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1956 - Results
Film Awards
1956 Results
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Winner
Blinkity Blank
Animated FilmNomineeAnimal Farm
Animated FilmNomineeDown A Long Way
Animated FilmNomineeFudget's Budget
Animated FilmNomineeThe Lady And The Tramp
Animated FilmNomineeMagoo Express
Animated Film -
Winner
Laurence Olivier
Richard IIIBritish ActorNomineeAlec Guinness
The PrisonerBritish ActorNomineeJack Hawkins
The PrisonerBritish ActorNomineeDavid Kossoff
A Kid For Two FarthingsBritish ActorNomineeKenneth More
The Deep Blue SeaBritish ActorNomineeMichael Redgrave
The Night My Number Came UpBritish ActorNomineeAlfie Bass
The Bespoke OvercoatBritish Actor -
Winner
Katie Johnson
The LadykillersBritish ActressNomineeMargaret Johnson
Touch And GoBritish ActressNomineeDeborah Kerr
The End Of The AffairBritish ActressNomineeMargaret Lockwood
Cast A Dark ShadowBritish Actress -
Winner
Richard III
British FilmNomineeThe Prisoner
British FilmNomineeSimba
British FilmNomineeThe Colditz Story
British FilmNomineeThe Dambusters
British FilmNomineeThe Ladykillers
British FilmNomineeThe Night My Number Came Up
British Film -
Winner
The Ladykillers
William RoseBritish ScreenplayNomineeThe Constant Husband
- Sidney Gilliat
- Val Valentine
British ScreenplayNomineeThe Dambusters
RC SherriffBritish ScreenplayNomineeThe Deep Blue Sea
Terence RattiganBritish ScreenplayNomineeDoctor At Sea
- Nicholas Phipps
- Jack Davies
British ScreenplayNomineeThe Night My Number Came Up
RC SherriffBritish ScreenplayNomineeThe Prisoner
Bridget BolandBritish ScreenplayNomineeSimba
John BainesBritish ScreenplayNomineeTouch And Go
William RoseBritish Screenplay -
Winner
The Vanishing Prairie
DocumentaryNomineeMiner's Window
DocumentaryNomineeThe Rival World
DocumentaryNomineeGold
Documentary -
Winner
Richard III
Film From Any SourceNomineeThe Night My Number Came Up
Film From Any SourceNomineeThe Prisoner
Film From Any SourceNomineeSeven Samurai
Film From Any SourceNomineeSimba
Film From Any SourceNomineeThe Road (La Strada)
Film From Any SourceNomineeSummer Madness
Film From Any SourceNomineeBad Day At Black Rock
Film From Any SourceNomineeCarmen Jones
Film From Any SourceNomineeThe Colditz Story
Film From Any SourceNomineeThe Dambusters
Film From Any SourceNomineeEast Of Eden
Film From Any SourceNomineeThe Ladykillers
Film From Any SourceNomineeMarty
Film From Any Source -
Winner
Ernest Borgnine
MartyForeign ActorNomineeToshiro Mifune
Seven Samurai (Shichinin No Samurai)Foreign ActorNomineeTakashi Shimura
Seven Samurai (Shichinin No Samurai)Foreign ActorNomineeFrank Sinatra
Not as a StrangerForeign ActorNomineeJames Dean
East Of EdenForeign ActorNomineeJack Lemmon
Mister RobertsForeign Actor -
Winner
Betsy Blair
MartyForeign ActressNomineeMarilyn Monroe
The Seven Year ItchForeign ActressNomineeDorothy Dandridge
Carmen JonesForeign ActressNomineeJudy Garland
A Star Is BornForeign ActressNomineeJulie Harris
I Am A CameraForeign ActressNomineeKatharine Hepburn
Summer MadnessForeign ActressNomineeGrace Kelly
The Country GirlForeign ActressNomineeGiulietta Masina
The Road (La Strada)Foreign Actress -
Winner
Paul Scofield
That LadyMost Promising Newcomer To FilmNomineeJo Van Fleet
East Of EdenMost Promising Newcomer To Film -
Winner
The Bespoke Overcoat
Non CompetitiveSpecial AwardNomineeMr Mensah Builds A House
Non CompetitiveSpecial AwardNomineeThe Steps Of Age
Non CompetitiveSpecial Award -
Winner
Children of Hiroshima (Gembaku No Ko)
United Nations Award - for the best Film embodying one or more of the principles of the United Nations CharterNomineeBad Day At Black Rock
United Nations Award - for the best Film embodying one or more of the principles of the United Nations CharterNomineeEscapade
United Nations Award - for the best Film embodying one or more of the principles of the United Nations CharterNomineeSimba
United Nations Award - for the best Film embodying one or more of the principles of the United Nations Charter