19th Golden Globe Awards
19th Golden Globe Awards
March 5, 1962
Film - Drama:
The Guns of Navarone
Film - Comedy:
A Majority of One
Film - Musical:
West Side Story
The 19th Golden Globe Awards, honoring the best in film for 1961 films, were held on March 5, 1962.
Winners and nominees
Film
Best Actor - Drama
Maximilian Schell – Judgement at Nuremberg
- Warren Beatty – Splendor in the Grass
- Maurice Chevalier – Fanny
- Paul Newman – The Hustler
- Sidney Poitier – A Raisin in the Sun
Best Actor - Musical or Comedy
Glenn Ford – Pocketful of Miracles
- Fred Astaire – The Pleasure of His Company
- Richard Beymer – West Side Story
- Bob Hope – Bachelor in Paradise
- Fred MacMurray – The Absent-Minded Professor
Best Actress - Drama
Geraldine Page – Summer and Smoke
- Leslie Caron – Fanny
- Shirley MacLaine – The Children's Hour
- Claudia McNeil – A Raisin in the Sun
- Natalie Wood – Splendor in the Grass
Best Actress - Musical or Comedy
Rosalind Russell – A Majority of One
- Bette Davis – Pocketful of Miracles
- Audrey Hepburn – Breakfast at Tiffany's
- Hayley Mills – The Parent Trap
- Miyoshi Umeki – Flower Drum Song
Best Director
Stanley Kramer – Judgment at Nuremberg
- Anthony Mann – El Cid
- Jerome Robbins and Robert Wise – West Side Story
- J. Lee Thompson – The Guns of Navarone
- William Wyler – The Children's Hour
Best Film - Drama
Best Film - Comedy
Best Film - Musical
Best Foreign Language Film
Two Women (La ciociara) • Italy
- The Good Soldier Schweik (Der Brave Soldat Schwejk) • West Germany
- The Important Man (Ánimas Trujano: El hombre importante) • Mexico
Silver Globe
The Good Soldier Schweik (Der Brave Soldat Schwejk) (West Germany)
The Important Man (Ánimas Trujano: El hombre importante) (Mexico)
Best Music, Original Score
"The Guns of Navarone" – Dimitri Tiomkin
- "El Cid" – Miklós Rózsa
- "Fanny" – Harold Rome
- "King of Kings" – Miklós Rózsa
- "Summer and Smoke" – Elmer Bernstein
Best Song
"Town Without Pity" - Town Without Pity (Dimitri Tiomkin - music, Ned Washington - lyrics)
Best Film Promoting International Understanding
Best Supporting Actor
George Chakiris – West Side Story
- Montgomery Clift – Judgment at Nuremberg
- Jackie Gleason – The Hustler
- Tony Randall – Lover Come Back
- George C. Scott – The Hustler
Best Supporting Actress
- Fay Bainter – The Children's Hour
- Judy Garland – Judgment at Nuremberg
- Lotte Lenya – The Roman Spring of Mrs. Stone
- Pamela Tiffin – One, Two, Three
Most Promising Newcomer - Male
Warren Beatty
Richard Beymer
Bobby Darin
Most Promising Newcomer - Female
Ann-Margret
Jane Fonda
Christine Kaufmann
Henrietta Award (World Film Favorite)
Charlton Heston
Marilyn Monroe
Television
Only winners announced
Best TV Star - Male
Best TV Star - Female
Best TV Show
Special Journalistic Merit Award
Army Archerd (Daily Variety)
Mike Connolly (Hollywood Reporter)
Special Merit Award
Samuel Goldwyn Award
Cecil B. DeMille Award
Award breakdown
Film
Winners
- 3 / 3 A Majority of One: Best Actress-Musical or Comedy, Film-Comedy & Film Promoting International Understanding
- 3 / 5 West Side Story: Best Film-Musical & Supporting Actor and Actress
- 2 / 3 The Guns of Navarone: Best Film-Drama & Original Score
- 1 / 3 Summer and Smoke: Best Actress-Drama