Nuyen
The Light in the Forest(1958)
Carol Lynley

Actress In A Leading Role - Musical Or Comedy

Auntie Mame(1958)
Rosalind Russell
Winner
Gigi(1958)
Leslie Caron
Indiscreet(1958)
Ingrid Bergman
South Pacific(1958)
Mitzi Gaynor
The Tunnel of Love(1958)
Doris Day

Best Director - Motion Picture

Gigi(1958)
Vincente Minnelli
Winner
Cat on a Hot Tin Roof(1958)
Richard Brooks
I Want to Live!(1958)
Robert Wise
Separate Tables(1958)
Delbert Mann
The Defiant Ones(1958)
Stanley Kramer

Best Motion Picture - Drama

The Defiant Ones(1958)
Defiant Ones, The
Winner
Cat on a Hot Tin Roof(1958)
Home Before Dark(1958)
I Want to Live!(1958)
I Want To Live!
Separate Tables(1958)

Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Drama

Separate Tables(1958)
David Niven
Winner
The Defiant Ones(1958)
Sidney Poitier
The Defiant Ones(1958)
Tony Curtis
The Inn of the Sixth Happiness(1958)
Robert Donat
The Old Man and the Sea(1958)
Spencer Tracy

Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Musical or Comedy

Me and the Colonel(1958)
Danny Kaye
Winner
Gigi(1958)
Louis Jourdan
Gigi(1958)
Maurice Chevalier
Indiscreet(1958)
Cary Grant
Teacher's Pet(1958)
Clark Gable

Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in any Motion Picture

The Big Country(1958)
Burl Ives
Winner
Home Before Dark(1958)
Efrem Zimbalist Jr.
Houseboat(1958)
Harry Guardino
Teacher's Pet(1958)
Gig Young
The Proud Rebel(1958)
David Ladd

Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture - Drama

I Want to Live!(1958)
Susan Hayward
Winner
Home Before Dark(1958)
Jean Simmons
Separate Tables(1958)
Deborah Kerr
Some Came Running(1958)
Shirley MacLaine
The Inn of the Sixth Happiness(1958)
Ingrid Bergman

Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in any Motion Picture

Gigi(1958)
Hermione Gingold
Winner
Auntie Mame(1958)
Peggy Cass
Lonelyhearts(1958)
Maureen Stapleton
Separate Tables(1958)
Wendy Hiller
The Defiant Ones(1958)
Cara Williams

Picture - Comedy

Promoting International Understanding

The Inn of the Sixth Happiness(1958)
Inn of the Sixth Happiness, The
Winner
A Time to Love and a Time to Die(1958)
Time to Love and a Time to Die, A
Me and the Colonel(1958)
The Defiant Ones(1958)
Defiant Ones, The
The Young Lions(1958)
Young Lions, The

Foreign Film - Foreign Language

L'eau vive (L'eau vive (Girl And The River))(1958)
L'eau vive (Girl And The River)
Winner
Rosemary(1958)
Winner
The Year Long Road(1958)
Winner

Picture - Musical

Gigi(1958)
Winner
Damn Yankees(1958)
Tom Thumb(1958)

Foreign Film - English Language

A Night to Remember(1958)
A Night To Remember
Winner

Juvenile Performance

The Proud Rebel(1958)
David Ladd
Winner

Samuel Goldwyn International Award

Do Aankhen Barah Haath (Do Ankhen Barah Haath (Two Eyes, Twelve Hands))(1957)
Do Ankhen Barah Haath (Two Eyes, Twelve Hands)
Winner

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