Oscar Rewrite: 1955

 

Best Picture: Marty  Les Diabolique

Best Director: Delbert Mann (Marty) Satyajit Ray (Pather Panchali)

Best Actor: Ernest Borgnine (Marty) James Dean (Rebel Without a Cause / East of Eden)


Best Actress: Anna Magnani (The Rose Tattoo) Marilyn Monroe (The Seven Year Itch)

Best Supporting Actor: Jack Lemmon (Mister Roberts) Preben Lerdorff Rye (Ordet)

Best Supporting Actress: Jo Van Fleet (East of Eden) Lilian Gish (Night of the Hunter)

Best Original Screenplay: Marty

Best Adapted Screenplay: Interrupted Melody   Guys & Dolls

Jason Fraley

Hailed by The Washington Post for “his savantlike ability to name every Best Picture winner in history," Jason Fraley began at WTOP as Morning Drive Writer in 2008, film critic in 2011 and Entertainment Editor in 2014, providing daily arts coverage on-air and online.

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