Les Girls [SEP] nominated for
- "Les Girls" was the last film score by Cole Porter and the next-to-last score of his career.
- The film's original female leads were to have been played by Leslie Caron, Cyd Charisse, Jean Simmons and Carol Haney.
Awards and honors.
- "Les Girls" won the Academy Award for Best Costume Design for Orry-Kelly and was nominated for two other awards, Best Art Direction (William A. Horning, Gene Allen, Edwin B. Willis, Richard Pefferle)
-Goldwyn-Mayer in the mid-1950s. In 1957, she won the Golden Globe for the Foreign Newcomer Award – Female. She won another Golden Globe in 1958 for Best Motion Picture Actress – Musical/Comedy for her performance in "Les Girls", tying with her co-star Kay Kendall.
In 1958, she was nominated for a Golden Laurel as Top New Female Personality. In 1975, she was nominated for a Tony Award for her performance as Donna Lucia D'Alvadorez in "Where's Charley?".