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Laurel Awards: 1961

Golden Laurel

Date:27 September

Top Female Supporting Performance
  Placings:
 

1. Elmer Gantry (1960) - Shirley Jones (I)
2. Psycho (1960) - Janet Leigh
3. The Marriage-Go-Round (1961) - Julie Newmar

  Other Nominees:
 
  • The Dark at the Top of the Stairs (1960) - Eve Arden
    - 4th place.
  • BUtterfield 8 (1960) - Dina Merrill
    - 5th place.

  • Top Male Supporting Performance
      Placings:
     

    1. Exodus (1960) - Sal Mineo
    2. Spartacus (1960) - Peter Ustinov
    3. The Alamo (1960) - Chill Wills

      Other Nominees:
     
  • Exodus (1960) - Lee J. Cobb
    - 4th place.
  • The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (1960) - Tony Randall (I)
    - 5th place.

  • Top Producer/Director
      Placings:
     

    1. Alfred Hitchcock (I)
    2. Billy Wilder
    3. Otto Preminger

      Other Nominees:
     
  • William Wyler
    - 4th place.
  • Delmer Daves
    - 5th place.
  • George Sidney (II)
    - 6th place.
  • Stanley Kramer
    - 7th place.
  • Mervyn LeRoy
    - 8th place.
  • George Stevens (I)
    - 9th place.
  • Elia Kazan
    - 10th place.

  • Top Director
      Placings:
     

    1. Fred Zinnemann
    2. Vincente Minnelli
    3. Henry King (I)

      Other Nominees:
     
  • Michael Curtiz
    - 4th place.
  • Richard Quine (I)
    - 5th place.
  • Raoul Walsh
    - 6th place.
  • Richard Brooks (I)
    - 7th place.
  • George Cukor
    - 8th place.
  • Walter Lang (I)
    - 9th place.
  • John Sturges
    - 10th place.

  • Top Musical Score
      Placings:
     

    1. The Alamo (1960) - Dimitri Tiomkin
    2. The Dark at the Top of the Stairs (1960) - Max Steiner (I)
    3. Alfred Newman

      Other Nominees:
     
  • The Magnificent Seven (1960) - Elmer Bernstein
    - 4th place.
  • Pepe (1960) - André Previn
    - 5th place.

  • Top Musical
      Placings:
     

    1. Pepe (1960)
    2. G.I. Blues (1960)
    3. Let's Make Love (1960)

      Other Nominees:
     
  • Song Without End (1960)
    - 4th place.
  • High Time (1960)
    - 5th place.

  • Top General Entertainment
      Winner:
     

    Top Female New Personality
      Placings:
     

    1. Hayley Mills
    2. Nancy Kwan
    3. Dolores Hart

      Other Nominees:
     
  • Connie Francis
    - 4th place.
  • Julie Newmar
    - 5th place.
  • Ina Balin
    - 6th place.
  • Juliet Prowse
    - 7th place.
  • Capucine
    - 8th place.
  • Paula Prentiss
    - 9th place.
  • Barbara Eden (I)
    - 10th place.

  • Sleeper of the Year
      Winners:
     

    Top Female Star
      Placings:
     

    1. Doris Day (I)
    2. Elizabeth Taylor (I)
    3. Shirley MacLaine

      Other Nominees:
     
  • Debbie Reynolds (I)
    - 4th place.
  • Sandra Dee (I)
    - 5th place.
  • Kim Novak (I)
    - 6th place.
  • Janet Leigh
    - 7th place.
  • Jean Simmons (I)
    - 8th place.
  • Lana Turner
    - 9th place.
  • Marilyn Monroe
    - 10th place.
  • Deborah Kerr
    - 11th place.
  • Audrey Hepburn
    - 12th place.
  • Sophia Loren
    - 13th place.
  • Natalie Wood (I)
    - 14th place.
  • Rosalind Russell
    - 15th place.

  • Top Comedy
      Placings:
     

    1. The Apartment (1960)
    2. Where the Boys Are (1960)
    3. The Facts of Life (1960)

      Other Nominees:
     
  • The Great Impostor (1961)
    - 4th place.
  • The Grass Is Greener (1960)
    - 5th place.

  • Top Male Dramatic Performance
      Placings:
     

    1. Elmer Gantry (1960) - Burt Lancaster
    2. The World of Suzie Wong (1960) - William Holden (I)
    3. Spartacus (1960) - Kirk Douglas (I)

      Other Nominees:
     
  • Exodus (1960) - Paul Newman (I)
    - 4th place.
  • Inherit the Wind (1960) - Spencer Tracy
    - 5th place.

  • Top Producer
      Placings:
     

    1. Walt Disney
    2. Ross Hunter (I)
    3. Jerry Wald (I)

      Other Nominees:
     
  • Joe Pasternak
    - 4th place.
  • Sam Spiegel (I)
    - 5th place.
  • Arthur Freed
    - 6th place.
  • Sol C. Siegel
    - 7th place.
  • Pandro S. Berman
    - 8th place.
  • Henry Blanke
    - 9th place.
  • Charles Brackett
    - 10th place.

  • Top Male Star
      Placings:
     

    1. Burt Lancaster
    2. Rock Hudson
    3. Jack Lemmon (I)

      Other Nominees:
     
  • Tony Curtis (I)
    - 4th place.
  • William Holden (I)
    - 5th place.
  • Cary Grant
    - 6th place.
  • Kirk Douglas (I)
    - 7th place.
  • John Wayne (I)
    - 8th place.
  • Glenn Ford (I)
    - 9th place.
  • Yul Brynner
    - 10th place.
  • James Stewart (I)
    - 11th place.
  • Marlon Brando
    - 12th place.
  • Frank Sinatra
    - 13th place.
  • Jerry Lewis (I)
    - 14th place.
  • Bing Crosby
    - 15th place.

  • Top Drama
      Placings:
     

    1. Elmer Gantry (1960)
    2. BUtterfield 8 (1960)
    3. Psycho (1960)

      Other Nominees:
     
  • The World of Suzie Wong (1960)
    - 4th place.
  • Midnight Lace (1960)
    - 5th place.

  • Top Male New Personality
      Placings:
     

    1. David Janssen (I)
    2. Ricky Nelson (I)
    3. Jim Hutton (I)

      Other Nominees:
     
  • Horst Buchholz
    - 4th place.
  • Rod Taylor (I)
    - 5th place.
  • Frankie Avalon
    - 6th place.
  • Jimmie Rodgers (I)
    - 7th place.
  • Frank Gorshin
    - 8th place.
  • Fabian (I)
    - 9th place.
  • Dick Shawn
    - 10th place.

  • Top Action Performance
      Placings:
     

    1. The Alamo (1960) - John Wayne (I)
    2. Pay or Die (1960) - Ernest Borgnine
    3. Cimarron (1960) - Glenn Ford (I)

      Other Nominees:
     
  • Hell to Eternity (1960) - Jeffrey Hunter (I)
    - 4th place.
  • The Magnificent Seven (1960) - Yul Brynner
    - 5th place.

  • Top Female Comedy Performance
      Placings:
     

    1. Pepe (1960) - Janet Leigh
    2. The Facts of Life (1960) - Lucille Ball
    3. Where the Boys Are (1960) - Paula Prentiss

      Other Nominees:
     
  • It Started in Naples (1960) - Sophia Loren
    - 4th place.
  • The Grass Is Greener (1960) - Jean Simmons (I)
    - 5th place.

  • Top Action Drama
      Placings:
     

    1. The Alamo (1960)
    2. The Magnificent Seven (1960)
    3. Pay or Die (1960)

      Other Nominees:
     
  • Ocean's Eleven (1960)
    - 4th place.
  • The Lost World (1960)
    - 5th place.

  • Female Dramatic Performance
      Placings:
     

    1. The Apartment (1960) - Shirley MacLaine
    2. BUtterfield 8 (1960) - Elizabeth Taylor (I)
    3. Elmer Gantry (1960) - Jean Simmons (I)

      Other Nominees:
     
  • Midnight Lace (1960) - Doris Day (I)
    - 4th place.
  • The Sundowners (1960) - Deborah Kerr
    - 5th place.

  • Top Male Comedy Performance
      Placings:
     

    1. The Apartment (1960) - Jack Lemmon (I)
    2. The AbsentMinded Professor (1961) - Fred MacMurray
    3. The Facts of Life (1960) - Bob Hope (I)

      Other Nominees:
     
  • Cinderfella (1960) - Jerry Lewis (I)
    - 4th place.
  • Pepe (1960) - Cantinflas
    - 5th place.

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