1956 Oscar Winners
Best Picture
- Around the World in Eighty Days
- Friendly Persuasion
- PGiant
- The King and I
- The Ten Commandments
Best Actor in a Leading Role
- Yul Brynner, The King and I
- James Dean, Giant
- Rock Hudson, Giant
- Kirk Douglas, Lust for Life
- Laurence Olivier, Richard III
Best Actress in a Leading Role
- Ingrid Bergman, Anastasia
- Carroll Baker, Baby Doll
- Nancy Kelly, The Bad Seed
- Deborah Kerr, The King and I
- Katharine Hepburn, The Rainmaker
Best Actor in a Supporting Role
- Red Buttons, Sayonara
- Sessue Hayakawa, The Bridge on the River Kwai
- Vittorio De Sica, A Farewell to Arms
- Arthur Kennedy, Peyton Place
- Russ Tamblyn, Peyton Place
Best Actress in a Supporting Role
- Dorothy Malone, Written on the Wind
- Mildred Dunnock, Baby Doll
- Eileen Heckart, The Bad Seed
- Patty McCormack, The Bad Seed
- Mercedes McCambridge, Giant
Best Director
- George Stevens, Giant
- Michael Anderson, Around the World in Eighty Days
- William Wyler, Friendly Persuasion
- Walter Lang, The King and I
- King Vidor, War and Peace
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