1960 in awards
7 ceremonies · 7 awards bodies · 383 nominations · 88 winners
Most awarded of 1960
Works that won more than once, counting every body at once.
- 17 Ben-Hur Academy Awards · BAFTA Film Awards · DGA Awards · Golden Globes
- 5 Some Like It Hot Academy Awards · BAFTA Film Awards · Golden Globes
- 3 Fiorello! Tonys
- 3 The Diary of Anne Frank Academy Awards
- 3 The Miracle Worker Tonys
- 2 Black Orpheus Academy Awards · Golden Globes
- 2 Porgy and Bess Academy Awards · Golden Globes
- 2 I'm All Right Jack BAFTA Film Awards
- 2 Room at the Top Academy Awards
- 2 The Jack Benny Program Emmys
2nd Grammys
- Winner Album of the Year · Come Dance with Me!
- Winner Record of the Year · Die Moritat von Mackie Messer · Bobby Darin
- Winner Song of the Year · The Battle of New Orleans · Jimmy Driftwood
- Winner Best New Artist · Bobby Darin
- Winner Best Children's Music Album · Prokofiev: Peter and the Wolf · Peter Ustinov, Philharmonia Orchestra, Herbert von Karajan, Peter Wolf, the Wolf
17th Golden Globes
- Winner Best Motion Picture – Drama · Ben-Hur · Sam Zimbalist
- Winner Best Actor – Motion Picture Drama · Anthony Franciosa · Career
- Winner Best Actress – Motion Picture Drama · Elizabeth Taylor · Suddenly, Last Summer
- Winner Best Actor – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy · Jack Lemmon · Some Like It Hot
- Winner Best Actress – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy · Marilyn Monroe · Some Like It Hot
32nd Academy Awards
- Winner Best Picture · Ben-Hur · Sam Zimbalist
- Winner Best Actor · Charlton Heston · Ben-Hur
- Winner Best Actress · Simone Signoret · Room at the Top
- Winner Best Supporting Actor · Hugh Griffith · Ben-Hur
- Winner Best Supporting Actress · Shelley Winters · The Diary of Anne Frank
14th Tonys
- Winner Best Play · The Miracle Worker · William Gibson, Fred Coe, William Gibson
- Winner Best Musical · Fiorello! · George Abbott, Jerome Weidman, Jerry Bock, Sheldon Harnick
- Winner Best Actor in a Play · Melvyn Douglas · The Best Man
- Winner Best Actress in a Play · Anne Bancroft · The Miracle Worker
- Winner Best Actor in a Musical · Jackie Gleason
12th Emmys
- Winner Outstanding Drama Series · Playhouse 90
- Winner Outstanding Comedy Series · The Art Carney Special
- Winner Outstanding Variety Talk Series · The Fabulous Fifties
- Winner Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series · Robert Stack · The Untouchables
- Winner Outstanding Lead Actor in a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie · Laurence Olivier · The Moon and Sixpence
13th BAFTA Film Awards
- Winner Best Film · Ben-Hur
- Winner Outstanding British Film · Sapphire
- Winner Best Direction · William Wyler · Ben-Hur
- Winner Best Documentary · Not awarded
- Winner Best British Actor · Peter Sellers · I'm All Right Jack