
1958 (31st Annual Awards)
Academy Award Overview
Shown below is an overview of the 1958 Academy Awards, comprised of selected items from the WebMaster’s collection. (All of the items for a given category—for example, all Reminder Lists—can be found in the “Gallery” section.)
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The 1958 Preliminaries
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Eligibility Period: January 1, 1958 to December 31, 1958 Reminder List of Eligible Releases Text of Voting Rules |
The 1958 Ceremony
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Monday, April 6, 1959 7:30 PM RKO Pantages Theatre, Hollywood Ceremony Poster Ceremony Program Nominations & Winners Winners Only Nominations by Film Nomination Statistics by Film See Also: Nominations & Winners by Category Winners Only by Category |
The 1958 Winners
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Best Picture: Gigi Arthur Freed Productions, Inc.; Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Arthur Freed, Producer Best Picture Poster Best Picture Home Page Background |
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Best Actor: David Niven as Major Angus Pollock in the film Separate Tables |
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Best Actress: Susan Hayward as Barbara Graham in the film I Want to Live! |
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Best Supporting Actor: Burl Ives as Rufus Hannassey in the film The Big Country |
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Best Supporting Actress: Wendy Hiller as Pat Cooper in the film Separate Tables |
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Best Song: Gigi from the film Gigi Music by Frederick Loewe; lyrics by Alan Jay Lerner Best Song Lyrics |
Other 1958 Nominees
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Best Actor/Best Actress Nominees |