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George Chakiris – West Side Story as Bernardo. Montgomery Clift – Judgment at Nuremberg as Rudolph Peterson; Peter Falk – Pocketful of Miracles as Joy Boy; Jackie Gleason – The Hustler as Minnesota Fats; George C. Scott – The Hustler as Bert Gordon; Rita Moreno – West Side Story as Anita. Fay Bainter – The Children's Hour as Mrs ...
West Side Story is a 1961 American musical romantic drama film directed by Robert Wise and Jerome Robbins, written by Ernest Lehman, and produced by Wise. The film is an adaptation of the 1957 Broadway musical of the same title , which in turn was inspired by Shakespeare 's play Romeo and Juliet .
George Chakiris (born September 16, 1932) is an American actor and dancer. He is best known for his appearance in the 1961 film version of West Side Story as Bernardo, the leader of the Sharks gang, for which he won both the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor and the Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor – Motion Picture.
He subsequently portrayed Norman Page in the drama Peyton Place (1957), for which he earned an Academy Award nomination for Best Supporting Actor. In West Side Story (1961), he portrayed Riff, the leader of the Jets gang. Throughout the 1970s, Tamblyn appeared in several exploitation films and worked as a choreographer in the 1980s.
West Side Story. The 27th New York Film Critics Circle Awards honored the best filmmaking of 1961. [1] ... 1961 Awards This page was last edited on 29 October 2023 ...
The 14th Directors Guild of America Awards, honoring the outstanding directorial achievements in film and television in 1961, were presented in 1962. Winners and nominees [ edit ]
George Chakiris – West Side Story [3] Montgomery Clift – Judgment at Nuremberg; Jackie Gleason – The Hustler; Tony Randall – Lover Come Back; George C. Scott – The Hustler; Rita Moreno – West Side Story. Fay Bainter – The Children's Hour; Judy Garland – Judgment at Nuremberg; Lotte Lenya – The Roman Spring of Mrs. Stone ...
Robert Earl Wise (September 10, 1914 – September 14, 2005) was an American filmmaker. He won the Academy Awards for Best Director and Best Picture for his musical films West Side Story (1961) and The Sound of Music (1965).