Other Nominees:
Best Achievement in Directing
Joseph L. Manckiewicz - A Letter to Three Wives
Other Nominees:
Robert Rossen - All the King's Men
William A. Wellman - Battleground
Carol Reed - The Fallen Idol
William Wyler - The Heiress
Best Actor in a Leading Role
Broderick Crawford in All the King's Men
Other Nominees:
Kirk Douglas in Champion
Gregory Peck in Twelve O'Clock High
Richard Todd in The Hasty Heart
John Wayne in Sands of Iwo Jima
Best Actress in a Leading Role
Olivia de Havilland in The Heiress
Other Nominees:
Jeanne Crain in Pinky
Susan Hayward in My Foolish Heart
Deborah Kerr in Edward, My Son
Loretta Young in Come to the Stable
Best Actor in a Supporting Role
Dean Jagger in Twelve O'Clock High
Other Nominees:
Arthur Kennedy in Champion
John Ireland in All the King's Men
Ralph Richardson in The Heiress
James Whitemore in Battleground
Best Actress in a Supporting Role
Mercedes McCambridge in All the King's Men
Other Nominees:
Ethel Barrymore in Pinky
Celeste Holm in Come to the Stable
Elsa Lanchester in Come to the Stable
Ethel Waters in Pinky
