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| Academy Awards, USA | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
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| 1960 | Won | Oscar |
Best Music, Scoring of a Musical Picture André Previn Ken Darby |
| Nominated | Oscar |
Best Cinematography, Color Leon Shamroy |
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Best Costume Design, Color Irene Sharaff |
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Best Sound Gordon Sawyer (Samuel Goldwyn SSD) Fred Hynes (Todd-AO SSD) |
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| Golden Globes, USA | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 1960 | Won | Golden Globe |
Best Motion Picture - Musical |
| Nominated | Golden Globe |
Best Motion Picture Actor - Musical/Comedy Sidney Poitier |
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Best Motion Picture Actress - Musical/Comedy Dorothy Dandridge |
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| Grammy Awards | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 1959 | Won | Grammy |
Best Soundtrack Album, Original Cast - Motion Picture or Television Ken Darby André Previn |
| Laurel Awards | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 1960 | 2nd place | Golden Laurel |
Top Female Musical Performance Pearl Bailey |
| 3rd place | Golden Laurel |
Top Musical |
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| Nominated | Golden Laurel |
Top Female Musical Performance Dorothy Dandridge 4th place. |
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Top Male Musical Performance Sammy Davis Jr. 4th place. |
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| Writers Guild of America, USA | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 1960 | Nominated | WGA Award (Screen) |
Best Written American Musical N. Richard Nash |
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