Winner 28th Academy Awards
The 1955 file: winners first, ballot trails on demand, and the films that shaped the ceremony.
Year
1955
Nominations
131
Categories Decided
All 30
Top Winner
Marty
Ceremony at a glance
Best Picture went to Marty. The winning leader is Marty with 4 wins. The most nominated title is Marty with 8 nominations. 36 winners named across 30 categories.
Most awarded titles
- Marty 4 wins8 nominations
- Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing 3 wins8 nominations
- The Rose Tattoo 3 wins8 nominations
- Picnic 2 wins6 nominations
- Oklahoma! 2 wins4 nominations
Best Picture Nominees
The major races
The 1955 ceremony centers on Marty. Picture, Director, Actor and Actress: 4 of 4 decided, 20 nominees in all.
Best Picture Winner
- Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing Buddy Adler
- Mister Roberts Leland Hayward
- Picnic Fred Kohlmar
- The Rose Tattoo Hal B. Wallis
Best Director Winner
Best Actor Winner
Best Actress Winner
Complete Ceremony Ledger
The winner in every category. Open the full ballot to see every nominee.
27 categories131 records36 winners
1 winner5 records
4 more nominees in the full ballot
Winner
Marty
Credit: Harold Hecht
1 winner5 records
4 more nominees in the full ballot
Winner
Marty
Credit: Delbert Mann
1 winner5 records
4 more nominees in the full ballot
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1 winner5 records
4 more nominees in the full ballot
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1 winner5 records
4 more nominees in the full ballot
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1 winner5 records
4 more nominees in the full ballot
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1 winner5 records
4 more nominees in the full ballot
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1 winner5 records
4 more nominees in the full ballot
Winner
Marty
Credit: Paddy Chayefsky
1 winner1 record
1 winner5 records
4 more nominees in the full ballot
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1 winner5 records
4 more nominees in the full ballot
Winner
Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing
Credit: Sammy FainPaul Francis Webster
Love Is A Many-Splendored Thing
1 winner5 records
4 more nominees in the full ballot
Winner
Picnic
Credit: Charles NelsonWilliam A. Lyon
1 winner3 records
2 more nominees in the full ballot
Winner
1 winner5 records
1 winner5 records
4 more nominees in the full ballot
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1 winner5 records
4 more nominees in the full ballot
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The Rose Tattoo
Credit: James Wong Howe
1 winner5 records
4 more nominees in the full ballot
Winner
To Catch a Thief
Credit: Robert Burks
1 winner5 records
4 more nominees in the full ballot
Winner
I'll Cry Tomorrow
Credit: Helen Rose
1 winner5 records
4 more nominees in the full ballot
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1 winner2 records
1 more nominee in the full ballot
Winner
1 winner3 records
2 more nominees in the full ballot
Winner
Men against the Arctic
Credit: Walt Disney
1 winner5 records
1 winner4 records
3 more nominees in the full ballot
Winner
Speedy Gonzales
Credit: Edward Selzer
1 winner4 records
3 more nominees in the full ballot
Winner
Survival City
Credit: Edmund Reek
1 winner5 records
4 more nominees in the full ballot
Winner
The Face of Lincoln
Credit: Wilbur T. Blume
1 winner5 records
4 more nominees in the full ballot
Winner
Oklahoma!
Credit: Todd-AOFred Hynes
1 winner5 records
4 more nominees in the full ballot
Winner
Love Me or Leave Me
Credit: Daniel Fuchs
Ceremony Highlights
Winner East of Eden
Winner To Catch a Thief
Winner I'll Cry Tomorrow
Winner Helen Keller in Her Story
Winner Men against the Arctic
Winner Samurai, The Legend of Musashi
Winner Oklahoma!
Winner Speedy Gonzales
Winner Survival City
Winner The Face of Lincoln
Winner The Bridges at Toko-Ri
Winner Interrupted Melody
Winner Love Me or Leave Me
Categories in this ceremony
Best Actor
Best Supporting Actor
Best Actress
Best Supporting Actress
ART DIRECTION (Black-and-White)
ART DIRECTION (Color)
Best Picture
CINEMATOGRAPHY (Black-and-White)
CINEMATOGRAPHY (Color)
COSTUME DESIGN (Black-and-White)
COSTUME DESIGN (Color)
Best Director
DOCUMENTARY (Feature)
DOCUMENTARY (Short Subject)
FILM EDITING
INTERNATIONAL FEATURE FILM
MUSIC (Original Score)
MUSIC (Original Song Score or Adaptation Score)
MUSIC (Original Song)
SCIENTIFIC OR TECHNICAL AWARD (Class I)
SCIENTIFIC OR TECHNICAL AWARD (Class II)
SCIENTIFIC OR TECHNICAL AWARD (Class III)
SHORT FILM (Animated)
SHORT SUBJECT (One-reel)
SHORT SUBJECT (Two-reel)
SOUND RECORDING
VISUAL EFFECTS
WRITING (Adapted Screenplay)
WRITING (Original Screenplay)
WRITING (Original Story)
Winner Circle
Marty
Delbert Mann
Anna Magnani
Ernest Borgnine
Jo Van Fleet
Jack Lemmon
Interrupted Melody
Marty
Samurai, The Legend of Musashi
Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing
Love Is A Many-Splendored Thing
Charles Nelson, William A. Lyon
Paramount Studio
Art Direction: Hal Pereira, Tambi Larsen; Set Decoration: Sam Comer, Arthur Krams
Art Direction: William Flannery, Jo Mielziner; Set Decoration: Robert Priestley
James Wong Howe
Robert Burks
Helen Rose
Charles LeMaire
Nancy Hamilton, Producer
Walt Disney, Producer
Robert Russell Bennett | Jay Blackton | Adolph Deutsch
SCIENTIFIC OR TECHNICAL AWARD (Class I)
the NATIONAL CARBON CO.
SCIENTIFIC OR TECHNICAL AWARD (Class II)
Farciot Edouart, Hal Corl and Paramount Studio Transparency Department
SCIENTIFIC OR TECHNICAL AWARD (Class II)
the EASTMAN KODAK CO.
SCIENTIFIC OR TECHNICAL AWARD (Class III)
20TH CENTURY-FOX STUDIO and the BAUSCH & LOMB CO.
SCIENTIFIC OR TECHNICAL AWARD (Class III)
DAVE ANDERSON
SCIENTIFIC OR TECHNICAL AWARD (Class III)
Farciot Edouart, Hal Corl and Paramount
Loren L. Ryder, Charles West, Henry Fracker and Paramount Studios
SCIENTIFIC OR TECHNICAL AWARD (Class III)
Steve Krilanovich
SCIENTIFIC OR TECHNICAL AWARD (Class III)
Walter Jolley
Edward Selzer, Producer
Edmund Reek, Producer
Wilbur T. Blume, Producer
Todd-AO Sound Department, Fred Hynes, Sound Director
Love Me or Leave Me
Sortable ledger
Every nomination from this ceremony as a sortable table, for research that needs the raw record beside the posters and winners above.