Awards for 1963

Golden Laurel

Top Female Supporting Performance

WINNER

The Miracle Worker: Patty Duke

NOMINEES

To Kill a Mockingbird: Mary Badham
Birdman of Alcatraz: Thelma Ritter
The Manchurian Candidate: Angela Lansbury
4th place.
The Courtship of Eddie's Father: Roberta Sherwood
5th place.

Top Male Supporting Performance

WINNER

That Touch of Mink: Gig Young

NOMINEES

Gypsy: Karl Malden
Days of Wine and Roses: Charles Bickford
Lawrence of Arabia: Omar Sharif
4th place.
Requiem for a Heavyweight: Mickey Rooney
5th place.

Top Producer/Director

WINNER

Billy Wilder

NOMINEES

Alfred Hitchcock
John Ford
John Huston
4th place.
William Wyler
5th place.
Stanley Kramer
6th place.
Mervyn LeRoy
7th place.
Darryl F. Zanuck
8th place.
Otto Preminger
9th place.
Delmer Daves
10th place.

Top Director

WINNER

Fred Zinnemann

NOMINEES

Joseph L. Mankiewicz
David Lean
Henry Koster
4th place.
George Seaton
5th place.
John Frankenheimer
6th place.
Stanley Kubrick
7th place.
Vincente Minnelli
8th place.
John Sturges
9th place.
Delbert Mann
10th place.

Top Song

WINNER

Mutiny on the Bounty: Bronislau Kaper, Paul Francis Webster
For the song "Love Song".

NOMINEES

Two for the Seesaw: André Previn, Dory Previn
For the song "Second Chance".
The Wonderful World of the Brothers Grimm: Bob Merrill
For the song "The Dancing Princess".
Days of Wine and Roses: Henry Mancini, Johnny Mercer
4th place.
For the song "Days of Wine and Roses".
Lawrence of Arabia: Maurice Jarre
5th place.
For the song "Theme Song".

Top Musical

WINNER

The Music Man

NOMINEES

Gypsy
Girls! Girls! Girls!
Billy Rose's Jumbo
4th place.

Top Female Musical Performance

WINNER

State Fair: Ann-Margret

NOMINEES

Gypsy: Natalie Wood
The Music Man: Shirley Jones
Follow the Boys: Connie Francis
4th place.
Gypsy: Rosalind Russell
5th place.

Top Male Musical Performance

WINNER

The Music Man: Robert Preston

NOMINEES

Girls! Girls! Girls!: Elvis Presley
In Search of the Castaways: Maurice Chevalier
State Fair: Pat Boone
4th place.
Billy Rose's Jumbo: Jimmy Durante
5th place.

Top Music

WINNER

Dimitri Tiomkin

NOMINEES

Johnny Green
Max Steiner
André Previn
4th place.
Meredith Willson
5th place.

Top General Entertainment

WINNER

To Kill a Mockingbird

Sleeper of the Year

WINNERS

David and Lisa
What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?

Top Female Star

WINNER

Doris Day

NOMINEES

Elizabeth Taylor
Natalie Wood
Ann-Margret
4th place.
Debbie Reynolds
5th place.
Sandra Dee
6th place.
Lee Remick
7th place.
Hayley Mills
8th place.
Shirley MacLaine
9th place.
Audrey Hepburn
10th place.
Kim Novak
11th place.
Anne Bancroft
12th place.
Angie Dickinson
13th place.
Shirley Jones
14th place.
Jane Fonda
15th place.

Top Comedy

WINNER

That Touch of Mink

NOMINEES

Son of Flubber
Mr. Hobbs Takes a Vacation
The Courtship of Eddie's Father
4th place.
40 Pounds of Trouble
5th place.

Top Male Dramatic Performance

WINNER

Days of Wine and Roses: Jack Lemmon

NOMINEES

To Kill a Mockingbird: Gregory Peck
Birdman of Alcatraz: Burt Lancaster
Lawrence of Arabia: Peter O'Toole
4th place.
Spencer's Mountain: Henry Fonda
5th place.

Top Female Dramatic Performance

WINNER

Days of Wine and Roses: Lee Remick

NOMINEES

The Miracle Worker: Anne Bancroft
What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?: Bette Davis
Two for the Seesaw: Shirley MacLaine
4th place.
Long Day's Journey Into Night: Katharine Hepburn
5th place.

Top Producer

WINNER

Walt Disney

NOMINEES

Ross Hunter
Sam Spiegel
Hal B. Wallis
4th place.
Carl Foreman
5th place.
Walter Mirisch
6th place.
Samuel Bronston
7th place.
Robert Arthur
8th place.
Joe Pasternak
9th place.
Jerry Bresler
10th place.

Top Male Star

WINNER

Rock Hudson

NOMINEES

Cary Grant
Gregory Peck
John Wayne
4th place.
Jack Lemmon
5th place.
Frank Sinatra
6th place.
Burt Lancaster
7th place.
Jerry Lewis
8th place.
Paul Newman
9th place.
Elvis Presley
10th place.
Henry Fonda
11th place.
James Stewart
12th place.
Tony Curtis
13th place.
William Holden
14th place.
Charlton Heston
15th place.

Special Award

WINNERS

The Wonderful World of the Brothers Grimm
How the West Was Won
Bob Hope

Top Drama

WINNER

Days of Wine and Roses

NOMINEES

The Miracle Worker
Birdman of Alcatraz
Mutiny on the Bounty
4th place.
The Interns
5th place.

Top New Female Personality

WINNER

Suzanne Pleshette

NOMINEES

Elizabeth Allen
Sue Lyon
Stefanie Powers
4th place.
Janet Margolin
5th place.
Mimsy Farmer
6th place.
Rita Tushingham
7th place.
Anne Helm
8th place.
Lois Nettleton
9th place.
Pamela Franklin
10th place.

Top Action Performance

WINNER

The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance: John Wayne

NOMINEES

The Manchurian Candidate: Frank Sinatra
Lonely Are the Brave: Kirk Douglas
The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance: Lee Marvin
4th place.
The Longest Day: Robert Mitchum
5th place.

Top Female Comedy Performance

WINNER

That Touch of Mink: Doris Day

NOMINEES

Period of Adjustment: Jane Fonda
My Six Loves: Debbie Reynolds
If a Man Answers: Sandra Dee
4th place.
Mr. Hobbs Takes a Vacation: Maureen O'Hara
5th place.

Top Action Drama

WINNER

The Longest Day

NOMINEES

Hatari!
The Manchurian Candidate
In Search of the Castaways
4th place.
The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance
5th place.

Top Male Comedy Performance

WINNER

That Touch of Mink: Cary Grant

NOMINEES

40 Pounds of Trouble: Tony Curtis
Mr. Hobbs Takes a Vacation: James Stewart
The Courtship of Eddie's Father: Glenn Ford
4th place.
Son of Flubber: Fred MacMurray
5th place.

Top New Male Personality

WINNER

Peter O'Toole

NOMINEES

James MacArthur
Terence Stamp
Omar Sharif
4th place.
Robert Walker Jr.
5th place.
Ty Hardin
6th place.
Victor Buono
7th place.
Keir Dullea
8th place.
Ron Howard
9th place.
Telly Savalas
10th place.

Top Road Show

WINNER

Lawrence of Arabia

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