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In the 50's


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1959 - 13th British Film Awards

Best Film: Ben-Hur
British Film: Sapphire
British Actor: Peter Sellers - I'm All Right Jack
British Actress: Audrey Hepburn - The Nun's Story
Foreign Actor: Jack Lemmon - Some Like It Hot
Foreign Actress: Shirley MacLaine - Ask Any Girl
Original Screenplay: I'm All Right Jack - Frank Havey, John Boutling, Alan Hackney

Newcomer: Hayley Mills - Tiger Bay
UN Award: On the Beach


1958 - 12th British Film Awards

Best Film: Room At the Top
British Film: Room At the Top
British Actor: Trevor Howard - The Key
British Actress: Irene Worth - Orders to Kill
Best Foreign Actor: Sidney Poitier - The Defiant Ones
Best Foreign Actress: Simone Signoret - Room at the Top

British Screenplay: Orders to Kill - Paul Dehn
Newcomer: Paul Massie - Orders to Kill
UN Award: The Defiant Ones


1957 - 11th British Film Awards

Film: The Bridge on the River Kwai
British Film: The Bridge on the River Kwai
British Actor: Alec Guinness - The Bridge on the River Kwai
British Actress: Heather Sears - The Story of Esther Costello
Foreign Actor: Henry Fonda - 12 Angry Men
Foreign Actress: Simone Signoret - Witches of Salem

British Screenplay: The Bridge on the River Kwai - Pierre Boulle
Newcomer: Eric Barker - Brothers in Law
UN Award: The Happy Road


1956 - 10th British Film Awards

Best Film: Gervaise
British Film: Reach for the Sky
British Actor: Peter Finch - A Town Like Alice
British Actress: Virginia McKenna - A Town Like Alice
Foreign Actor: Francois Perier - Gervaise
Foreign Actress: Anna Magnani - The Rose Tattoo

British Screenplay: The Man Who Never Was - Nigel Balchin
Newcomer: Eli Wallach - Baby Doll
UN Award: Race for Life


1955 - 9th British Film Awards

Best Film: Richard III
British Film: Richard III
British Actor: Laurence Olivier - Richard III
British Actress: Katie Johnson - The Ladykillers
Foreign Actor: Ernest Borgnine - Marty
Foreign Actress: Betsy Blair - Marty

British Screenplay: The Ladykillers - William Rose
Newcomer: Paul Scofield - That Lady
UN Award: Children of Hiroshima


1954 - 8th British Film Awards

Best Film: The Wages of Fear
British Film: Hobson's Choice
British Actor: Kenneth More - Doctor in the House
British Actress: Yvonne Mitchell - The Divided Heart
Foreign Actor: Marlon Brando - On the Waterfront
Foreign Actress: Cornell Borchers - The Divided Heart

British Screenplay: The Young Lovers - George Tabori, Robin Eastridge
Newcomer: David Kossoff - The Young Lovers
UN Award: The Divided Heart


1953 - 7th British Film Awards

Best Film: Forbidden Games
British Film: Genevieve
British Actor: John Gielgud - Julius Caesar
British Actress: Audrey Hepburn - Roman Holiday
Foreign Actor: Marlon Brando - Julius Caesar
Foreign Actress: Leslie Caron - Lili

Newcomer: Norman Wisdom - Trouble in Store
UN Award: World Without End


1952 - 6th British Film Awards

Best Film: Breaking the Sound Barrier
British Film: Breaking the Sound Barrier
British Actor: Ralph Richardson - Breaking the Sound Barrier
British Actress: Vivien Leigh - A Streetcar Named Desire
Foreign Actor: Marlon Brando - Viva Zapata!
Foreign Actress: Simone Signoret - Casque d'Or

Newcomer: Claire Bloom - Limelight
UN Award: Cry, the Beloved Country


1951 - 5th British Film Awards

Best Film: La Ronde
Best British Film: The Lavender Hill Mob
UN Award: Four in a Jeep


1950 - 4th British Film Awards

Best Film: All About Eve
Best British Film: The Blue Lamp
UN Award: Intruder in the Dust



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