The 9th British Academy Film Awards, given by the British Academy of Film and Television Arts in 1956, honoured the best films of 1955.
Winners and nominees Best Film Richard III Bad Day at Black Rock Carmen Jones The Colditz Story The Dam Busters East of Eden The Ladykillers Marty The Night My Number Came Up The Prisoner Seven Samurai Simba La Strada Summertime
Best British Film Richard III The Colditz Story The Dam Busters The Ladykillers The Night My Number Came Up The Prisoner Simba
Best Documentary Foothold in Antarctica Generator 4 The Silent World (Le Monde Du Silence) Under the Same Sky
Best Foreign Actor Ernest Borgnine in Marty James Dean in East of Eden Jack Lemmon in Mister Roberts Frank Sinatra in Not as a Stranger Toshirō Mifune in Seven Samurai Takashi Shimura in Seven Samurai
Best British Actor Laurence Olivier in Richard III Alfie Bass in The Bespoke Overcoat Kenneth More in The Deep Blue Sea Michael Redgrave in The Night My Number Came Up Jack Hawkins in The Prisoner Alec Guinness in The Prisoner
Best British Actress Katie Johnson in The Ladykillers Margaret Lockwood in Cast a Dark Shadow Deborah Kerr in The End of the Affair Margaret Johnston in Touch and Go
Best Foreign Actress Betsy Blair in Marty Dorothy Dandridge in Carmen Jones Grace Kelly in The Country Girl Julie Harris in I Am a Camera Marilyn Monroe in The Seven Year Itch Judy Garland in A Star Is Born Giulietta Masina in La Strada Katharine Hepburn in Summertime
Best British Screenplay The Ladykillers - William Rose
Best Animated Film Blinkity Blank Animal Farm Down a Long Way Fudget's Budget Lady and the Tramp Magoo Express
Special Award The Bespoke Overcoat Mr Mensah Builds a House The Steps of Age
Most Promising Newcomer to Film Paul Scofield in That Lady Jo Van Fleet in East of Eden
United Nations Award Children of Hiroshima Bad Day at Black Rock Escapade Simba
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