The 1950s: The Arts: Awards
THE 1950s: THE ARTS: AWARDS
Pulitzer Prizes
1950
Fiction: The Way West, by A. B. Guthrie, Jr.
Drama: South Pacific, by Richard Rodgers, Oscar Hammerstein II, and Joshua Logan
Poetry: Annie Allen, by Gwendolyn Brooks
Music: The Consul, by Gian Carlo Menotti
1951
Fiction: The Town, by Conrad Richter
Drama: no award
Poetry: Complete Poems, by Carl Sandburg
Music: Giants in the Earth, by Douglas Moore
1952
Fiction: The Caine Mutiny, by Herman Wouk
Drama: The Shrike, by Joseph Kramm
Poetry: Collected Poems, by Marianne Moore
Music: Symphony Concertante, by Gail Kubik
1953
Fiction: The Old Man and the Sea, by Ernest Hemingway
Drama: Picnic, by William Inge
Poetry: Collected Poems 1917-1952, by Archibald MacLeish
Music: no award
1954
Fiction: no award
Drama: The Teahouse of the August Moon, by John Patrick
Poetry: The Waking, by Theodore Roethke
Music: Concerto for Two Pianos and Orchestra, by Quincy Porter
1955
Fiction: A Fable, by William Faulkner
Drama: Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, by Tennessee Williams
Poetry: Collected Poems, by Wallace Stevens
Music: The Saint of Bleecker Street, by Gian Carlo Menotti
1956
Fiction: Andersonville, by MacKinlay Kantor
Drama: Diary of Anne Frank, by Albert Hackett and Frances Goodrich
Poetry: Poems —North & South, by Elizabeth Bishop
Music: Symphony No. 3, by Ernest Toch
1957
Fiction: no award
Drama: Long Day's Journey into Night, by Eugene O'Neill
Poetry: Things of This World, by Richard Wilbur
Music: Meditations on Ecelestas tes, by Norman Dello Joio
1958
Fiction: A Death in the Family, by James Agee
Drama: Look Homeward, Angel, by Ketti Frings
Poetry: Promises: Poems 1954-1956, by Robert Perni Warren
Music: Vanessa, by Samuel Barber
1959
Fiction: The Travels of Jaimie Mcpheeters, by Robert Lewis Taylor
Drama: J. B., by Archibald MacLeish
Poetry: Selected Poems 1928-1958, by Stanley Kunitz
Music: Concerto for Piano and Orchestra, by John La Montaine
The American Theatre Wing
ANtoinette Perry Awards.
Tony Awards.
1950
Play: The Cocktail Party, T. S. Eliot
Actor, Dramatic Star: Sidney Blackmer, Come Back, Little Sheba
Actress, Dramatic Star: Shirley Booth, Come Back, Little Sheba
Musical: South Pacific
Actor, Musical Star: Ezio Pinza, South Pacific
Actress, Musical Star: Mary Martin, South Pacific
1951
Play: The Rose Tattoo, Tennessee Williams
Actor, Dramatic Star: Claude Rains, Darkness at Noon
Actress, Dramatic Star: Uta Hagen, The Country Girl
Musical: Guys and Dolls
Actor, Musical Star: Robert Alda, Guys and Dolls
Actress, Musical Star: Ethel Merman, Call Me Madam
1952
Play: The Fourposter, by Jan de Hartog
Actor, Dramatic Star: Jose Ferrer, The Shrike
Actress, Dramatic Star: Julie Harris, I Am a Camera
Musical: The King and I
Actor, Musical Star: Phil Silvers, Top Banana
Actress, Musical Star: Gertrude Lawrence, The King and I
1953
Play: The Crucible, Arthur Miller
Actor, Dramatic Star: Tom Ewell, The Seven Year Itch
Actress, Dramatic Star: Shirley Booth, Time of the Cuckoo
Musical: Wonderful Town
Actor, Musical Star: Thomas Mitchell, Hazel Flagg
Actress, Musical Star: Rosalind Russell, Wonderful Town
1954
Play: The Teahouse of the August Moon, John Patrick Googan
Actor, Dramatic Star: David Wayne, The Teahouse of the August Moon
Actress, Dramatic Star: Audrey Hepburn, Ondine
Musical: Kismet
Actor, Musical Star: Alfred Drake, Kismet
Actress, Musical Star: Dolores Gray, Carnival in Flanders
1955
Play: The Desperate Hours, Joseph Arnold Hayes
Actor, Dramatic Star: Alfred Lunt, Quadrille
Actress, Dramatic Star: Nancy Kelly, The Bad Seed
Musical: The Pajama Game
Actor, Musical Star: Walter Slezak, Fanny
Actress, Musical Star: Mary Martin, Peter Pan
1956
Play: The Diary of Anne Frank
Actor, Dramatic Star: Paul Muni, Inherit the Wind
Actress, Dramatic Star: Julie Harris, The Lark
Musical: Damn Yankees
Actor, Musical Star: Ray Walston, Damn Yankees
Actress, Musical Star: Gwen Verdon, Damn Yankees
1957
Play: Long Day's Journey into Night, Eugene O'Neill
Actor, Dramatic Star: Frederic March, Long Day's Journey into Night
Actress, Dramatic Star: Margaret Leighton, Separate Tables
Musical: My Fair Lady
Actor, Musical Star: Rex Harrison, My Fair Lady
Actress, Musical Star: Judy Holliday, The Bells Are Ringing
1958
Play: Sunrise at Campobello, Dore Senary
Actor, Dramatic Star: Ralph Bellamy, Sunrise at Campobello
Actress, Dramatic Star: Helen Hayes, Time Remembered
Musical: The Music Man
Actor, Musical Star: Robert Preston, The Music Man
Actress, Musical Star: Thelma Ritter, New Girl in Town
Gwen Verdon, New Girl in Town
1959
Play: J. B., Archibald MacLeish
Actor, Dramatic Star: Jason Robards, Jr., The Disenchanted
Actress, Dramatic Star: Gertrude Berg, A Majority of One
Musical: Redhead
Actor, Musical Star: Richard Kiley, Redhead
Actress, Musical Star: Gwen Verdon, Redhead
Academy of Motion Picture Arts
and Sciences Awards. the Oscars.
1950
Actor: Jose Ferrer, Cyrano De Bergerac
Actress: Judy Holliday, Born Yesterday
Picture: All About Eve, 20th Century-Fox
1951
Actor: Humphrey Bogart, The African Queen
Actress: Vivien Leigh, A Streetcar Named Desire
Picture: An American in Paris, M-G-M
1952
Actor: Gary Cooper, High Noon
Actress: Shirley Booth, Come Back, Little Sheba
Picture: Greatest Show on Earth, Cecil B. DeMille, Paramount
1953
Actor: William Holden, Stalag 17
Actress: Audrey Hepburn, Roman Holiday
Picture: From Here to Eternity, Columbia
1954
Actor: Marlon Brando, On the Waterfront
Actress: Grace Kelly, The Country Girl
Picture: On the Waterfront, Horizon-American, Columbia
1955
Actor: Ernest Borgnine, Marty
Actress: Anna Magnani, The Rose Tattoo
Picture: Marty, Hecht and Lancaster's Steven Prods., United Artists
1956
Actor: Yul Brynner, The King and I
Actress: Ingrid Bergman, Anastasia
Picture: Around the World in 80 Days, Michael Todd, United Artists
1957
Actor: Alec Guinness, The Bridge on the River Kwat
Actress: Joanne Woodward, The Three Faces of Eve
Picture: The Bridge on the River Kwai, Columbia
1958
Actor: David Niven, Separate Tables
Actress: Susan Hayward, I Want to Live
Picture: Gigi, Arthur Freed Production, M-G-M
1959
Actor: Charlton Heston, Ben-Hur
Actress: Simone Signoret, Room at the Top
Picture: Ben-Hur, M-G-M
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