Oscar Nominations and Winners (1955)

Best Picture

• Love Is a Many Splendored Thing
• Marty
• Mister Roberts
• Picnic
• The Rose Tattoo

Best Director

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

Best Actor in a Leading Role

• 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 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)

Best Actress in a Leading Role

• 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)

Best 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)

Best Story

• Love Me or Leave Me (Daniel Fuchs)
• The Private War of Major Benson (Joe Connelly and Bob Mosher)
• Rebel Without a Cause (Nicholas Ray)
• The Sheep Has Five Legs (Jean Marsan, Henry Troyat, Jacques Perret, Henri Verneuil and Raoul Ploquin)
• Strategic Air Command (Beirne Lay, Jr.)

Best Adapted Screenplay

• Bad Day at Black Rock (Millard Kaufman)
• Blackboard Jungle (Richard Brooks)
• East of Eden (Paul Osborn)
• Love Me or Leave Me (Daniel Fuchs and Isobel Lennart)
• Marty (Paddy Chayefsky)

Best Original Story and Screenplay

• The Court-Martial of Billy Mitchell (Milton Sperling and Emmet Lavery)
• Interrupted Melody (William Ludwig and Sonya Levien)
• It's Always Fair Weather (Betty Comden and Adolph Green)
• Mr. Hulot's Holiday (Jacques Tati and Henri Marquet)
• The Seven Little Foys (Melville Shavelson and Jack Rose)

Art Direction - Black and White

• Blackboard Jungle
• I'll Cry Tomorrow
• The Man With the Golden Arm
• Marty
• The Rose Tattoo

Art Direction - Color

• Daddy Long Legs
• Guys and Dolls
• Love Is a Many Splendored Thing
• Picnic
• To Catch a Thief

Cinematography - Black and White

• Blackboard Jungle
• I'll Cry Tomorrow
• Marty
• Queen Bee
• The Rose Tattoo

Cinematography - Color

• Guys and Dolls
• Love Is a Many Splendored Thing
• A Man Called Peter
• Oklahoma!
• To Catch a Thief

Costume Design - Black and White

• I'll Cry Tomorrow
• The Pickwick Papers
• Queen Bee
• The Rose Tattoo
• Ugetsu

Costume Design - Color

• Guys and Dolls
• Interrupted Melody
• Love Is a Many Splendored Thing
• To Catch a Thief
• The Virgin Queen

Documentary Feature

• Heartbreak Ridge
• Helen Keller in Her Story

Documentary Short Subject

• The Battle of Gettysburg
• The Face of Lincoln
• Men Against the Arctic

Film Editing

• Blackboard Jungle
• The Bridges at Toko-Ri
• Oklahoma!
• Picnic
• The Rose Tattoo

Original Score For Drama or Comedy

• Battle Cry (Max Steiner)
• Love Is a Many Splendored Thing (Alfred Newman)
• The Man With the Golden Arm (Elmer Bernstein)
• Picnic (George Duning)
• The Rose Tattoo (Alex North)

Original Score For Musical

• Daddy Long Legs (Alfred Newman)
• Guys and Dolls (Jay Blackton and Cyril J. Mockridge)
• It's Always Fair Weather (Andr� Previn)
• Love Me or Leave Me (Percy Faith and George Stoll)
• Oklahoma! (Robert Russell Bennett, Jay Blackton and Adolph Deutsch)

Original Song

• "I'll Never Stop Loving You" (Love Me or Leave Me) Music by Nicholas Brodszky. Lyrics by Sammy Cahn.
• "Love Is a Many Splendored Thing" (Love Is a Many Splendored Thing) Music by Sammy Fain. Lyrics by Paul Francis Webster
• "Something's Gotta Give" (Daddy Long Legs) Music and Lyrics by Johnny Mercer.
• "(Love Is) The Tender Trap" (The Tender Trap) Music by James Van Heusen. Lyrics by Sammy Cahn.
• "Unchained Melody" (Unchained) Music by Alex North. Lyrics by Hy Zaret.

Animated Short Film (Cartoons)

• Good Will to Men
• The Legend of Rock-a-Bye Point
• No Hunting
• Speedy Gonzales

Live Action Short Film - One Reel

• 3rd Ave.
• Gadgets Galore
• Survival City
• Three Kisses

Live Action Short Film - Two Reels

• 24-Hour Alert
• The Battle of Gettysburg
• The Face of Lincoln
• On The Twelfth Day
• Switzerland

Sound

• Love Is a Many Splendored Thing
• Love Me or Leave Me
• Mister Roberts
• Not as a Stranger
• Oklahoma!

Special Effects

• The Bridges at Toko-Ri
• The Dam Busters
• The Rains of Ranchipur