9e British Academy Film Awards

De 9e British Academy Film Awards of BAFTA Awards werden uitgereikt in 1956 voor de films uit 1955.

Winnaars en genomineerden

Beste Film

Richard III

• Bad Day at Black Rock
• Carmen Jones
• The Colditz Story
• The Dam Busters
• East of Eden
• The Ladykillers
• Marty
• The Night My Number Came Up
• The Prisoner
• Seven Samurai
• Simba
• La Strada
• Summertime

Beste Britse Film

Richard III

• The Colditz Story
• The Dam Busters
• The Ladykillers
• The Night My Number Came Up
• The Prisoner
• Simba

Beste Buitenlandse Acteur

Ernest Borgnine in Marty

• James Dean in East of Eden
• Jack Lemmon in Mister Roberts
• Frank Sinatra in Not as a Stranger
• Toshirō Mifune in Seven Samurai
• Takashi Shimura in Seven Samurai

Beste Britse Acteur

Laurence Olivier in Richard III

• Alfie Bass in The Bespoke Overcoat
• Kenneth More in The Deep Blue Sea
• Michael Redgrave in The Night My Number Came Up
• Jack Hawkins in The Prisoner
• Alec Guinness in The Prisoner

Beste Britse Actrice

Katie Johnson in The Ladykillers

• Margaret Lockwood in Cast a Dark Shadow
• Deborah Kerr in The End of the Affair
• Margaret Johnston in Touch and Go

Beste Buitenlandse Actrice

Betsy Blair in Marty

• Dorothy Dandridge in Carmen Jones
• Grace Kelly in The Country Girl
• Julie Harris in I Am a Camera
• Marilyn Monroe in The Seven Year Itch
• Judy Garland in A Star Is Born
• Giulietta Masina in La Strada
• Katharine Hepburn in Summertime

Beste Britse Script

The Ladykillers - William Rose

• Doctor at Sea - Nicholas Phipps en Jack Davies
• Simba - John Baines
• The Night my Number Came Up - R.C. Sherriff
• The Deep Blue Sea - Terence Rattigan
• Touch and Go - William Rose
• The Prisoner - Bridget Boland
• The Dambusters - R.C. Sherriff
• The Constant Husband - Sidney Gilliat en Val Valentine

Beste Geanimeerde Film

Blinkity Blank

• Animal Farm
• The Lady and the Tramp
• Magoo Express
• Down a Long Way
• Fudget's Budget

Beste Documentaire

The Vanishing Prairie

• Gold
• Miner's Window
• Rival World

Special Award

The Bespoke Overcoat

• Mr Mensah Builds a House
• The Steps of Age

VN Award

Children of Hiroshima (Gembaku no ko)

• Bad Day at Black Rock
• Escapade
• Simba

Meestbelovende Nieuwkomer in een Film

Paul Scofield in That Lady

• Jo Van Fleet in East of Eden

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British Academy Film Awards