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Best Picture
 LOVE IS A MANY-SPLENDORED THING - 20th Century-Fox. Produced by Buddy Adler
 MARTY (Won 4 Awards) - Hecht-Lancaster, UA. Produced by Harold Hecht
MISTER ROBERTS - Orange, Warner Bros. Produced by Leland Hayward
PICNIC - Columbia. Produced by Fred Kohlmar
THE ROSE TATTOO - Wallis, Paramount. Produced by Hal B. Wallis
Actor
Ernest Borgnine in MARTY
James Cagney in LOVE ME OR LEAVE ME
James Dean in EAST OF EDEN
Frank Sinatra in THE MAN WITH THE GOLDEN ARM
Spencer Tracy in BAD DAY AT BLACK ROCK
Actress
Susan Hayward in I'LL CRY TOMORROW
Katharine Hepburn in SUMMERTIME
Jennifer Jones in LOVE IS A MANY-SPLENDORED THING
Anna Magnani in THE ROSE TATTOO
Eleanor Parker in INTERRUPTED MELODY
Supporting Actor
Arthur Kennedy in TRIAL
Jack Lemmon in MISTER ROBERTS
Joe Mantell in MARTY
Sal Mineo in REBEL WITHOUT A CAUSE
Arthur O'Connell in PICNIC
Supporting Actress
Betsy Blair in MARTY
Peggy Lee in PETE KELLY'S BLUES
Marisa Pavan in THE ROSE TATTOO
Jo Van Fleet in EAST OF EDEN
Natalie Wood in REBEL WITHOUT A CAUSE
Directing
Elia Kazan for EAST OF EDEN
David Lean for SUMMERTIME
Joshua Logan for PICNIC
Delbert Mann for MARTY
John Sturges for BAD DAY AT BLACK ROCK
Writing: Motion Picture Story
Daniel Fuchs - LOVE ME OR LEAVE ME
Joe Connelly & Bob Mosher - THE PRIVATE WAR OF MAJOR BENSON
Nicholas Ray - REBEL WITHOUT A CAUSE
Jean Marsan, Henry Troyat, Jacques Perret, Henri Verneuil &
Raoul Ploquin - THE SHEEP HAS FIVE LEGS
Beirne Lay, Jr. - STRATEGIC AIR COMMAND
Writing: Story and Screenplay
Milton Sperling & Emmet Lavery - THE COURT-MARTIAL OF BILLY MITCHELL
William Ludwig & Sonya Levien - INTERRUPTED MELODY
Betty Comden & Adolph Green - IT'S ALWAYS FAIR WEATHER
Jacques Tati & Henri Marquet - MR. HULOT'S HOLIDAY
Melville Shavelson & Jack Rose - THE SEVEN LITTLE FOYS
Writing: Screenplay
Millard Kaufman - BAD DAY AT BLACK ROCK
Richard Brooks - BLACKBOARD JUNGLE
Paul Osborn - EAST OF EDEN
Daniel Fuchs & Isobel Lennart - LOVE ME OR LEAVE ME
Paddy Chayefsky - MARTY
Art Direction/Set Decoration (Color)
Lyle Wheeler & John De Cuir - Art Direction, Walter M. Scott & Paul S. Fox - Set Decoration DADDY LONG LEGS
Oliver Smith & Joseph C. Wright - Art Direction, Howard Bristol - Set Decoration GUYS AND DOLLS
Lyle Wheeler & George W. Davis - Art Direction, Walter M. Scott & Jack Stubbs - Set Decoration LOVE IS A MANY-SPLENDORED THING
William Flannery & Jo Mielziner - Art Direction, Robert Priestley - Set Decoration PICNIC
Hal Pereira & Joseph McMillan Johnson - Art Direction, Sam Comer & Arthur Krams - Set Decoration TO CATCH A THIEF
Art Direction/Set Decoration (Black and White)
Cedric Gibbons & Randall Duell - Art Direction, Edwin B. Willis & Henry Grace - Set Decoration BLACKBOARD JUNGLE
Cedric Gibbons & Malcolm Brown - Art Direction, Edwin B. Willis & Hugh Hunt - Set Decoration I'LL CRY TOMORROW
Joseph C. Wright - Art Direction, Darrell Silvera - Set Decoration THE MAN WITH THE GOLDEN ARM
Edward S. Haworth & Walter Simonds - Art Direction, Robert Priestley - Set Decoration MARTY
Hal Pereira & Tambi Larsen - Art Direction, Sam Comer & Arthur Krams - Set Decoration THE ROSE TATTOO
Cinematography (Color)
Harry Stradling - GUYS AND DOLLS
Leon Shamroy - LOVE IS A MANY-SPLENDORED THING
Harold Lipstein - A MAN CALLED PETER
Robert L. Surtees - OKLAHOMA!
Robert Burks - TO CATCH A THIEF
Cinematography (Black and White)
Russell Harlan - BLACKBOARD JUNGLE
Arthur E. Arling - I'LL CRY TOMORROW
Joseph La Shelle - MARTY
Charles B. Lang - QUEEN BEE
James Wong Howe - THE ROSE TATTOO
Costume Design (Color)
Irene Sharaff - GUYS AND DOLLS
Helen Rose - INTERRUPTED MELODY
Charles LeMaire - LOVE IS A MANY-SPLENDORED THING
Edith Head - TO CATCH A THIEF
Charles LeMaire & Mary Wills - THE VIRGIN QUEEN
Costume Design (Black and White)
Helen Rose - I'LL CRY TOMORROW
Beatrice Dawson - PICKWICK PAPERS
Jean Louis - QUEEN BEE
Edith Head - THE ROSE TATTOO
Tadaoto Kainosho - UGETSU
Documentary (Features)
Rene Risacher - Producer HEARTBREAK RIDGE
Nancy Hamilton - Producer HELEN KELLER IN HER STORY
Documentary (Short Subjects)
Dore Schary - Producer THE BATTLE OF GETTYSBURG
Wilbur T. Blume - Producer THE FACE OF LINCOLN
Walt Disney - Producer MEN AGAINST THE ARCTIC
Film Editing
Ferris Webster - BLACKBOARD JUNGLE
Alma Macrorie - THE BRIDGES AT TOKO-RI
Gene Ruggiero & George Boemler - OKLAHOMA!
William A. Lyon & Charles Nelson - PICNIC
Warren Low - THE ROSE TATTOO
Music: Scoring of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture
Max Steiner - BATTLE CRY
Alfred Newman - LOVE IS A MANY-SPLENDORED THING
Elmer Bernstein - THE MAN WITH THE GOLDEN ARM
George Duning - PICNIC
Alex North - THE ROSE TATTOO
Music: Scoring of a Musical Picture
Alfred Newman - DADDY LONG LEGS
Jay Blackton & Cyril J. Mockridge - GUYS AND DOLLS
Andre Previn - IT'S ALWAYS FAIR WEATHER
Robert Russell Bennett, Jay Blackton & Adolph Deutsch - OKLAHOMA!
Percy Faith & George Stoll - LOVE ME OR LEAVE ME
Music: Song
Nicholas Brodszky - Music, Sammy Cahn - Lyrics LOVE ME OR LEAVE ME "I'll Never Stop Loving You"
Sammy Fain - Music, Paul Francis Webster - Lyrics LOVE IS A MANY-SPLENDORED THING "Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing" 
Johnny Mercer - Music & Lyrics DADDY LONG LEGS "Something's Gotta Give"
Jimmy Van Heusen - Music, Sammy Cahn - Lyrics THE TENDER TRAP "(Love Is) The Tender Trap"
Alex North - Music, Hy Zaret - Lyrics UNCHAINED "Unchained Melody"
Short Subjects (Cartoons)
Fred Quimby, William Hanna & Joseph Barbera - Producers GOOD WILL TO MEN
Walter Lantz - Producer THE LEGEND OF ROCK-A-BYE POINT
Walt Disney - Producer NO HUNTING
Edward Selzer - Producer SPEEDY GONZALES
Short Subjects (One-reel)
Robert Youngson - Producer GADGETS GALORE
Edmund Reek - Producer SURVIVAL CITY
Carson Davidson - Producer 3RD AVE. EL
Justin Herman - Producer THREE KISSES
Short Subjects (Two-reel)
Dore Schary - Producer THE BATTLE OF GETTYSBURG
Wilbur T. Blume - Producer THE FACE OF LINCOLN
George K. Arthur - Producer ON THE TWELFTH DAY...
Walt Disney - Producer SWITZERLAND
Cedric Francis - Producer 24 HOUR ALERT
Sound Recording
Carl W. Faulkner (20th Century-Fox Sound Department) LOVE IS A MANY-SPLENDORED THING
Wesley C. Miller (Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studio Sound Department) LOVE ME OR LEAVE ME
William A. Mueller (Warner Bros. Studio Sound Department) MISTER ROBERTS
Watson Jones (RCA Sound Department) NOT AS A STRANGER
Fred Hynes (Todd-AO Sound Department) OKLAHOMA!
Special Effects
THE BRIDGES AT TOKO-RI [No nominees, but film credits Farciot Edouart & W. Wallace Kelley - Process Photography & John P. Fulton - Special Effects]
THE DAM BUSTERS
THE RAINS OF RANCHIPUR
Scientific Or Technical
Class I (Statuette):
National Carbon Company - For the development and production of a high efficiency yellow flame carbon for motion picture color photography.
Class II (Plaque):
 Eastman Kodak Company - For Eastman Tri-X panchromatic negative film.
Farciot Edouart & Hal Corl (Paramount Studio Transparency Department) - For the engineering and development of a double-frame, triple-head background projector.
Class III (Citation):
 20th Century-Fox Studio & Bausch & Lomb Company - For the new combination lenses for CinemaScope photography.
Walter Jolley, Mauriece Larson & R. H. Spies (20th Century-Fox Studio) - For a spraying process which creates simulated metallic surfaces.
Steve Krilanovich - For an improved camera dolly incorporating multi-directional steering.
Dave Anderson (20th Century-Fox Studio) - For an improved spotlight capable of maintaining a fixed circle of light at constant intensity over varied distances.
Loren L. Ryder, Charles West & Henry Fracker (Paramount Studio) - For a projection film index to establish proper framing for various aspect ratios.
Farciot Edouart & Hal Corl (Paramount Studio Transparency Department) - For an improved dual stereopticon background projector.
Honorary and Other Awards
MIYAMOTO MUSASHI (SAMURAI, THE LEGEND OF MUSASHI, Japan) Best Foreign Language Film first released in the United States during 1955. Winner presented a Statuette.
Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award
No award given for 1955.
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FIRSTS
· Marty is the first TV-to-motion picture transfer to win Best Picture.
· Jo Van Fleet, Director Delbert Mann, Screenwriter Paddy Chayevsky and Cartoon star Speedy Gonzales win for their film debuts.
· Best Actress Anna Magnani wins for her first English language film.
· Marty is the first American film to win the Palme d'Or at the Cannes Film Festival.
· Marty is the first American film to be shown in the Soviet Union.
· James Dean is the first male actor to receive a posthumous nomination.
RULE CHANGES
Set Decorators now receive a statuette instead of an Academy plaque.
ROLE REVERSALS
· The original Marty television leads were Rod Steiger and Nancy Marchand.
· Tennessee Williams wrote the play The Rose Tattoo for Anna Magnani, but she feared her English wasn't good enough, and Maureen Stapleton played her role on Broadway.
SINS OF OMISSION
Picture: Rebel Without a Cause, East of Eden, The Seven Year Itch, Blackboard Jungle
Director: Nicolas Ray - Rebel Without a Cause
Actor: Henry Fonda - Mister Roberts
Actress: Doris Day - Love Me or Leave Me
Song: "Baby, You Knock Me Out," "Ballad of Davy Crockett"
UNMENTIONABLES
· The Catholic Church was dogged in its condemnation of one of the year's biggest hits, Lady and the Tramp, for its portrayal of an unwed couple.
· Rumors circulated that producers Harold Hecht and Burt Lancaster made Marty expecting it to lose money so that they could use it as a tax write-off.
· Hecht and Lancaster spent $400,000 for an Oscar® campaign for Marty, a picture that cost $343,000 to shoot.
· MGM trade ads for I'll Cry Tomorrow boasted the slogan, "Filmed on location... Inside a Woman's Soul!"
· Part of The Rose Tattoo was filmed in Tennessee Williams's home in Key West.
· The year's second highest-grossing film was Mister Roberts, right behind Cinerama Holiday.
· Fredric March hosted the telecast of the reading of the annual nominations. The show won great ratings and terrible reviews. The Academy decided to put the nominations show to rest.
· In her autobiography, Edith Head confessed that her loss to Charles LeMaire in the Color Costume category was "the single greatest disappointment of my costume-design career."
· Jerry Lewis received rave reviews for hosting the Hollywood show. One of his most celebrated bits wasn't seen by TV viewers: during one of the Oldsmobile commercials, Lewis walked off-stage, returned with a chair, and sat and yawned until the promo was over. Mike Connolly was not kind to the advertiser's ads: "They're dull, dreary, deadly, draggy, and they make us look like bums."
· A week after the ceremonies, the Hollywood Reporter spotted Jack Lemmon driving down Sunset Boulevard in a red Thuderbird with his Oscar® in the front seat.
· The Oscar® gave Ernest Bornine's career a tremendous boost -- he became one of the most sought-after character actors in town -- but Borgnine discovered that even fairy tales have to come to an end. He later sued Hecht-Lancaster to get out of what he considered an unfair contract, telling the press, "When I came out here, I was a green bumpkin. I put my faith in the people I knew. I expected them to do the same thing in return. But I was disappointed."
· The four young stars of Rebel Without a Cause all met with tragic ends: James Dean at 24 (car crash, 9/30/1955); Natalie Wood at 43 (drowning); Nick Adams at 37 (accidental overdose); Sal Mineo at 37 (murder).
· The location shoot for The Conqueror in Utah's Escalante Desert was in the radioactive vicinity of a nuclear testing site. It may have contributed to the deaths of stars John Wayne and Susan Hayward and director Dick Powell, all of whom died of cancer.
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