1961 in awards
7 ceremonies · 7 awards bodies · 380 nominations · 86 winners
Most awarded of 1961
Works that won more than once, counting every body at once.
- 12 The Apartment Academy Awards · BAFTA Film Awards · DGA Awards · Golden Globes
- 5 Spartacus Academy Awards · Golden Globes
- 4 Elmer Gantry Academy Awards · Golden Globes
- 4 Bye Bye Birdie Tonys
- 3 Hallmark Hall of Fame Emmys
- 3 Saturday Night and Sunday Morning BAFTA Film Awards
- 2 Exodus Academy Awards · Golden Globes
- 2 Song Without End Academy Awards · Golden Globes
- 2 Sons and Lovers Academy Awards · Golden Globes
- 2 The Alamo Academy Awards · Golden Globes
18th Golden Globes
- Winner Best Motion Picture – Drama · Spartacus · Kirk Douglas
- Winner Best Actor – Motion Picture Drama · Burt Lancaster · Elmer Gantry
- Winner Best Actress – Motion Picture Drama · Greer Garson · Sunrise at Campobello
- Winner Best Actor – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy · Jack Lemmon · The Apartment
- Winner Best Actress – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy · Shirley MacLaine · The Apartment
3rd Grammys
- Winner Album of the Year · The Button-Down Mind of Bob Newhart
- Winner Best New Artist · Bob Newhart
- Winner Best Children's Music Album · David Seville and the Chipmunks · Ross Bagdasarian Sr.
- Winner Best Comedy Album · The Button-Down Mind Strikes Back! · Bob Newhart
- Winner Best Contemporary Song · Georgia on My Mind · Ray Charles
15th Tonys
- Winner Best Play · Becket · Jean Anouilh, Jean Anouilh
- Winner Best Musical · Bye Bye Birdie · Charles Strouse, Lee Adams, Michael Stewart
- Winner Best Actor in a Play · Zero Mostel · Rhinoceros
- Winner Best Actress in a Play · Joan Plowright
- Winner Best Actor in a Musical · Richard Burton · Camelot
33rd Academy Awards
- Winner Best Picture · The Apartment · Billy Wilder
- Winner Best Actor · Burt Lancaster · Elmer Gantry
- Winner Best Actress · Elizabeth Taylor · BUtterfield 8
- Winner Best Supporting Actor · Peter Ustinov · Spartacus
- Winner Best Supporting Actress · Shirley Jones · Elmer Gantry
13th Emmys
- Winner Outstanding Drama Series · Hallmark Hall of Fame
- Winner Outstanding Comedy Series · The Jack Benny Program
- Winner Outstanding Variety Talk Series · Astaire Time
- Winner Outstanding Lead Actor in a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie · Maurice Evans · Hallmark Hall of Fame
- Winner Outstanding Lead Actress in a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie · Judith Anderson · Hallmark Hall of Fame
14th BAFTA Film Awards
- Winner Best Film · The Apartment
- Winner Outstanding British Film · Saturday Night and Sunday Morning
- Winner Most Promising Newcomer to Leading Film Roles · Albert Finney · Saturday Night and Sunday Morning
- Winner Best British Actor · Peter Finch · The Trials of Oscar Wilde
- Winner Best British Actress · Rachel Roberts · Saturday Night and Sunday Morning