Events in Film & TV
- Jan 2 1st "Bob Cummings Show" premieres on NBC (later on CBS)
- Jan 19 "The Millionaire" TV program premieres on CBS
- Apr 11 "Marty" directed by Delbert Mann and starring Ernest Borgnine and Betsy Blair premieres in New York (Best Picture 1956)
- Jun 30 "Johnny Carson Show" debuts on CBS-TV
- Aug 25 16th Venice Film Festival: "Ordet" directed by Carl Theodor Dreyer wins Golden Lion
- Oct 27 "Rebel Without a Cause", directed by Nicholas Ray, starring James Dean and Natalie Wood, is released
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Film & TV Awards in 1955
- Feb 24 12th Golden Globes: "On The Waterfront", Marlon Brando, & Judy Garland win
- Mar 7 7th Emmy Awards: "Make Room for Daddy", Danny Thomas & Loretta Young win
- Mar 30 27th Academy Awards: "On the Waterfront", Marlon Brando & Grace Kelly win
- May 10 8th Cannes Film Festival: "Marty" directed by Delbert Mann wins Palme d'Or
- Jun 24 5th Berlin International Film Festival: "The Rats" wins Golden Bear (audience vote)
- Aug 25 16th Venice Film Festival: "Ordet" directed by Carl Theodor Dreyer wins Golden Lion
- Dec 21 2nd National Film Awards (India): "Mirza Ghalib" wins the Golden Lotus
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- Jan 15 Film director Stanley Kubrick (26) weds theatrical designer Ruth Sobotka (29)
- Mar 17 Erotic writer Anaïs Nin marries actor Rupert Pole at Quartzsite, Arizona, while still married to her first husband
- Jun 26 Actor Geoffrey Holder marries Carmen de Lavallade
Divorces in Film & TV
- Aug 9 Actress Elizabeth Montgomery (22) divorces socialite Frederick Gallatin Cammann after more than a year of marriage
- Dec 30 Actor Gregory Peck (39) divorces real estate broker Greta Kukkonen (44) after 13 years of marriage
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Miss Atomic Pageant
Linda Lawson is the winner of the 1955 Miss Atomic Pageant, with a mushroom cloud crown for good measureMay 1Britain's First-Ever TV Ad
The first advertisement on British television appeared on this day showing a tube of ‘tingling fresh’ toothpaste in a block of ice. But all was not as it seemedSeptember 22
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