Best Motion Picture

• Love Is a Many Splendored Thing, Buddy Adler, producer
• Marty, Harold Hecht, producer
• Mister Roberts, Leland Hayward, producer
• Picnic, Fred Kohlmar, producer
• The Rose Tattoo, Hal Wallis, producer

Best Actor

• Ernest Borgnine, Marty
• James Cagney, Love Me or Leave Me
• James Dean, East of Eden
• Frank Sinatra, The Man With the Golden Arm
• Spencer Tracy, Bad Day at Black Rock

Best Actress

• Susan Hayward, I'll Cry Tomorrow
• Katharine Hepburn, Summertime
• Jennifer Jones, Love Is a Many Splendored Thing
• Anna Magnani, The Rose Tattoo
• Eleanor Parker, Interrupted Melody

Actor in a Supporting Role

• Arthur Kennedy, Trial
• Jack Lemmon, Mister Roberts
• Joe Mantell, Marty
• Sal Mineo, Rebel Without a Cause
• Arthur O'Connell, Picnic

Actress in a Supporting Role

• Betsy Blair, Marty
• Jo Van Fleet, East of Eden
• Peggy Lee, Pete Kelly's Blues
• Marisa Pavan, The Rose Tattoo
• Natalie Wood, Rebel Without a Cause

Directing

• Elia Kazan, East of Eden
• David Lean, Summertime
• Joshua Logan, Picnic
• Delbert Mann, Marty
• John Sturges, Bad Day at Black Rock

Writing

• Motion Picture Story
  • Joe Connelly and Bob Mosher, The Private War of Major Benson
  • Daniel Fuchs, Love Me or Leave Me
  • Beirne Lay, Jr., Strategic Air Command
  • Jean Marsan, Henry Troyat, Jacques Perret, Henri Verneuil and Raoul Ploquin, The Sheep Has Five Legs
  • Nicholas Ray, Rebel Without a Cause
• Screenplay
  • Richard Brooks, Blackboard Jungle
  • Paddy Chayefsky, Marty
  • Daniel Fuchs and Isobel Lennart, Love Me or Leave Me
  • Millard Kaufman, Bad Day at Black Rock
  • Paul Osborn, East of Eden
• Story and Screenplay
  • Betty Comden and Adolph Green, It's Always Fair Weather
  • William Ludwig and Sonya Levien, Interrupted Melody
  • Melville Shavelson and Jack Rose, The Seven Little Foys
  • Milton Sperling and Emmet Lavery, The Court-Martial of Billy Mitchell
  • Jacques Tati and Henri Marquet, Mr. Hulot's Holiday

Cinematography

• Black-and-White
  • Arthur E. Arling, I'll Cry Tomorrow
  • Russell Harlan, Blackboard Jungle
  • James Wong Howe, The Rose Tattoo
  • Charles Lang, Queen Bee
  • Joseph LaShelle, Marty
• Color
  • Robert Burks, To Catch a Thief
  • Harold Lipstein, A Man Called Peter
  • Leon Shamroy, Love Is a Many Splendored Thing
  • Harry Stradling, Guys and Dolls
  • Robert Surtees, Oklahoma!

Art Direction

• Black-and-White
  • Cedric Gibbons and Malcolm Brown, art direction; Edwin B. Willis and Hugh B. Hunt, set decoration, I'll Cry Tomorrow
  • Cedric Gibbons and Randall Duell, art direction; Edwin B. Willis and Henry Grace, set decoration, Blackboard Jungle
  • Edward S. Haworth and Walter Simonds, art direction; Robert Priestley, set decoration, Marty
  • Hal Pereira and Tambi Larsen, art direction; Sam Comer and Arthur Krams, set decoration, The Rose Tattoo
  • Joseph C. Wright, art direction; Darrell Silvera, set decoration, The Man With the Golden Arm
• Color
  • William Flannery and Jo Mielziner, art direction; Robert Priestley, set decoration, Picnic
  • Hal Pereira and Joseph McMillan Johnson, art direction; Sam Comer and Arthur Krams, set decoration, To Catch a Thief
  • Oliver Smith and Joseph C. Wright, art direction; Howard Bristol, set decoration, Guys and Dolls
  • Lyle Wheeler and George W. Davis, art direction; Walter M. Scott and Jack Stubbs, set decoration, Love Is a Many Splendored Thing
  • Lyle Wheeler and John DeCuir, art direction; Walter M. Scott and Paul S. Fox, set decoration, Daddy Long Legs

Sound Recording

• MGM Studio Sound Dept., Love Me or Leave Me
• RCA Sound Department, Not as a Stranger
• Todd-AO Sound Department, Oklahoma!
• Twentieth Century-Fox Studio Sound Dept., Love Is a Many Splendored Thing
• Warner Bros. Studio Sound Dept., Mister Roberts

Music

• Song
  • "I'll Never Stop Loving You", Love Me or Leave Me, Nicholas Brodszky, music; Sammy Cahn, lyrics
  • "Love Is a Many Splendored Thing", Love Is a Many Splendored Thing, Sammy Fain, music; Paul Francis Webster, lyrics
  • "Something's Gotta Give", Daddy Long Legs, Johnny Mercer, music and lyrics
  • "(Love Is) The Tender Trap", The Tender Trap, James Van Heusen, music; Sammy Cahn, lyrics
  • "Unchained Melody", Unchained, Alex North, music; Hy Zaret, lyrics
• Scoring of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture
  • Elmer Bernstein, The Man With the Golden Arm
  • George Duning, Picnic
  • Alfred Newman, Love Is a Many Splendored Thing
  • Alex North, The Rose Tattoo
  • Max Steiner, Battle Cry
• Scoring of a Musical Picture
  • Robert Russell Bennett, Jay Blackton and Adolph Deutsch, Oklahoma!
  • Jay Blackton and Cyril J. Mockridge, Guys and Dolls
  • Percy Faith and George Stoll, Love Me or Leave Me
  • Alfred Newman, Daddy Long Legs
  • André Previn, It's Always Fair Weather

Film Editing

• Warren Low, The Rose Tattoo
• Alma Macrorie, The Bridges at Toko-Ri
• Charles Nelson and William A. Lyon, Picnic
• Gene Ruggiero and George Boemler, Oklahoma!
• Ferris Webster, Blackboard Jungle

Costume Design

• Black-and-White
  • Beatrice Dawson, The Pickwick Papers
  • Edith Head, The Rose Tattoo
  • Tadaoto Kainoscho, Ugetsu
  • Jean Louis, Queen Bee
  • Helen Rose, I'll Cry Tomorrow
• Color
  • Edith Head, To Catch a Thief
  • Charles LeMaire, Love Is a Many Splendored Thing
  • Charles LeMaire and Mary Wills, The Virgin Queen
  • Helen Rose, Interrupted Melody
  • Irene Sharaff, Guys and Dolls

Special Effects

• The Bridges at Toko-Ri (Paramount)
• The Dam Busters (Warner Bros.)
• The Rains of Ranchipur (Twentieth Century-Fox)

Short Subjects

• Cartoon
  • Good Will to Men (MGM Cartoon Series) (Frederick Quimby, William Hanna and Joseph Barbera, producers; MGM)
  • The Legend of Rock-a-Bye Point (Walter Lantz Productions; Universal-International)
  • No Hunting (Donald Duck Series) (Walt Disney Productions; RKO Radio)
  • Speedy Gonzales (Merrie Melodies Series) (Warner Bros. Cartoons, Inc.; Warner Bros.)
• One-Reel
  • Gadgets Galore (Warner Varieties Series) (Robert Youngson, producer; Warner Bros.)
  • Survival City (Movietone CinemaScope Series) (Edmund Reek, producer; Twentieth Century-Fox)
  • 3rd Ave. El (Carson Davidson Productions; Ardee Films)
  • Three Kisses (Topper Special Series) (Justin Herman, producer; Paramount)
• Two-Reel
  • The Battle of Gettysburg (Dore Schary, producer; MGM)
  • The Face of Lincoln (University of Southern California Presentation; Cavalcade Pictures, Inc.)
  • On The Twelfth Day . . .(United Kingdom Series) (Go Pictures, Inc.; George Brest and Associates)
  • Switzerland (People and Places Series) (Walt Disney Productions; Buena Vista)
  • 24-Hour Alert (Cedric Francis, producer; Warner Bros.)

Documentary

• Short Subject
  • The Battle of Gettysburg (Dore Schary, producer; MGM)
  • The Face of Lincoln (University of Southern California Presentation; Cavalcade Pictures, Inc.)
  • Men Against the Arctic (People and Places Series) (Walt Disney Productions; Buena Vista)
• Feature
  • Heartbreak Ridge (Rene Risacher Production; Tudor Pictures)
  • Helen Keller in Her Story (Nancy Hamilton, producer; Nancy Hamilton Presentation)

Honorary Award

• To Samurai, The Legend of Musashi (Japan), best foreign language film first released in the United States during 1955

Facts:

• Winners Announced: March 21, 1956
• Held at: RKO Pantages Theatre, Hollywood, California & NBC Century Theatre, New York City, New York
• Hosts: Jerry Lewis (Los Angeles), Claudette Colbert & Joseph L. Mankiewicz (New York)
• Eligibility Year: 1955