The 18th Golden Globe Awards, honoring the best in film for 1960, were held on March 16, 1961.
| 18th Golden Globe Awards | |
|---|---|
| Date | 16 March 1961 |
| Highlights | |
| Best Film: Drama | Spartacus |
| Best Film: Comedy | The Apartment |
| Best Film: Musical | Song Without End |
Winners and nominees edit
Film edit
Best Film – Drama edit
Best Film – Comedy edit
Best Film – Musical edit
Best Actor – Drama edit
- Trevor Howard – Sons and Lovers
- Laurence Olivier – Spartacus
- Dean Stockwell – Sons and Lovers
- Spencer Tracy – Inherit the Wind
Best Actress – Drama edit
Greer Garson – Sunrise at Campobello
- Doris Day – Midnight Lace
- Nancy Kwan – The World of Suzie Wong
- Jean Simmons – Elmer Gantry
- Elizabeth Taylor – BUtterfield 8
Best Actor – Comedy or Musical edit
- Cantinflas – Pepe
- Dirk Bogarde – Song Without End
- Cary Grant – The Grass Is Greener
- Bob Hope – The Facts of Life
Best Actress – Comedy or Musical edit
Shirley MacLaine – The Apartment
- Lucille Ball – The Facts of Life
- Capucine – Song Without End
- Judy Holliday – Bells Are Ringing
- Sophia Loren – It Started in Naples
Best Supporting Actor edit
- Lee Kinsolving – The Dark at the Top of the Stairs
- Ray Stricklyn – The Plunderers
- Woody Strode – Spartacus
- Peter Ustinov – Spartacus
Best Supporting Actress edit
- Ina Balin – From the Terrace
- Shirley Jones – Elmer Gantry
- Shirley Knight – The Dark at the Top of the Stairs
- Mary Ure – Sons and Lovers
Best Director edit
Jack Cardiff – Sons and Lovers
- Richard Brooks – Elmer Gantry
- Stanley Kubrick – Spartacus
- Billy Wilder – The Apartment
- Fred Zinnemann – The Sundowners
Best Music, Original Score edit
- Ernest Gold – Exodus
- Johnny Green – Pepe
- Alex North – Spartacus
- George Duning – The World of Suzie Wong
Best Film to Promote International Understanding edit
Most Promising Newcomer – Male edit
Michael Callan
Mark Damon
Brett Halsey
Most Promising Newcomer – Female edit
Ina Balin
Nancy Kwan
Hayley Mills
Henrietta Award (World Film Favorite) edit
Tony Curtis
Rock Hudson
Gina Lollobrigida
Special Award edit
Cantinflas (For comedy)
Stanley Kramer (For artistic integrity)
Special Merit Award edit
Samuel Goldwyn Award edit
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)