Omar Sharif and Julie Christie, “Doctor Zhivago” 1965 MGM / The Hollywood Archive
The Golden Globe Awards results are in. Actually, these particular results have been “in” for 50 years. On the day after the latest Golden Globe Awards held in 2016 recognizing achievements for 2015, we look back a half century at the 23rd Golden Globe Awards, honoring the best in film and television for 1965, held on the 28th of February 1966. …and the winners, and the nominees, are (were)…
Best Actor – Drama
Omar Sharif – Doctor Zhivago
Rex Harrison – The Agony and the Ecstasy
Sidney Poitier – A Patch of Blue
Rod Steiger – The Pawnbroker
Oskar Werner – Ship of Fools
Best Actor – Musical or Comedy
Lee Marvin – Cat Ballou
Jack Lemmon – The Great Race
Jerry Lewis – Boeing Boeing
Jason Robards – A Thousand Clowns
Alberto Sordi – Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines
Best Actress – Drama
Samantha Eggar – The Collector
Julie Christie – Darling
Elizabeth Hartman – A Patch of Blue
Simone Signoret – Ship of Fools
Maggie Smith – Othello
Best Actress – Musical or Comedy
Julie Andrews – The Sound of Music
Jane Fonda – Cat Ballou
Barbara Harris – A Thousand Clowns
Rita Tushingham – The Knack…and How to Get It
Natalie Wood – Inside Daisy Clover
Best Director
David Lean – Doctor Zhivago
Guy Green – A Patch of Blue
John Schlesinger – Darling
Robert Wise – The Sound of Music
William Wyler – The Collector
Best Film – Drama
Doctor Zhivago
The Collector
The Flight of the Phoenix
A Patch of Blue
Ship of Fools
Best Film – Musical or Comedy
The Sound of Music
Cat Ballou
The Great Race
Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines
A Thousand Clowns
Best Foreign Film (English language)
Darling
The Knack …and How to Get It
The Leather Boys
Ninety Degrees in the Shade
Othello
Best Foreign Film (Foreign language)
Juliet of the Spirits (Giulietta degli spiriti), Italy
Always Further On (Tarahumara, cada vez más lejos), Mexico
Circle of Love (La ronde), France
Red Beard (Akahige), Japan
The Umbrellas of Cherbourg (Les parapluies de Cherbourg), France
Best Original Score
“Doctor Zhivago” – Maurice Jarre
“Battle of the Bulge” – Benjamin Frankel
“The Great Race” – Henry Mancini
“The Sandpiper” – Johnny Mandel
“The Yellow Rolls-Royce” -Riz Ortolani
Best Original Song
“Forget Domani” – The Yellow Rolls-Royce
“Ballad of Cat Ballou” – Cat Ballou
“The Shadow of Your Smile” – The Sandpiper
“The Sweetheart Tree” – The Great Race
“That Funny Feeling” – That Funny Feeling
Best Screenplay
Doctor Zhivago – Robert Bolt
The Agony and the Ecstasy – Philip Dunne
The Collector – John Kohn and Stanley Mann
A Patch of Blue – Guy Green
The Slender Thread – Stirling Silliphant
Best Supporting Actor
Oskar Werner – The Spy Who Came in from the Cold
Red Buttons – Harlow
Frank Finlay – Othello
Hardy Krüger – The Flight of the Phoenix
Telly Savalas – Battle of the Bulge
Best Supporting Actress
Ruth Gordon – Inside Daisy Clover
Joan Blondell – The Cincinnati Kid
Joyce Redman – Othello
Thelma Ritter – Boeing Boeing
Peggy Wood – The Sound of Music
Television
Best TV Star – Male
David Janssen – The Fugitive
Don Adams – Get Smart
Ben Gazzara – Run for Your Life
David McCallum – The Man from U.N.C.L.E.
Robert Vaughn – The Man from U.N.C.L.E.
Best TV Star – Female
Anne Francis – Honey West
Patty Duke – The Patty Duke Show
Mia Farrow – Peyton Place
Dorothy Malone – Peyton Place
Barbara Stanwyck – The Big Valley
Best TV Show
The Man from U.N.C.L.E.
Frank Sinatra: A Man and His Music
Get Smart
I Spy
My Name is Barbra
Visit the Golden Globe Awards website for more information on all previous award winners.
If you are looking for this year’s winners, take a look at the official site.