12th British Academy Film Awards
The 12th British Film Awards, given by the British Academy of Film and Television Arts in 1959, honoured the best films of 1958.
| 12th British Academy Film Awards | |
|---|---|
| Date | 1959 |
| Highlights | |
| Best Film | Room at the Top |
| Best British Film | Room at the Top |
| Most awards | Orders to Kill & Room at the Top (3) |
| Most nominations | Room at the Top (7) |
Winners and nominees
Best Film
Best Foreign Actor
Sidney Poitier in The Defiant Ones
- Paul Newman in Cat on a Hot Tin Roof
- Tony Curtis in The Defiant Ones
- Curd Jürgens in The Enemy Below
- Curd Jürgens in The Inn of the Sixth Happiness
- Spencer Tracy in The Last Hurrah
- Glenn Ford in The Sheepman
- Victor Sjostrom in Wild Strawberries
- Charles Laughton in Witness for the Prosecution
- Marlon Brando in The Young Lions
Best British Actor
- I. S. Johar in Harry Black
- Anthony Quayle in Ice-Cold in Alex
- Laurence Harvey in Room at the Top
- Donald Wolfit in Room at the Top
- Michael Craig in Sea of Sand
- Terry-Thomas in tom thumb
Best British Actress
- Virginia McKenna in Carve Her Name with Pride
- Hermione Baddeley in Room at the Top
- Elizabeth Taylor in Cat on a Hot Tin Roof
Best Foreign Actress
Simone Signoret in Room at the Top
- Karuna Bannerjee in Aparajito
- Ingrid Bergman in The Inn of the Sixth Happiness
- Tatyana Samojlova in The Cranes Are Flying
- Joanne Woodward in No Down Payment
- Giulietta Masina in Le Notti di Cabiria
- Anna Magnani in Wild Is the Wind
Best British Screenplay
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