The 39th Golden Globe Awards, honoring the best in film and television for 1981, were held on January 30, 1982.
Winners and nominees
Film Best Motion PictureDramaComedy or Musical On Golden Pond The French Lieutenant's Woman Prince of the City Ragtime Reds Arthur The Four Seasons Pennies from Heaven S.O.B. Zoot SuitBest Performance in a Motion Picture – DramaActorActress Henry Fonda – On Golden Pond as Norman Thayer Warren Beatty – Reds as John Reed Timothy Hutton – Taps as Brian Moreland Burt Lancaster – Atlantic City as Lou Pascal Treat Williams – Prince of the City as Daniel Ciello Meryl Streep – The French Lieutenant's Woman as Sarah Woodruff / Anna Sally Field – Absence of Malice as Megan Carter Katharine Hepburn – On Golden Pond as Ethel Thayer Diane Keaton – Reds as Louise Bryant Sissy Spacek – Raggedy Man as Nita LongleyBest Performance in a Motion Picture – Comedy or MusicalActorActress Dudley Moore – Arthur as Arthur Bach Alan Alda – The Four Seasons as Jack Burroughs George Hamilton – Zorro, The Gay Blade as Don Diego Vega / Zorro / Wigglesworth / Ramon Vega Steve Martin – Pennies from Heaven as Arthur Parker Walter Matthau – First Monday in October as Dan Snow Bernadette Peters – Pennies from Heaven as Eileen Everson Blair Brown – Continental Divide as Dr. Nell Porter Carol Burnett – The Four Seasons as Kate Burroughs Jill Clayburgh – First Monday in October as Ruth Loomis Liza Minnelli – Arthur as Linda MarollaBest Supporting Performance in a Motion Picture – Drama, Comedy or MusicalSupporting ActorSupporting Actress John Gielgud – Arthur as Hobson James Coco – Only When I Laugh as Jimmy Jack Nicholson – Reds as Eugene O'Neill Howard E. Rollins, Jr. – Ragtime as Coalhouse Walker, Jr. Orson Welles – Butterfly as Judge Rauch Joan Hackett – Only When I Laugh as Toby Landau Jane Fonda – On Golden Pond as Chelsea Thayer Wayne Kristy McNichol – Only When I Laugh as Polly Hines Maureen Stapleton – Reds as Emma Goldman Mary Steenburgen – Ragtime as Mother OtherBest DirectorBest Screenplay Warren Beatty – Reds Miloš Forman – Ragtime Sidney Lumet – Prince of the City Louis Malle – Atlantic City Mark Rydell – On Golden Pond Steven Spielberg – Raiders of the Lost Ark On Golden Pond – Ernest Thompson Absence of Malice – Kurt Luedtke The Four Seasons – Alan Alda The French Lieutenant's Woman – Harold Pinter Reds – Warren Beatty and Trevor GriffithsBest Original Song "Arthur's Theme (Best That You Can Do)" (Carole Bayer Sager, Burt Bacharach, Peter Allen, Christopher Cross) – Arthur "Endless Love" (Lionel Richie) – Endless Love "For Your Eyes Only" (Bill Conti, Mick Leeson) – For Your Eyes Only "It's Wrong for Me to Love You" (Ennio Morricone, Carol Connors) – Butterfly "One More Hour" (Randy Newman, Jennifer Warnes) – RagtimeBest Foreign FilmNew Star of the Year Chariots of Fire (UK) Atlantic City (Canada/France) Das Boot (West Germany) Gallipoli (Australia) Pixote (Brazil) Pia Zadora – Butterfly as Kady Tyler Elizabeth McGovern – Ragtime as Evelyn Nesbit Howard E. Rollins, Jr. – Ragtime as Coalhouse Walker, Jr. Kathleen Turner – Body Heat as Matty Tyler Walker Rachel Ward – Sharky's Machine as Dominoe Craig Wasson – Four Friends as Danilo Prozor The following films received multiple nominations: NominationsTitle7RagtimeReds6On Golden Pond5Arthur4The Four Seasons3Atlantic CityButterflyThe French Lieutenant's WomanOnly When I LaughPennies from Heaven2Absence of MaliceFirst Monday in OctoberPrince of the City The following films received multiple wins: WinsTitle4Arthur3On Golden Pond
Television Best Television SeriesDramaMusical or Comedy Hill Street Blues
Dallas Dynasty Hart to Hart Lou Grant M*A*S*H
Barbara Mandrell and the Mandrell Sisters The Love Boat Private Benjamin TaxiBest Performance in a Television Series – DramaActorActress Daniel J. Travanti - Hill Street Blues as Capt. Francis "Frank" Furillo
Edward Asner - Lou Grant as Lou Grant John Forsythe - Dynasty as Blake Carrington Larry Hagman - Dallas as J.R. Ewing Tom Selleck - Magnum, P.I. as Thomas Magnum IV Barbara Bel Geddes - Dallas (tie) as Ellie Ewing Linda Evans - Dynasty (tie) as Krystle Carrington
Joan Collins - Dynasty as Alexis Colby Morgan Fairchild - Flamingo Road as Constance Weldon Carlyle Linda Gray - Dallas as Sue Ellen Ewing Stefanie Powers - Hart to Hart as Jennifer HartBest Performance in a Television Series — Musical or ComedyActorActress Alan Alda - M*A*S*H as Capt. Benjamin "Hawkeye" Pierce
James Garner - Bret Maverick as Bret Maverick Judd Hirsch - Taxi as Alex Reiger Gavin MacLeod - The Love Boat as Capt. Merrill Stubing Tony Randall - Love, Sidney as Sidney Shorr Eileen Brennan - Private Benjamin as Cpt. Doreen Lewis
Loni Anderson - WKRP in Cincinnati as Jennifer Marlowe Bonnie Franklin - One Day at a Time as Ann Romano Barbara Mandrell - Barbara Mandrell and the Mandrell Sisters as herself Loretta Swit - M*A*S*H as Margaret "Hot Lips" Houlihan PenobscottBest Performance in a Miniseries or Television FilmActorActress Mickey Rooney - Bill as Bill Sackter
Dirk Bogarde - The Patricia Neal Story as Roald Dahl Timothy Hutton - A Long Way Home as Donald Burch Booth Danny Kaye - Skokie as Max Feldman Peter O'Toole - Masada as Lucius Flavius Silva Ray Sharkey - The Ordeal of Bill Carney as Bill Carney Peter Strauss - Masada as Eleazar Ben Yair Jane Seymour - East of Eden as Cathy Ames/Kate Albey
Ellen Burstyn - The People vs. Jean Harris as Jean Harris Glenda Jackson - The Patricia Neal Story as Patricia Neal Jaclyn Smith - Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy as Jacqueline "Jackie" Kennedy Joanne Woodward - Crisis at Central High as Elizabeth HuckabyBest Supporting Performance in a Series, Miniseries or Television FilmSupporting ActorSupporting Actress John Hillerman - Magnum, P.I. as Jonathan Higgins III
Danny DeVito - Taxi as Louie De Palma Pat Harrington Jr. - One Day at a Time as Dwayne Schneider Vic Tayback - Alice as Mel Sharples Hervé Villechaize - Fantasy Island as Tattoo Valerie Bertinelli - One Day at a Time as Barbara Cooper Royer
Danielle Brisebois - Archie Bunker's Place as Stephanie Mills Beth Howland - Alice as Vera Louise Gorman Novak Marilu Henner - Taxi as Elaine O'Connor Nardo Lauren Tewes - The Love Boat as Julie McCoyBest Miniseries or Television Film Bill East of Eden
Masada A Long Way Home Murder in Texas The following programs received multiple nominations: NominationsTitle4DallasDynastyTaxi3The Love BoatMasadaM*A*S*HOne Day at a Time2AliceBarbara Mandrell and the Mandrell SistersBillEast of EdenHart to HartHill Street BluesA Long Way HomeLou GrantMagnum P.I.The Patricia Neal StoryPrivate Benjamin The following programs received multiple wins: WinsTitle2BillHill Street BluesM*A*S*H
Ceremony
Miss Golden Globe Laura Dern (daughter of Bruce Dern & Diane Ladd)
See also 54th Academy Awards 2nd Golden Raspberry Awards 33rd Primetime Emmy Awards 34th Primetime Emmy Awards 35th British Academy Film Awards 36th Tony Awards 1981 in film 1981 in American television
References IMdb 1982 Golden Globe Awards