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TV and Movies

Ours was the first generation to wean itself on television. Is it possible to forget Howdy Doody, Fury, or films like To Kill a Mockingbird ? Here are the TV shows and films that were considered the best.


Academy Award Winners
1960 - 1964

1960
Best Picture The Apartment
Best Actor Burt Lancaster for Elmer Gantry
Best Actress Elizabeth Taylor for Butterfield 8
Best Supporting Actor Peter Ustinov for Spartacus
Best Supporting Actress Shirley Jones for Elmer Gantry
Best Director Billy Wilder for The Apartment

1961
Best Picture West Side Story
Best Actor Maximilian Schell for Judgment at Nuremberg
Best Actress Sophia Loren for Two Women
Best Supporting Actor George Chakiris for West Side Story
Best Supporting Actress Rita Moreno for West Side Story
Best Director Jerome Robbins and Robert Wise for West Side Story

1962
Best Picture Lawrence of Arabia
Best Actor Gregory Peck for To Kill a Mockingbird
Best Actress Ann Bancroft for The Miracle Worker
Best Supporting Actor Ed Begley for Sweep Bird of Youth
Best Supporting Actress Patty Duke for The Miracle Worker
Best Director David Lean for Lawrence of Arabia

1963
Best Picture Tom Jones
Best Actor Sidney Poitier for Lilies of the Field
Best Actress Patricia Neal for Hud
Best Supporting Actor Melvyn Douglas for Hud
Best Supporting Actress Margaret Rutherford for The V.I.P.'s
Best Director Tony Richardson for Tom Jones

1964
Best Picture My Fair Lady
Best Actor Rex Harrison for My Fair Lady
Best Actress Julie Andrews for Mary Poppins
Best Supporting Actor Peter Ustinov for Topkapi
Best Supporting Actress Lila Kedrova for Zorba the Greek
Best Director George Cukor for My Fair Lady

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Emmy Award Winners
1960 - 1964

1960
Program of the Year N/A
Outstanding Drama Playhouse 90
Outstanding Comedy Art Carney Special
Outstanding Actor in a Series Robert Stack for The Untouchables
Outstanding Actress in a Series Jane Wyatt for Father Knows Best

1961
Program of the Year Hallmark Hall of Fame - "Macbeth"
Outstanding Drama Hallmark Hall of Fame - "Macbeth"
Outstanding Comedy The Jack Benny Show
Outstanding Actor in a Series Raymond Burr for Perry Mason
Outstanding Actress in a Series Barbara Stanwyck for The Barbara Stanwyck Show

1962
Program of the Year Hallmark Hall of Fame - "Victoria Regina"
Outstanding Drama The Defenders
Outstanding Comedy The Bob Newhart Show
Outstanding Actor in a Series E.G. Marshall for The Defenders
Outstanding Actress in a Series Shirley Booth for Hazel

1963
Program of the Year The Tunnel
Outstanding Drama The Defenders
Outstanding Comedy The Dick Van Dyke Show
Outstanding Actor in a Series E.G. Marshall for The Defenders
Outstanding Actress in a Series Shirley Booth for Hazel

1964
Program of the Year The Making of the President 1960
Outstanding Drama The Defenders
Outstanding Comedy The Dick Van Dyke Show
Outstanding Actor in a Series Dick Van Dyke for The Dick Van Dyke Show
Outstanding Actress in a Series Mary Tyler Moore for The Dick Van Dyke Show

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