The 42nd Golden Globe Awards, honoring the best in film and television for 1984, were held on January 27, 1985.
Winners and nominees
Film Best Motion PictureDramaComedy or Musical Amadeus The Cotton Club The Killing Fields Places in the Heart A Soldier's Story Romancing the Stone Beverly Hills Cop Ghostbusters Micki & Maude SplashBest Performance in a Motion Picture – DramaActorActress F. Murray Abraham – Amadeus as Antonio Salieri Jeff Bridges – Starman as Starman/Scott Hayden Albert Finney – Under the Volcano as Geoffrey Firmin Tom Hulce – Amadeus as Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Sam Waterston – The Killing Fields as Sydney Schanberg Sally Field – Places in the Heart as Edna Spalding Diane Keaton – Mrs. Soffel as Kate Soffel Jessica Lange – Country as Jewell Ivy Vanessa Redgrave – The Bostonians as Olive Chancellor Sissy Spacek – The River as Mae GarveyBest Performance in a Motion Picture – Comedy or MusicalActorActress Dudley Moore – Micki & Maude as Rob Salinger Steve Martin – All of Me as Roger Cobb Eddie Murphy – Beverly Hills Cop as Axel Foley Bill Murray – Ghostbusters as Peter Venkman Robin Williams – Moscow on the Hudson as Vladimir Ivanov Kathleen Turner – Romancing the Stone as Joan Wilder Anne Bancroft – Garbo Talks as Estelle Rolfe Mia Farrow – Broadway Danny Rose as Tina Vitale Shelley Long – Irreconcilable Differences as Lucy Van Patten Brodsky Lily Tomlin – All of Me as Edwina CutwaterBest Supporting Performance in a Motion Picture – Drama, Comedy or MusicalSupporting ActorSupporting Actress Haing S. Ngor – The Killing Fields as Dith Pran Adolph Caesar – A Soldier's Story as Sgt. Waters Richard Crenna – The Flamingo Kid as Phil Brody Jeffrey Jones – Amadeus as Emperor Joseph II Pat Morita – The Karate Kid as Mr. MiyagiPeggy Ashcroft – A Passage to India as Mrs. Moore Drew Barrymore – Irreconcilable Differences as Casey Brodsky Kim Basinger – The Natural as Memo Paris Jacqueline Bisset – Under the Volcano as Yvonne Firmin Melanie Griffith – Body Double as Holly Body Christine Lahti – Swing Shift as Hazel Zanussi Lesley Ann Warren – Songwriter as Gilda OtherBest DirectorBest Screenplay Miloš Forman – Amadeus Francis Ford Coppola – The Cotton Club Roland Joffé – The Killing Fields David Lean – A Passage to India Sergio Leone – Once Upon a Time in America Amadeus – Peter Shaffer The Killing Fields – Bruce Robinson A Passage to India – David Lean Places in the Heart – Robert Benton A Soldier's Story – Charles FullerBest Original ScoreBest Original Song A Passage to India – Maurice Jarre The Killing Fields – Mike Oldfield Once Upon a Time in America – Ennio Morricone The River – John Williams Starman – Jack Nitzsche "I Just Called to Say I Love You" (Stevie Wonder) – The Woman in Red "Against All Odds (Take a Look at Me Now)" (Phil Collins) – Against All Odds "Footloose" (Kenny Loggins, Dean Pitchford) – Footloose "Ghostbusters" (Ray Parker Jr.) – Ghostbusters "No More Lonely Nights" (Paul McCartney) – Give My Regards to Broad Street "When Doves Cry" (Prince) – Purple RainBest Foreign Film A Passage to India (UK) Carmen (France) Dangerous Moves (Switzerland) Paris, Texas (West Germany/France) A Sunday in the Country (France) The following films received multiple nominations: NominationsTitle6The Killing Fields5AmadeusA Passage to India3GhostbustersPlaces in the HeartA Soldier's Story2All of MeBeverly Hills CopThe Cotton ClubIrreconcilable DifferencesMicki & MaudeThe RiverRomancing the StoneStarmanUnder the Volcano The following films received multiple wins: WinsTitle4Amadeus3A Passage to India2Romancing the Stone
Television Best Television SeriesDramaMusical or Comedy Murder, She Wrote
Cagney & Lacey Dynasty Hill Street Blues St. Elsewhere The Cosby Show
Cheers Fame The Jeffersons Kate & AllieBest Performance in a Television Series – DramaActorActress Tom Selleck - Magnum, P.I. as Thomas Sullivan Magnum III
James Brolin - Hotel as Peter McDermott John Forsythe - Dynasty as Blake Carrington Larry Hagman - Dallas as J.R. Ewing Stacy Keach - Mickey Spillane's Mike Hammer as Mike Hammer Daniel J. Travanti - Hill Street Blues as Captain Francis "Frank" Furillo Angela Lansbury - Murder, She Wrote as Jessica Fletcher
Joan Collins - Dynasty as Alexis Colby Tyne Daly - Cagney & Lacey as Det. Marry Beth Lacey Linda Evans - Dynasty as Krystle Carrington Sharon Gless - Cagney & Lacey as Det. Sgt. Christine Cagney Kate Jackson - Scarecrow and Mrs. King as Amanda KingBest Performance in a Television Series – Musical or ComedyActorActress Bill Cosby - The Cosby Show as Dr. Heathcliff "Cliff" Huxtable
Ted Danson - Cheers as Sam Malone Robert Guillaume - Benson as Benson DuBois Sherman Hemsley - The Jeffersons as George Jefferson Bob Newhart - Newhart as Dick Loudon Shelley Long - Cheers as Diane Chambers
Debbie Allen - Fame as Lydia Grant Nell Carter - Gimme a Break! as Nellie "Nell" Ruth Harper Susan Clark - Webster as Katherine Calder-Young Papadopolis Jane Curtin - Kate & Allie as Allie Lowell Isabel Sanford - The Jeffersons as Louise JeffersonBest Performance in a Miniseries or Television FilmActorActress Ted Danson - Something About Amelia as Steven Bennett
James Garner - Heartsounds as Harold Lear Sam Neill - Reilly: Ace of Spies as Sidney Reilly Jason Robards - Sakharov as Andrei Sakharov Treat Williams - A Streetcar Named Desire as Stanley Kowalski Ann-Margret - A Streetcar Named Desire as Blanche DuBois
Glenn Close - Something About Amelia as Gail Bennett Farrah Fawcett - The Burning Bed as Francine Hughes Jane Fonda - The Dollmaker as Gertie Glenda Jackson - Sakharov as Yelena BonnerBest Supporting Performance in a Series, Miniseries or Television FilmSupporting ActorSupporting ActressPaul Le Mat - The Burning Bed as James Berlin "Mickey" Hughes
Pierce Brosnan - Nancy Astor as Robert Gould Shaw John Hillerman - Magnum, P.I. as Johnathan Quayle Higgins III Ben Vereen - Ellis Island as Roscoe Haines Bruce Weitz - Hill Street Blues as Det. Mick Belker Faye Dunaway - Ellis Island as Maud Chareris
Selma Diamond - Night Court as Selma Hacker Marla Gibbs - The Jeffersons as Florence Johnston Gina Lollobrigida - Falcon Crest as Francesca Gioberti Rhea Perlman - Cheers as Carla Tortelli Roxana Zal - Something About Amelia as Amelia BennettBest Miniseries or Television Film Something About Amelia
The Burning Bed The Dollmaker Sakharov A Streetcar Named Desire The following programs received multiple nominations: NominationsTitle4CheersThe JeffersonsDynastySomething About Amelia3The Burning BedCagney & LaceyHill Street BluesSakharovA Streetcar Named Desire2The Cosby ShowThe DollmakerFameKate & AllieMagnum P.I.Murder, She WroteEllis Island The following programs received multiple wins: WinsTitle2The Cosby ShowMurder, She WroteSomething About Amelia
Ceremony
Presenters
Christopher Atkins Karen Black Bruce Boxleitner Sonia Braga Eileen Brennan Diahann Carroll Lynda Carter Nell Carter Joanna Cassidy Mary Crosby Jamie Lee Curtis Angie Dickinson Faye Dunaway Morgan Fairchild Peter Falk Peter Fonda Glenn Ford Elliott Gould Stewart Granger Engelbert Humperdinck Ann Jillian Howard Keel Kris Kristofferson Diane Lane Cloris Leachman Rich Little Tony Lo Bianco Rob Lowe Marilyn McCoo Donna Mills Liza Minnelli Michael Pare Nia Peeples George Peppard Alfonso Ribeiro Ricky Schroder William Shatner Brooke Shields Andrew Stevens Cicely Tyson
Cecil B. DeMille Award Elizabeth Taylor
See also 57th Academy Awards 5th Golden Raspberry Awards 36th Primetime Emmy Awards 37th Primetime Emmy Awards 38th British Academy Film Awards 39th Tony Awards 1984 in film 1984 in American television
References IMDb - 1985 Golden Globe Awards