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So what was happening in

1954


 
 
 
 
 
 
 
       


Best Motion Picture - On the Waterfront, Sam Spiegel, producer (Columbia)
Best Actor - Marlon Brando, On the Waterfront
Best Actress - Grace Kelly, The Country Girl
Best Dramatic Series - U.S. Steel Hour (ABC)
Best Actor Starring in a Regular Series - Danny Thomas, Make Room for Daddy
Best Actress Starring in a Regular Series - Loretta Young, Loretta Young Show
Best Supporting Actor in a Regular Series - Art Carney, Jackie Gleason Show
Best Supporting Actress in a Regular Series - Audrey Meadows, Jackie Gleason Show
Best Individual Program of the Year - Operation Undersea (ABC)
Best Actor in a Single Performance - Robert Cummings, Studio One: Twelve Angry Men
Best Actress in a Single Performance - Judith Anderson, Hallmark Hall of Fame: Macbeth
Most Outstanding New Personality - George Gobel
Best Situation Comedy Series - Make Room for Daddy (ABC)
Best News Reporter or Commentator - John Daly
Best Children's Program - Lassie (CBS)
1954's Most Requested Pop Hits:

Shake Rattle and Roll - Bill Haley and The Comets
Young At Heart - Frank Sinatra
Sh-Boom (Life Could Be A Dream) - The Crew-Cuts
Mambo Italiano - Rosemary Clooney
Mr Sandman - The Chordettes
Goodnight Sweetheart Goodnight - Spaniels
Stranger In Paradise - Tony Martin
Three Coins In The Fountain - Al Alberts and Four Aces
Oh! My Papa - Eddie Fisher
Naughty Lady of Shady Lane - Ames Brothers
World Series - NY Giants & Cleveland (4-0)
NBA Championship - Minneapolis Lakers & Syracuse (4-3)
Stanley Cup - Detroit & Montreal (4-3)
Wimbledon
  Women: Maureen Connolly & L. Brough (6-2 7-5)
  Men: Jaroslav Drobny & K. Rosewall (13-11 4-6 6-2 9-7)
Kentucky Derby Champion - Determine
U.S. Statistics

President: Dwight D. Eisenhower
Vice President: Richard M. Nixon
Population: 163,025,854
Famous People born in 1954

• January 29 - Oprah Winfrey, actress, talk show host, producer, publisher
• February 2 - Christie Brinkley, model
• February 18 - John Travolta, actor
• February 19 - Socrates, football player
• February 20 - Patty Hearst, socialite
• February 26 - Michael Bolton, singer
• March 1 - Ron Howard, actor, director, producer
• April 7 - Jackie Chan, actor
• April 7 - Tony Dorsett, American football star
• May 8 - David Keith, actor
• June 22 - Freddie Prinze, actor/comedian (+ 1977)
• August 11 - Joe Jackson, British singer
• September 23- Cherie Booth QC, wife of British Prime Minister Tony Blair.