At the 34th Academy Awards , Inge won an Oscar for Best Writing , Story and Screenplay — Written Directly for the Screen ; Wood was nominated for Best Actress in a Leading Role , losing to Sophia Loren in '' Two Women '' . Elia Kazan received a nomination for a Directors Guild of America ( DGA ) award . The film received three nominations in the 1961 Hollywood Foreign Press Association awards : Best Picture - Drama , Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Drama for Warren Beatty , and Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture - Drama for Natalie Wood . Wood received a nomination for a British Academy of Film and Television Arts ( BAFTA ) award for Best Foreign Actress
34th Academy Awards
34th Academy Awards
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