Academy Award Winners, 1950-19591950 Best Picture Winner: All About Eve Nominees: Born Yesterday, Father of the Bride, King Solomon's Mines, Sunset Boulevard Best Actor Winner: Jose Ferrer in Cyrano de Bergerac Nominees: Louis Calhern in The Magnificent Yankee, William Holden in Sunset Boulevard, James Stewart in Harvey, Spencer Tracy in Father of the Bride Best Actress Winner: Judy Holliday in Born Yesterday Nominees: Anne Baxter in All About Eve, Bette Davis in All About Eve, Eleanor Parker in Caged, Gloria Swanson in Sunset Boulevard Best Supporting Actor Winner: George Sanders in All About Eve Nominees: Jeff Chandler in Broken Arrow, Edmund Gwenn in Mister 880, Sam Jaffe in The Asphalt Jungle, Erich von Stroheim in Sunset Boulevard Best Supporting Actress Winner: Josephine Hull in Harvey Nominees: Hope Emerson in Caged, Celeste Holm in All About Eve, Nancy Olson in Sunset Boulevard, Thelma Ritter in All About Eve Best Director Winner: Joseph L. Mankiewicz for All About Eve Nominees: George Cukor for Born Yesterday, John Huston for The Asphalt Jungle, Carol Reed for The Third Man, Billy Wilder for Sunset Boulevard 1951 Best Picture Winner: An American In Paris Nominees: Decision Before Dawn, A Place in the Sun, Quo Vadis?, A Streetcar Named Desire Best Actor Winner: Humphrey Bogart in The African Queen Nominees: Marlon Brando in A Streetcar Named Desire, Montgomery Clift in A Place in the Sun, Arthur Kennedy in Bright Victory, Fredric March in Death of a Salesman Best Actress Winner: Vivien Leigh in A Streetcar Named Desire Nominees: Katharine Hepburn in The African Queen, Eleanor Parker in Detective Story, Shelley Winters in A Place in the Sun, Jane Wyman in The Blue Veil Best Supporting Actor Winner: Karl Malden in A Streetcar Named Desire Nominees: Leo Genn in Quo Vadis?, Kevin McCarthy in Death of a Salesman, Peter Ustinov in Quo Vadis?, Gig Young in Come Fill the Cup Best Supporting Actress Winner: Kim Hunter in A Streetcar Named Desire Nominees: Joan Blondell in The Blue Veil, Mildred Dunnock in Death of a Salesman, Lee Grant in Detective Story, Thelma Ritter in The Mating Season Best Director Winner: George Stevens for A Place in the Sun Nominees: John Huston for The African Queen, Elia Kazan for A Streetcar Named Desire, Vincente Minnelli for An American in Paris, William Wyler for Detective Story 1952 Best Picture Winner: The Greatest Show On Earth Nominees: High Noon, Ivanhoe, Moulin Rouge, The Quiet Man Best Actor Winner: Gary Cooper in High Noon Nominees: Marlon Brando in Viva Zapata!, Kirk Douglas in The Bad and the Beautiful, Jose Ferrer in Moulin Rouge, Alec Guinness in The Lavender Hill Mob Best Actress Winner: Shirley Booth in Come Back, Little Sheba Nominees: Joan Crawford in Sudden Fear, Bette Davis in The Star, Julie Harris in The Member of the Wedding, Susan Hayward in With a Song in My Heart Best Supporting Actor Winner: Anthony Quinn in Viva Zapata! Nominees: Richard Burton in My Cousin Rachel, Arthur Hunnicutt in The Big Sky, Victor McLaglen in The Quiet Man, Jack Palance in Sudden Fear Best Supporting Actress Winner: Gloria Grahame in The Bad and the Beautiful Nominees: Jean Hagen in Singin' In The Rain, Colette Marchand in Moulin Rouge, Terry Moore in Come Back, Little Sheba, Thelma RItter in With a Song in My Heart Best Director Winner: John Ford for The Quiet Man Nominees: Cecil B. DeMille for The Greatest Show On Earth, John Huston for Moulin Rouge, Joseph L. Mankiewicz for Five Fingers, Fred Zinnemann for High Noon 1953 Best Picture Winner: From Here To Eternity Nominees: Julius Caesar, The Robe, Roman Holiday, Shane Best Actor Winner: William Holden in Stalag 17 Nominees: Marlon Brando in Julius Caesar, Richard Burton in The Robe, Montgomery Clift in From Here to Eternity, Burt Lancaster in From Here to Eternity Best Actress Winner: Audrey Hepburn in Roman Holiday Nominees: Leslie Caron in Lily, Ava Gardner in Mogambo, Deborah Kerr in From Here to Eternity, Maggie McNamara in The Moon is Blue Best Supporting Actor Winner: Frank Sinatra in From Here to Eternity Nominees: Eddie Albert in Roman Holiday, Brandon de Wilde in Shane, Jack Palance in Shane, Robert Strauss in Stalag 17 Best Supporting Actress Winner: Donna Reed in From Here to Eternity Nominees: Grace Kelly in Mogambo, Geraldine Page in Hondo, Marjorie Rambeau in Torch Song, Thelma Ritter in Pickup on South Street Best Director Winner: Fred Zinnemann for From Here to Eternity Nominees: George Stevens for Shane, Charles Walters for Lili, Billy Wilder for Stalag 17, William Wyler for Roman Holiday 1954 Best Picture Winner: On The Waterfront Nominees: The Caine Mutiny, The Country Girl, Seven Brides for Seven Brothers, Three Coins in the Fountain Best Actor Winner: Marlon Brando in On The Waterfront Nominees: Humphrey Bogart in The Caine Mutiny, Bing Crosby in The Country Girl, James Mason in A Star Is Born, Dan O'Herlihy in Adventures of Robinson Crusoe Best Actress Winner: Grace Kelly in The Country Girl Nominees: Dorothy Dandridge in Carmen Jones, Judy Garland in A Star Is Born, Audrey Hepburn in Sabrina, Jane Wyman in Magnificent Obsession Best Supporting Actor Winner: Edmond O'brien in The Barefoot Contessa Nominees: Lee J. Cobb in On The Waterfront, Karl Malden in On The Waterfront, Rod Steiger in On The Waterfront, Tom Tully in The Caine Mutiny Best Supporting Actress Winner: Eva Marie Saint in On The Waterfront Nominees: Nina Foch in Executive Suite, Katy Jurado in Broken Lance, Jan Sterling in The High and the Mighty, Claire Trevor in The High and the Mighty Best Director Winner: Elia Kazan for On The Waterfront Nominees: Alfred Hitchcock for Rear Window, George Seaton for The Country Girl, William Wellman for The High and the Mighty, Billy Wilder for Sabrina 1955 Best Picture Winner: Marty Nominees: Love is a Many-Splendored Thing, Mister Roberts, Picnic, The Rose Tattoo Best Actor Winner: Ernest Borgnine in Marty Nominees: James Cagney in Love Me or Leave Me, James Dean in East of Eden, Frank Sinatra in The Man With the Golden Arm, Spencer Tracy in Bad Day at Black Rock Best Actress Winner: Anna Magnani in The Rose Tattoo Nominees: Susan Hayward in I'll Cry Tomorrow, Katharine Hepburn in Summertime, Jennifer Jones in Love is a Many-Splendored Thing, Eleanor Parker in Interrupted Melody Best Supporting Actor Winner: Jack Lemmon in Mister Roberts Nominees: Arthur Kennedy in Trial, Joe Mantell in Marty, Sal Mineo in Rebel Without a Cause, Arthur O'Connell in Picnic Best Supporting Actress Winner: Jo Van Fleet in East of Eden Nominees: Betsy Blair in Marty, Peggy Lee in Pete Kelly's Blues, Marisa Pavan in The Rose Tattoo, Natalie Wood in Rebel Without a Cause Best Director Winner: Delbert Mann for Marty Nominees: Elia Kazan for East of Eden, David Lean for Summertime, Joshua Logan for Picnic, John Sturges for Bad Day at Black Rock 1956 Best Picture Winner: Around The World In 80 Days Nominees: Friendly Persuasion, Giant, The King and I, The Ten Commandments Best Actor Winner: Yul Brynner in The King and I Nominees: James Dean in Giant, Kirk Douglas in Lust for Life, Rock Hudson in Giant, Laurence Olivier in Richard III Best Actress Winner: Ingrid Bergman in Anastasia Nominees: Carroll Baker in Baby Doll, Katharine Hepburn in The Rainmaker, Nancy Kelly in The Bad Seed, Deborah Kerr in The King and I Best Supporting Actor Winner: Anthony Quinn in Lust for Life Nominees: Don Murray in Bus Stop, Anthony Perkins in Friendly Persuasion, Mickey Rooney in The Bold and the Brave, Robert Stack in Written on the Wind Best Supporting Actress Winner: Dorothy Malone in Written on the Wind Nominees: Mildred Dunnock in Baby Doll, Eileen Heckart in The Bad Seed, Mercedes McCambridge in Giant, Patty McCormack in The Bad Seed Best Director Winner: George Stevens for Giant Nominees: Michael Anderson for Around the World in 80 Days, Walter Lang for The King and I, King Vidor for War and Peace, William Wyler for Friendly Persuasion 1957 Best Picture Winner: The Bridge On The River Kwai Nominees: Peyton Place, Sayonara, 12 Angry Men, Witness for the Prosecution Best Actor Winner: Alec Guinness in The Bridge On The River Kwai Nominees: Marlon Brando in Sayonara, Anthony Franciosa in A Hatful of Rain, Charles Laughton in Witness for the Prosecution, Anthony Quinn in Wild Is the Wind Best Actress Winner: Joanne Woodward in The Three Faces of Eve Nominees: Deborah Kerr in Heaven Knows, Mr. Allison, Anna Magnani in Wild is the Wind, Elizabeth Taylor in Raintree County, Lana Turner in Peyton Place Best Supporting Actor Winner: Red Buttons in Sayonara Nominees: Vittorio De Sica in A Farewell to Arms, Sessue Hayakawa in The Bridge On The River Kwai, Arthur Kennedy in Peyton Place, Russ Tamblyn in Peyton Place Best Supporting Actress Winner: Miyoshi Umeki in Sayonara Nominees: Carolyn Jones in The Bachelor Party, Elsa Lanchester in Witness for the Prosecution, Hope Lange in Peyton Place, Diane Varsi in Peyton Place Best Director Winner: David Lean for The Bridge On The River Kwai Nominees: Joshua Logan for Sayonara, Sidney Lumet for 12 Angry Men, Mark Robson for Peyton Place, Billy Wilder for Witness for the Prosecution 1958 Best Picture Winner: Gigi Nominees: Auntie Mame, Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, The Defiant Ones, Separate Tables Best Actor Winner: David Niven in Separate Tables Nominees: Tony Curtis in The Defiant Ones, Paul Newman in Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, Sidney Poitier in The Defiant Ones, Spencer Tracy in The Old Man and the Sea Best Actress Winner: Susan Hayward in I Want to Live Nominees: Deborah Kerr in Separate Tables, Shirley MacLaine in Some Came Running, Rosalind Russell in Auntie Mame, Elizabeth Taylor in Cat on a Hot Tin Roof Best Supporting Actor Winner: Burl Ives in The Big Country Nominees: Theodore Bikel in The Defiant Ones, Lee J. Cobb in The Brothers Karamazov, Arthur Kennedy in Some Came Running, Gig Young in Teacher's Pet Best Supporting Actress Winner: Wendy Hiller in Separate Tables Nominees: Peggy Cass in Auntie Mame, Martha Hyer in Some Came Running, Maureen Stapleton in Lonelyhearts, Cara Williams in The Defiant Ones Best Director Winner: Vincente Minnelli for Gigi Nominees: Richard Brooks for Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, Stanley Kramer for The Defiant Ones, Mark Robson for The Inn of the Sixth Happiness, Robert Wise for I Want to Live! 1959 Best Picture Winner: Ben-Hur Nominees: Anatomy of a Murder, The Diary of Anne Frank, The Nun's Story, Room at the Top Best Actor Winner: Charlton Heston in Ben-Hur Nominees: Laurence Harvey in Room at the Top, Jack Lemmon in Some Like It Hot, Paul Muni in The Last Angry Man, James Stewart in Anatomy of a Murder Best Actress Winner: Simone Signoret in Room at the Top Nominees: Doris Day in Pillow Talk, Audrey Hepburn in The Nun's Story, Katharine Hepburn in Suddenly, Last Summer, Elizabeth Taylor in Suddenly, Last Summer Best Supporting Actor Winner: Hugh Griffith in Ben-Hur Nominees: Arthur O'Connell in Anatomy of a Murder, George C. Scott in Anatomy of a Murder, Robert Vaughn in The Young Philadelphians, Ed Wynn in The Diary of Anne Frank Best Supporting Actress Winner: Shelley Winters in The Diary of Anne Frank Nominees: Hermione Baddeley in Room at the Top, Susan Kohner in Imitation of Life, Juanita Moore in Imitation of Life, Thelma Ritter in Pillow Talk Best Director Winner: William Wyler for Ben-Hur Nominees: Jack Clayton for Room at the Top, George Stevens for The Diary of Anne Frank, Billy Wilder for Some Like It Hot, Fred Zinnemann for The Nun's Story Return from Oscar Winners 1950-1959 to Oscar Winners Main Page |