The Golden Globe for New Star of the Year – Actress was an award presented by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association (HFPA) at the annual Golden Globes award ceremony. New Star of the Year – Actress was first presented at the 5th Golden Globes held in 1948, alongside the New Star of the Year – Actor category, and awarded to Lois Maxwell for her performance in That Hagen Girl (1947); the award was absent from the following year's ceremony. From the 7th Golden Globes onwards, New Star of the Year – Actress was presented in every ceremony—excluding the 34th Golden Globes—until the 40th Golden Globes held in 1983, with the final winner being Sandahl Bergman for Conan the Barbarian (1982).
The New Star of the Year – Actress award was presented 32 times, to 57 actresses. In 1951 and 1982, the award was merged with its male counterpart to create a unisex New Star of the Year category; the former was won by Gene Nelson for Tea for Two (1950) and the latter by Pia Zadora for Butterfly (1982). From the 11th to 22nd Golden Globes the award was traditionally given to three actresses; starting with the 23rd ceremony, only one actress was declared the winner.
Zadora's 1982 win for Butterfly was viewed as "controversial", with the Golden Globes facing scrutiny over their decision. Her husband and the producer of Butterfly, Israeli businessman Meshulam Riklis, had invited members of the HFPA over to the Riviera — a hotel and casino he owned in Las Vegas — where he hosted them, treating them to wine and dinner; at the hotel, Riklis employed Zadora as an entertainer and singer. While at the Riviera, the HFPA members were also shown a private screening of Butterfly and saw Zadora perform her nightclub act. Six weeks later, Riklis invited another group to his and Zadora's home in Beverly Hills for one more private screening of the film. It was presumed that Riklis had bought the award for Zadora; after the following year's ceremony, the New Star of the Year awards were discontinued by the Golden Globes.
Pat Crowley, Bella Darvi, and Carroll Baker are the only actresses to have received the award for two separate performances in the same ceremony; Crowley won for Forever Female and Money from Home, Darvi for The Egyptian and Hell and High Water, and Baker for Baby Doll and Giant. Carol Lynley was the only actress to be nominated twice in two separate ceremonies; first in 1959 for The Light in the Forest and then again the following year for Blue Denim.
Winners and nominees
+ Table key ‡ Indicates the winner § Indicates a unisex New Star of the Year award
1940s + Year Actress Role Film 1947(5th) 1949(7th) All the King's Men Emma Champion
1950s + Year Actress Role Film 1950 §(8th) Tea for Two Roxane Cyrano de Bergerac Three Little Words 1951(9th) Teresa 1952(10th) Moulin Rouge Girl High Noon 1953(11th) Forever Female Money from Home Nefer Hell and High Water It Came from Outer Space 1954(12th) Janis Phffft 1955(13th) Blood Alley 1956(14th) Baby Doll Giant Judy Rebel Without a Cause 1957(15th) Until They Sail Marjorie Morningstar Peyton Place 1958(16th) God's Little Acre Auntie Mame Shenandoe Liat South Pacific 1959(17th) Feathers Rio Bravo Darby O'Gill and the Little People Chorine Say One for Me Blue Denim Platinum High School This Earth Is Mine
1960s + Year Actress Role Film 1960(18th) From the Terrace Pollyanna Exodus 1961(19th) Ann-Margret Louise Pocketful of Miracles Tall Story Town Without Pity Summer and Smoke Hitler 1962(20th) Lolita Josephine Veronica Two Weeks in Another Town David and Lisa Rome Adventure 1963(21st) Dr. No Twilight of Honor For Love or Money 1964(22nd) Guns at Batasi Karana Island of the Blue Dolphins Get Yourself a College Girl 1965(23rd) Shenandoah Do Not Disturb Doctor Zhivago 1966(24th) Dead Heat on a Merry-Go-Round Shirley Chiquita Georgy Girl Grand Prix 1967(25th) Rogue's Gallery Elvira Madigan Hurry Sundown Guess Who's Coming to Dinner Valley of the Dolls 1968(26th) Juliet Romeo and Juliet Candy Susan the Silent Finian's Rainbow Nancy I Love You, Alice B. Toklas 1969(27th) Goodbye, Columbus Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice Cactus Flower Hello, Dolly! Molly Where It's At
1970s + Year Actress Role Film 1970(28th) Diary of a Mad Housewife Millie Pussycat, Pussycat, I Love You Jenny Jenny I Love My Wife 1971(29th) Twiggy Alexandra Nicholas and Alexandra Billy Jack 1972(30th) Lady Sings the Blues Kathleen You'll Like My Mother Cabaret What's Up, Doc? 1973(31st) Paper Moon Breezy Dillinger Michelle Time to Run 1974(32nd) Lorrie Where the Lilies Bloom Freebie and the Bean Airport 1975 Buffy 99 and 44/100% Dead 1975(33rd) Barbara Jean Nashville Eula Nashville 1976(34th) Dwan King Kong Mary / Memphis Sue Bound for Glory Lipstick Pipe Dreams 1978(36th) Susan Midnight Express Slow Dancing in the Big City Vanessa Corvette Summer Girlfriends Goin' South 1979(37th) Goldine Goldengirl 10 Yanks Ice Castles
1980s + Year Actress Role Film 1980(38th) Tess Dressed to Kill Raging Bull 9 to 5 Urban Cowboy 1981 §(39th) Butterfly Ragtime Ragtime Body Heat Dominoe Sharky's Machine Four Friends 1982(40th) Valeria Conan the Barbarian Six Weeks Love Child Annie Annie Miranda Tempest
See also Golden Globe Award for New Star of the Year – Actor
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References
External links Golden Globes Award official website