Oscar Winners at
the Academy Awards: 1959 A Summary of the Oscar Winning
Films In Movie History.
Best Picture:
• Ben-Hur
(1959)
Other Nominees:
• Anatomy of a Murder (1959)
• Diary of Anne Frank, The (1959)
• Nun's Story, The (1959)
• Room at the Top (1959)
Best Actor:
• Ben-Hur
(1959) - Charlton Heston
Other Nominees:
• Anatomy of a Murder (1959) - James Stewart
• Last Angry Man, The (1959) - Paul Muni
• Room at the Top (1959) - Laurence Harvey
• Some Like It Hot (1959) - Jack Lemmon
Best Actress:
• Room
at the Top (1959) - Simone Signoret
Other Nominees:
• Nun's Story, The (1959) - Audrey Hepburn
• Pillow Talk (1959) - Doris Day
• Suddenly, Last Summer (1959) - Katharine Hepburn
• Suddenly, Last Summer (1959) - Elizabeth Taylor
Best Actor in a Supporting
Role:
• Ben-Hur
(1959) - Hugh Griffith
Other Nominees:
• Anatomy of a Murder (1959) - Arthur O'Connell
• Anatomy of a Murder (1959) - George C. Scott
• Diary of Anne Frank, The (1959/I) - Ed Wynn
• Young Philadelphians, The (1959) - Robert Vaughn
Best Actress in a Supporting
Role:
• Diary
of Anne Frank, The (1959/I) - Shelley Winters
Other Nominees:
• Imitation of Life (1959) - Susan Kohner
• Imitation of Life (1959) - Juanita Moore
• Pillow Talk (1959) - Thelma Ritter
• Room at the Top (1959) - Hermione Baddeley
Best Director:
• Ben-Hur
(1959) - William Wyler
Other Nominees:
• Diary of Anne Frank, The (1959/I) - George
Stevens
• Nun's Story, The (1959) - Fred Zinnemann
• Room at the Top (1959) - Jack Clayton
• Some Like It Hot (1959) - Billy Wilder
