The 18th Golden Globe Awards, honoring the best in film for 1960, were held on March 16, 1961.
Winners and nominees
Film Best Motion PictureBest Motion Picture - DramaBest Motion Picture - Comedy Spartacus Elmer Gantry Inherit the Wind Sons and Lovers Sunrise at Campobello The Apartment The Facts of Life The Grass Is Greener It Started in Naples Our Man in HavanaBest Performance in a Motion Picture – DramaActorActress Burt Lancaster – Elmer Gantry Trevor Howard – Sons and Lovers Laurence Olivier – Spartacus Dean Stockwell – Sons and Lovers Spencer Tracy – Inherit the Wind Greer Garson – Sunrise at Campobello Doris Day – Midnight Lace Nancy Kwan – The World of Suzie Wong Jean Simmons – Elmer Gantry Elizabeth Taylor – BUtterfield 8Best Performance in a Motion Picture – Comedy or MusicalActorActress Jack Lemmon – The Apartment Cantinflas – Pepe Dirk Bogarde – Song Without End Cary Grant – The Grass Is Greener Bob Hope – The Facts of Life Shirley MacLaine – The Apartment Lucille Ball – The Facts of Life Capucine – Song Without End Judy Holliday – Bells Are Ringing Sophia Loren – It Started in NaplesBest Supporting Performance in a Motion Picture – Drama, Comedy or MusicalSupporting ActorSupporting Actress Sal Mineo – Exodus Lee Kinsolving – The Dark at the Top of the Stairs Ray Stricklyn – The Plunderers Woody Strode – Spartacus Peter Ustinov – Spartacus Janet Leigh – Psycho Ina Balin – From the Terrace Shirley Jones – Elmer Gantry Shirley Knight – The Dark at the Top of the Stairs Mary Ure – Sons and Lovers OtherBest DirectorOriginal Score Jack Cardiff – Sons and Lovers Richard Brooks – Elmer Gantry Stanley Kubrick – Spartacus Billy Wilder – The Apartment Fred Zinnemann – The SundownersDimitri Tiomkin – The Alamo Ernest Gold – Exodus Johnny Green – Pepe Alex North – Spartacus George Duning – The World of Suzie WongBest Motion Picture - MusicalBest Film to Promote International Understanding Song Without End Bells Are Ringing Can-Can Let's Make Love PepeHand in Hand Conspiracy of HeartsMost Promising Newcomer - MaleMost Promising Newcomer - FemaleMichael Callan Mark Damon Brett Halsey Peter Falk David Janssen Robert VaughnIna Balin Nancy Kwan Hayley Mills Jill Haworth Shirley Knight Julie Newmar
Special awards Henrietta Award (World Film Favorite)
Tony Curtis Rock Hudson Gina Lollobrigida
Special Award
Cantinflas (For comedy) Stanley Kramer (For artistic integrity)
Special Merit Award
The Sundowners
Samuel Goldwyn Award
The Trials of Oscar Wilde (English-Language Foreign Film) La Vérité (France) (Foreign-Language Foreign Film) The Virgin Spring (Sweden) (Foreign-Language Foreign Film) Pote tin Kyriaki (Greece)
Cecil B. DeMille Award Fred Astaire
References IMdb 1961 Golden Globe Awards