Past Winners

1959 Oscar Winners

Best Picture

Ben-Hur
Anatomy of a Murder
The Diary of Anne Frank
The Nun's Story
Room at the Top

Best Actor in a Leading Role

Charlton Heston, Ben-Hur
James Stewart, Anatomy of a Murder
Paul Muni, The Last Angry Man
Laurence Harvey, Room at the Top
Jack Lemmon, Some Like It Hot

Best Actress in a Leading Role

Simone Signoret, Room at the Top
Audrey Hepburn, The Nun's Story
Doris Day, Pillow Talk
Katharine Hepburn, Suddenly, Last Summer
Elizabeth Taylor, Suddenly, Last Summer

Best Actor in a Supporting Role

Hugh Griffith, Ben-Hur
Arthur O'Connell, Anatomy of a Murder
George C. Scott, Anatomy of a Murder
Ed Wynn, The Diary of Anne Frank
Robert Vaughn, The Young Philadelphians

Best Actress in a Supporting Role

Shelley Winters, The Diary of Anne Frank
Susan Kohner, Imitation of Life
Juanita Moore, Imitation of Life
Thelma Ritter, Pillow Talk
Hermione Baddeley, Room at the Top

Best Director

William Wyler, Ben-Hur
George Stevens, The Diary of Anne Frank
Fred Zinnemann, The Nun's Story
Jack Clayton, Room at the Top
Billy Wilder, Some Like It Hot

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