Winner

Ralph Richardson

The Sound Barrier

Nominated

Jack Hawkins

Crash of Silence

James Hayter

The Pickwick Papers

Nigel Patrick

The Sound Barrier

Laurence Olivier

Carrie

Alastair Sim

Folly to Be Wise

Winner

Vivien Leigh

A Streetcar Named Desire

Nominated

Phyllis Calvert

Crash of Silence

Celia Johnson

I Believe in You

Ann Todd

The Sound Barrier

Winner

The Sound Barrier

Nominated

The River

Crash of Silence

Angels One Five

Cry, the Beloved Country

Outcast of the Islands

Winner

Royal Journey

Nominated

Le Mans 1952

Ocean Terminal

Journey Into History

Opera School

Nature's Half Acre

Winner

The Sound Barrier

Nominated

Rashomon

Golden Marie

Death of a Salesman

Viva Zapata!

Miracle in Milan

The African Queen

A Streetcar Named Desire

Cry, the Beloved Country

The River

Outcast of the Islands

Crash of Silence

The Young and the Damned

Carrie

Limelight

Singin' in the Rain

Angels One Five

The Boy Kumasenu

Winner

Marlon Brando

Viva Zapata!

Nominated

Humphrey Bogart

The African Queen

Francesco Golisano

Miracle in Milan

Pierre Fresnay

God Needs Men

Fredric March

Death of a Salesman

Winner

Simone Signoret

Golden Marie

Nominated

Edwige Feuillère

Olivia

Nicole Stéphane

Les Enfants Terribles

Katharine Hepburn

The African Queen

Judy Holliday

The Marrying Kind

Winner

Limelight

Claire Bloom

Nominated

The Importance of Being Earnest

Dorothy Tutin

Crash of Silence

Mandy Miller