Awards/Nominations for 1959 Academy Awards View for other years: 1959 2008 2007 2006 2005 2004 2003 2002 2001 2000 1999 1998 1997 1996 1995 1994 1993 1992 1991 1990 1989 1988 1987 1986 1985 1984 1983 1982 1981 1980 1979 1978 1977 1976 1975 1974 1973 1972 1971 1970 1969 1968 1967 1966 1965 1964 1963 1962 1961 1960 1958 1957 1956 1955 1954 1953 1952 1951 1950 1949 1948 1947 1946 1945 1944 1943 1942 1941 1940 1939 1938 1937 1936 1935 1934 1933 1932 1931 1930 1929 1928

Best Picture Win: Ben-Hur Runner-Up: Anatomy of a Murder Runner-Up: Room at the Top Runner-Up: The Diary of Anne Frank Runner-Up: The Nun's Story Best Director Win: William Wyler, Ben-Hur Runner-Up: Jack Clayton, Room at the Top Runner-Up: Billy Wilder, Some Like It Hot Runner-Up: George Stevens, The Diary of Anne Frank Runner-Up: Fred Zinnemann, The Nun's Story Best Actor Win: Charlton Heston, Ben-Hur Runner-Up: James Stewart, Anatomy of a Murder Runner-Up: Laurence Harvey, Room at the Top Runner-Up: Jack Lemmon, Some Like It Hot Runner-Up: Paul Muni, The Last Angry Man Best Actress Win: Simone Sigornet, Room at the Top Runner-Up: Doris Day, Pillow Talk Runner-Up: Elizabeth Taylor, Suddenly, Last Summer Runner-Up: Katharine Hepburn, Suddenly, Last Summer Runner-Up: Audrey Hepburn, The Nun's Story Best Supporting Actor Win: Hugh Griffith, Ben-Hur Runner-Up: Arthur O'Connell, Anatomy of a Murder Runner-Up: George C. Scott, Anatomy of a Murder Runner-Up: Ed Wynn, The Diary of Anne Frank Runner-Up: Robert Vaughn, The Young Philadelphians Best Supporting Actress Win: Shelley Winters, The Diary of Anne Frank Runner-Up: Juanita Moore, Imitation of Life (1959) Runner-Up: Susan Kohner, Imitation of Life (1959) Runner-Up: Thelma Ritter, Pillow Talk Runner-Up: Hermione Baddeley, Room at the Top Best Adapted Screenplay Win: Neil Paterson, Room at the Top Runner-Up: Wendell Mayes, Anatomy of a Murder Runner-Up: Karl Tunberg, Ben-Hur Runner-Up: Billy Wilder, I.A.L. Diamond , Some Like It Hot Runner-Up: Robert Anderson, The Nun's Story Best Original Screenplay Win: Russell Rouse, Clarence Greene, Stanley Shapiro, Maurice Richlin , Pillow Talk Runner-Up: Francois Truffaut, Marcel Moussy , Les Quatre Cents Coups Runner-Up: Ernest Lehman, North by Northwest Runner-Up: Paul King, Joseph Stone, Stanley Shapiro, Maurice Richlin , Operation Petticoat Runner-Up: Ingmar Bergman, Smultronstallet

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