- Winners and nominees Film Best Film - Drama Best Film - Comedy Best Film - Musical Best Actor - Drama Best Actress - Drama Best Actor - Musical or Comedy Best Actress - Musical or Comedy Best Supporting Actor Best Supporting Actress Best Director Best Foreign Film Best Music, Original Score Best Film Promoting International Understanding Most Promising Newcomer - Male Most Promising Newcomer - Female Achievement in Television Outstanding Merit Special Award Special Journalistic Merit Award Henrietta Award (World Film Favorite) Samuel Goldwyn Award Cecil B. DeMille Award
- References
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| number = 17
| award = Golden Globe Awards
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| date = March 10, 1960
| last = 16th
| next = 18th
}}The 17th Golden Globe Awards, honoring the best in film for 1959 films, were held on March 10, 1960. Winners and nomineesFilmBest Film - Drama' Ben-Hur - Anatomy of a Murder
- The Diary of Anne Frank
- The Nun's Story
- On the Beach
Best Film - Comedy' Some Like It Hot - But Not For Me
- Operation Petticoat
- Pillow Talk
- Who Was That Lady?
Best Film - Musical' Porgy and Bess - The Five Pennies
- Li'l Abner
- Say One for Me
- A Private's Affair
Best Actor - Drama' Anthony Franciosa - Career - Richard Burton - Look Back In Anger
- Charlton Heston - Ben-Hur
- Fredric March - Middle of the Night
- Joseph Schildkraut - The Diary of Anne Frank
Best Actress - Drama' Elizabeth Taylor - Suddenly, Last Summer - Audrey Hepburn - The Nun's Story
- Katharine Hepburn - Suddenly, Last Summer
- Lee Remick - Anatomy of a Murder
- Simone Signoret - Room at the Top
Best Actor - Musical or Comedy' Jack Lemmon - Some Like It Hot - Clark Gable - But Not For Me
- Cary Grant - Operation Petticoat
- Dean Martin - Who Was That Lady?
- Sidney Poitier - Porgy and Bess
Best Actress - Musical or Comedy' Marilyn Monroe - Some Like It Hot - Dorothy Dandridge - Porgy and Bess
- Doris Day - Pillow Talk
- Shirley MacLaine - Ask Any Girl
- Lilli Palmer - But Not For Me
Best Supporting Actor' Stephen Boyd - Ben-Hur - Fred Astaire - On the Beach
- Tony Randall - Pillow Talk
- Robert Vaughn - The Young Philadelphians
- Joseph Welch - Anatomy of a Murder
Best Supporting Actress' Susan Kohner - Imitation of Life - Edith Evans - The Nun's Story
- Estelle Hemsley - Take a Giant Step
- Juanita Moore - Imitation of Life
- Shelley Winters - The Diary of Anne Frank
Best Director' William Wyler - Ben-Hur - Stanley Kramer - On the Beach
- Otto Preminger - Anatomy of a Murder
- George Stevens - The Diary of Anne Frank
- Fred Zinnemann - The Nun's Story
Best Foreign Film- Black Orpheus (France)
- Odd Obsession (Japan)
- The Bridge (Germany)
- Wild Strawberries (Sweden)
- Wir Wunderkinder (Germany)
Best Music, Original ScoreErnest Gold - On the BeachBest Film Promoting International Understanding' The Diary of Anne Frank - The Nun's Story
- Odds Against Tomorrow
- On the Beach
- Take a Giant Step
Most Promising Newcomer - MaleBarry Coe
Troy Donahue
George Hamilton
James ShigetaMost Promising Newcomer - FemaleAngie Dickinson
Janet Munro
Stella Stevens
Tuesday WeldAchievement in TelevisionEdward R. MurrowOutstanding MeritThe Nun's StorySpecial AwardAndrew Marton - Ben-Hur (For directing the chariot race)
Francis X. Bushman (For a famous silent film star)
Ramon Novarro (For a famous silent film star)Special Journalistic Merit AwardHedda Hopper
Louella ParsonsHenrietta Award (World Film Favorite)Doris Day
Rock HudsonSamuel Goldwyn AwardRoom at the TopCecil B. DeMille AwardBing CrosbyReferences- [https://www.imdb.com/event/ev0000292/1960 IMdb 1960 Golden Globe Awards]
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