1959 in awards
7 ceremonies · 7 awards bodies · 379 nominations · 90 winners
Most awarded of 1959
Works that won more than once, counting every body at once.
- 12 Gigi Academy Awards · DGA Awards · Golden Globes
- 4 The Defiant Ones Academy Awards · BAFTA Film Awards · Golden Globes
- 4 Redhead Tonys
- 3 Separate Tables Academy Awards · Golden Globes
- 3 Room at the Top BAFTA Film Awards
- 2 I Want to Live! Academy Awards · Golden Globes
- 2 The Big Country Academy Awards · Golden Globes
- 2 An Evening with Fred Astaire Emmys
- 2 Auntie Mame Golden Globes
- 2 Eddie from Alcoa Theatre Emmys
16th Golden Globes
- Winner Best Motion Picture – Drama · The Defiant Ones · Stanley Kramer
- Winner Best Actor – Motion Picture Drama · David Niven · Separate Tables
- Winner Best Actress – Motion Picture Drama · Susan Hayward · I Want to Live!
- Winner Best Actor – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy · Danny Kaye · Me and the Colonel
- Winner Best Actress – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy · Rosalind Russell · Auntie Mame
31st Academy Awards
- Winner Best Picture · Gigi
- Winner Best Actor · David Niven · Separate Tables
- Winner Best Actress · Susan Hayward · I Want to Live!
- Winner Best Supporting Actor · Burl Ives · The Big Country
- Winner Best Supporting Actress · Wendy Hiller · Separate Tables
13th Tonys
- Winner Best Play · J.B. · Archibald MacLeish, Archibald MacLeish
- Winner Best Musical · Redhead · Albert Hague, David Shaw, Dorothy Fields, Herbert Fields, Sidney Sheldon
- Winner Best Actor in a Play · Jason Robards · The Disenchanted
- Winner Best Actress in a Play · Gertrude Berg
- Winner Best Actor in a Musical · Richard Kiley · Redhead
1st Grammys
- Winner Album of the Year · The Music from Peter Gunn
- Winner Record of the Year · Nel Blu Dipinto di Blu (Volare) · Domenico Modugno
- Winner Song of the Year · Nel Blu Dipinto di Blu (Volare) · Franco Migliacci, Domenico Modugno
- Winner Best Children's Music Album · The Chipmunk Song (Christmas Don't Be Late) · Ross Bagdasarian Sr.
- Winner Best Comedy Album · The Chipmunk Song · Ross Bagdasarian, Sr.
11th Emmys
12th BAFTA Film Awards
- Winner Best Film · Room at the Top
- Winner Outstanding British Film · Room at the Top
- Winner Best British Actor · Trevor Howard · The Key
- Winner Best British Actress · Irene Worth · Orders to Kill
- Winner Best British Screenplay · Orders to Kill · Paul Dehn