| 16th Golden Globe Awards | |
|---|---|
| Date | March 5, 1959 |
The 16th Golden Globe Awards, honoring the best in film for 1958 films, were held on March 5, 1959.
Winners and nominees[edit]
Film[edit]
Best Film - Drama[edit]
Best Film - Comedy[edit]
Best Film - Musical[edit]
Best Actor - Drama[edit]
- Tony Curtis – The Defiant Ones
- Robert Donat – The Inn of the Sixth Happiness (posthumous nomination)
- Sidney Poitier – The Defiant Ones
- Spencer Tracy – The Old Man and the Sea
Best Actress - Drama[edit]
Susan Hayward – I Want to Live!
- Ingrid Bergman – The Inn of the Sixth Happiness
- Deborah Kerr – Separate Tables
- Shirley MacLaine – Some Came Running
- Jean Simmons – Home Before Dark
Best Actor - Comedy or Musical[edit]
Danny Kaye – Me and the Colonel
Best Actress - Comedy or Musical[edit]
Rosalind Russell – Auntie Mame
- Ingrid Bergman – Indiscreet
- Leslie Caron – Gigi
- Doris Day – The Tunnel of Love
- Mitzi Gaynor – South Pacific
Best Supporting Actor[edit]
- Harry Guardino – Houseboat
- David Ladd – The Proud Rebel
- Gig Young – Teacher's Pet
- Efrem Zimbalist, Jr. – Home Before Dark
Best Supporting Actress[edit]
- Peggy Cass – Auntie Mame
- Wendy Hiller – Separate Tables
- Maureen Stapleton – Lonelyhearts
- Cara Williams – The Defiant Ones
Best Director[edit]
- Richard Brooks – Cat on a Hot Tin Roof
- Stanley Kramer – The Defiant Ones
- Delbert Mann – Separate Tables
- Robert Wise – I Want to Live!
Best Foreign-Language Foreign Film[edit]
Das Mädchen Rosemarie (West Germany)
L'Eau vive (France)
The Road a Year Long (Yugoslavia)
Best English-Language Foreign Film[edit]
Best Film - Promoting International Understanding[edit]
The Inn of the Sixth Happiness
Samuel Goldwyn International Film Award[edit]
Henrietta Award (World Film Favorite)[edit]
Television[edit]
Best TV Show[edit]
The Ann Sothern Show
Letter to Loretta
The Red Skelton Show
Toast of the Town
Tonight!
Most Promising Newcomer - Male[edit]
Bradford Dillman
John Gavin
Efrem Zimbalist, Jr.
Most Promising Newcomer - Female[edit]
Linda Cristal
Susan Kohner
Tina Louise
Achievement in Television[edit]
Special Award[edit]
David Ladd (For best juvenile actor)
Shirley MacLaine (For most versatile actress)