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Bergman at the Oscars

Ingrid Bergman at the 47th Academy Awards, having just won the Best Supporting Actress trophy for Murder on the Orient Express

Awards and nominations for adaptations of works by Agatha Christie

And Then There Were None, 1945[]

Award Category Subject Result
Locarno International Film Festival Pardo d'oro (Golden Leopard) And Then There Were None Won
Best Direction Award René Clair

Witness for the Prosecution, 1957[]

Award Category Subject Result
Academy Awards Best Picture Arthur Hornblow Jr. Nominated
Best Director Billy Wilder
Best Actor Charles Laughton
Best Supporting Actress Elsa Lanchester
Best Film Editing Daniel Mandell
Best Sound Recording Gordon E. Sawyer
British Academy Film Awards Best Actor in a Leading Role Charles Laughton Nominated
David di Donatello Awards Best Foreign Actor Won
Directors Guild of America Awards Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Motion Pictures Billy Wilder Nominated
Edgar Allan Poe Awards Best Motion Picture Billy Wilder and Harry Kurnitz Nominated
Golden Globe Awards Best Motion Picture – Drama Nominated
Best Actor in a Motion Picture – Drama Charles Laughton
Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Drama Marlene Dietrich
Best Supporting Actress – Motion Picture Elsa Lanchester Won
Best Director – Motion Picture Billy Wilder Nominated
Laurel Awards Top Drama 4th Place
Top Female Dramatic Performance Marlene Dietrich 2nd Place
Online Film & Television Association Awards Hall of Fame – Motion Picture Won

Murder on the Orient Express, 1974[]

Year Award ceremony Category Nominee Result
1974 National Board of Review Awards Top Ten Films Murder on the Orient Express Won
1975 Academy Awards Best Actor Albert Finney Nominated
Best Supporting Actress Ingrid Bergman Won
Best Adapted Screenplay Paul Dehn Nominated
Best Cinematography Geoffrey Unsworth
Best Costume Design Tony Walton
Best Original Score Richard Rodney Bennett
BAFTA Awards Best Film John Brabourne, Richard Goodwin Nominated
Best Actor Albert Finney
Best Direction Sidney Lumet
Best Supporting Actor John Gielgud Won
Best Supporting Actress Ingrid Bergman
Best Cinematography Geoffrey Unsworth Nominated
Best Editing Anne V. Coates
Anthony Asquith Award for Film Music Richard Rodney Bennett Won
Best Production Design Tony Walton Nominated
Best Costume Design Tony Walton
Directors Guild of America Awards Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Motion Pictures Sidney Lumet Nominated
Edgar Award Best Motion Picture Screenplay Paul Dehn Nominated
Evening Standard British Film Awards Best Film Sidney Lumet Won
Best Actor Albert Finney
Best Actress Wendy Hiller
Writers' Guild of Great Britain Awards Best British Screenplay Paul Dehn Won
1976 Grammy Awards Album of Best Original Score
Written for a Motion Picture or a Television Special
Richard Rodney Bennett Nominated
2005 Satellite Awards Best Classic DVD Murder on the Orient Express Nominated

Death on the Nile, 1978[]

Award Category Subject Result
Academy Awards Best Costume Design Anthony Powell Won
Golden Globe Awards Best Foreign Film Death on the Nile Nominated
BAFTA Awards Best Actor Peter Ustinov Nominated
Best Supporting Actress Angela Lansbury
Best Supporting Actress Maggie Smith
Best Costume Design Anthony Powell Won
Edgar Award Best Motion Picture Anthony Shaffer Nominated
Evening Standard British Film Awards Best Film John Guillermin Won
Best Actor Peter Ustinov
National Board of Review Awards Best Supporting Actress Angela Lansbury Won

Evil Under the Sun, 1982[]

Award Category Subject Result
Edgar Award Best Motion Picture Anthony Shaffer Nominated

Witness for the Prosecution, 1982[]

Award Category Subject Result
Primetime Emmy Awards Outstanding Cinematography for a Limited Series or a Special Arthur Ibbetson (Director of photography) Nominated

Agatha Christie's Partners in Crime[]

Year Award Category Subject Result
1985 Primetime Emmy Awards Outstanding Graphic and Title Design John Tribe (graphic designer) Won

Miss Marple, BBC[]

Year Award Category Subject Result
1987 Royal Television Society, RTS Television Award Best performance - Female Joan Hickson, For the Miss Marple films Won
1987 BAFTA TV Award Best Actress Joan Hickson, The Murder at the Vicarage Nominated
1988 BAFTA TV Award Best Actress Joan Hickson, Nemesis Nominated
1990 Edgar Award Best Television Feature or Miniseries T.R. Bowen, The Murder at the Vicarage Nominated
1993 BAFTA TV Award Best Costume Design Judy Pepperdine, The Mirror Crack'd from Side to Side Nominated
1995 CableACE Awards Actress in a Movie or Miniseries Joan Hickson, The Mirror Crack'd from Side to Side Nominated
1995 CableACE Awards Costume Design Judy Pepperdine, The Mirror Crack'd from Side to Side Nominated


Agatha Christie's Poirot[]

List of awards and nominations for Agatha Christie's Poirot
Award Date of ceremony Category Nominee(s) Result
British Academy Television Awards (1990) 1990 Best Original Television Music Christopher Gunning Won
British Academy Television Craft Awards (1990) 1990 Best Costume Design Linda Mattock
(series 1, episodes 2, 4, 7–8, 10)
Won
Sue Thomson
(series 1, episodes 1, 3, 5–6, 9)
Nominated
Best Make-up Hilary Martin, Christine Cant and Roseann Samuel Won
Best Design Rob Harris
(series 1, episodes 1–2, 5, 8, 10)
Nominated
Best Graphics Pat Gavin Won
British Academy Television Awards (1991) 1991 Best Actor David Suchet Nominated
Best Drama Series or Serial Brian Eastman
British Academy Television Craft Awards (1991) 1991 Best Costume Design Linda Mattock and Sharon Lewis Nominated
Best Film Sound Ken Weston, Rupert Scrivener and Sound Team
RTS Television Awards (1991) 1991 Best Tape or Film Editing – Drama Derek Bain Nominated
British Academy Television Awards (1992) 1992 Best Original Television Music Christopher Gunning Nominated
Best Drama Series or Serial Brian Eastman
British Academy Television Craft Awards (1992) 1992 Best Costume Design Robin Fraser-Paye
(series 3, episodes 1, 4–5, 9–10)
Nominated
Elizabeth Waller
(series 3, episodes 2–3, 6–8)
Best Make-up Janis Gould
(series 3, episodes 2–3, 6–8)
Edgar Awards (1992) 1992 Best Episode in a TV Series "The Lost Mine" Won
Satellite Award (2010) 2010 Best Actor – Miniseries or Television Film David Suchet Nominated
PGA Awards (2010) 2011 Outstanding Producer of Long-Form Television "Murder on the Orient Express" Nominated
Primetime Emmy Awards (2015) 2015 Outstanding Television Movie "Curtain" Nominated

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