Thursday, 23 April 2026

1960, Film and Television Awards: British Academy Awards (BAFTAs)

Best Film From Any Source
Winner: Ben-Hur (USA, William Wyler)

Ben-Hur Podter

Nominees:

  • Anatomy of a Murder (USA, Otto Preminger)
  • Ansiktet (Sweden, Ingmar Bergman)
  • The Big Country (USA, William Wyler)
  • Compulsion (USA, Richard Fleischer)
  • Gigi (USA, Vincente Minnelli)
  • Look Back in Anger (UK, Tony Richardson)
  • North West Frontier (UK, J. Lee Thompson)
  • The Nun's Story (USA, Fred Zinnemann)
  • Sapphire (UK, Basil Dearden)
  • Some Like It Hot (USA, Billy Wilder)
  • Tiger Bay (UK, J. Lee Thompson) 
  • Yesterday's Enemy (UK, Val Guest)
  • Maigret tend un piège (France / Italy, Jean Delannoy)
  • Popiół i diament (Poland, Andrzej Wajda)

Best British Film
Winner: Sapphire (Basil Dearden)

Sapphire Poster

Nominees:

  • Look Back in Anger (Tony Richardson)
  • North West Frontier (J. Lee Thompson)
  • Tiger Bay (J. Lee Thompson)
  • Yesterday's Enemy (Val Guest)

Best Foreign Actor
Winner: Jack Lemmon as Jerry / Daphne in Some Like It Hot

Marilyn Monroe as Sugar Kane Kowalczyk and Jack Lemmon as Daphne

Nominees:

  • James Stewart as Paul Biegler in Anatomy of a Murder
  • Takashi Shimura as Kanji Watanabe in Ikiru
  • Zbigniew Cybulski as Maciek Chelmicki in Popiół i diament
  • Jean Gabin as Jules Maigret in Maigret tend un piège
  • Jean Desailly as Marcel Maurin in Maigret tend un piège

Best British Actor
Winner: Peter Sellers as Fred Kite / Sir John Kennaway in I'm All Right Jack

Peter Sellers as Fred Kite

Nominees:

  • Laurence Olivier as General John Burgoyne in The Devil's Disciple
  • Laurence Harvey as Johnny Jackson in Expresso Bongo
  • Richard Burton as Jimmy Porter in Look Back in Anger
  • Peter Finch as Dr. Fortunati in The Nun's Story
  • Stanley Baker as Captain Alan Langford in Yesterday's Enemy
  • Gordon Jackson as Sergeant MacKenzie in Yesterday's Enemy

Best Foreign Actress
Winner: Shirley MacLaine as Meg Wheeler in Ask Any Girl

Shirley MacLaine as Meg Wheeler

Nominees:

  • Rosalind Russell as Mame Dennis in Auntie Mame
  • Susan Hayward as Barbara Graham in I Want to Live!
  • Ava Gardner Moira Davidson in On The Beach
  • Ellie Lambeti as Chloe Pella in A Matter of Dignity

Best British Actress
Winner: Audrey Hepburn as Sister Luke in The Nun's Story

Audrey Hepburn as Sister Luke

Nominees:

  • Kay Walsh as Miss D. Coker in The Horse's Mouth
  • Sylvia Syms as Hetty in No Trees in the Street
  • Peggy Ashcroft as Mother Mathilde in The Nun's Story
  • Yvonne Mitchell as Mildred Farr in Sapphire

Best British Screenplay
Winner: Frank Harvey, John Boulting and Alan Hackney with I'm All Right Jack

I'm All Right Jack Poster

Nominees:

  • Ben Barzman and Millard Lampell: Chance Meeting
  • Wolf Mankowitz: Expresso Bongo
  • Alec Guinness: The Horse's Mouth
  • Nigel Kneale: Look Back in Anger
  • Ted Willis: No Trees in the Street
  • Robin Estridge: North West Frontier
  • Janet Green: Sapphire
  • John Hawkesworth and Shelley Smith: Tiger Bay

Most Promising Newcomer To Leading Film Roles
Winner: Hayley Mills as Gillie Evans in Tiger Bay

Nominees:

  • Joseph N. Welch as Judge Weaver in Anatomy of a Murder
  • Liz Fraser as Cynthia Kite in I'm All Right Jack
  • Gerry Duggan as Pat Fulton in Four Desperate Men

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