1955 (28th Annual Awards)
Academy Award Overview
Shown below is an overview of the 1955 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 1955 Preliminaries
 
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Eligibility Period: January 1, 1955 to December 31, 1955 Reminder List of Eligible Releases Text of Voting Rules |
The 1955 Ceremony
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Wednesday, March 21, 1956 7:30 PM RKO Pantages Theatre, Hollywood and NBC Century Theatre, New York City Ceremony Program Nominations & Winners Winners Only Nominations by Film Nomination Statistics by Film See Also: Nominations & Winners by Category Winners Only by Category |
The 1955 Winners
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Best Picture: Marty Hecht and Lancaster’s Steven Productions; United Artists Harold Hecht, Producer Best Picture Poster Best Picture Home Page Background |
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Best Actor: Ernest Borgnine as Marty Piletti in the film Marty |
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Best Actress: Anna Magnani as Serafina Delle Rose in the film The Rose Tattoo |
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Best Supporting Actor: Jack Lemmon as Ensign Frank Thurlowe Pulver in the film Mister Roberts |
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Best Supporting Actress: Jo Van Fleet as Kate Ames in the film East of Eden |
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Best Song: Love Is a Many- Splendored Thing from the film Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing Music by Sammy Fain; lyrics by Paul Francis Webster Best Song Lyrics |
Other 1955 Nominees
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Best Actor/Best Actress Nominees |