The 13th Golden Globe Awards, honoring the best in film for 1955 films, were held on February 23, 1956.

Winners

Best Motion Picture - Drama

East of Eden directed by Elia Kazan

Best Motion Picture - Comedy or Musical

Guys and Dolls directed by Joseph L. Mankiewicz

Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Drama

Ernest Borgnine - Marty

Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture - Drama

Anna Magnani - The Rose Tattoo

Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Comedy or Musical

Tom Ewell - The Seven Year Itch

Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture - Comedy or Musical

Jean Simmons - Guys and Dolls

Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Motion Picture

Arthur Kennedy - Trial

Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in a Motion Picture

Marisa Pavan - The Rose Tattoo

Best Director - Motion Picture

Joshua Logan - Picnic

Best Foreign Language Film

Curvas peligrosas (Dangerous Curves) from Mexico

Eyes of Children from Japan

Sons, Mothers, and a General from West Germany

Stella from Greece

The Word from Denmark

Henrietta Award (World Film Favorites) Male

Marlon Brando

Henrietta Award (World Film Favorites) Female

Grace Kelly

Special Achievement Award

James Dean Award given posthumously for Best Dramatic Actor.

Cecil B. DeMille Award

Jack L. Warner

Best Motion Picture - Outdoor Drama

Wichita

Television Achievement

Desi Arnaz for American Comedy

Dinah Shore for Walt Disney anthology television series episode Davy Crockett.

Promoting International Understanding

Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing- directed by Henry King

New Star of the Year Actor

(Two way tie)

Ray Danton in I'll Cry Tomorrow

Russ Tamblyn in Hit the Deck

New Star of the Year Actress

(Three way tie)

Anita Ekberg in Blood Alley

Victoria Shaw in The Eddy Duchin Story

Dana Wynter in The View from Pompey's Head

Hollywood Citizenship Award

Esther Williams