Winners & Nominees 1959

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Best Motion Picture - Drama

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Winner
Defiant Ones, The
Nominee
Cat on a Hot Tin Roof
Nominee
Home Before Dark
Nominee
I Want To Live!
Nominee
Separate Tables

Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture - Drama

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Winner
Susan Hayward
I Want To Live!
Nominee
Ingrid Bergman
Inn of the Sixth Happiness, The
Nominee
Deborah Kerr
Separate Tables
Nominee
Shirley MacLaine
Some Came Running
Nominee
Jean Simmons
Home Before Dark

Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Drama

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Winner
David Niven
Separate Tables
Nominee
Spencer Tracy
Old Man and the Sea, The
Nominee
Tony Curtis
Defiant Ones, The
Nominee
Sidney Poitier
Defiant Ones, The
Nominee
Robert Donat
Inn of the Sixth Happiness, The

Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Musical or Comedy

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Winner
Danny Kaye
Me and the Colonel
Nominee
Maurice Chevalier
Gigi
Nominee
Clark Gable
Teacher's Pet
Nominee
Cary Grant
Indiscreet
Nominee
Louis Jourdan
Gigi