The 38th Golden Globe Awards, honoring the best in film and television for 1980, were held on January 31, 1981. The awards were presented by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association and broadcast on CBS.
Winners and nominees
Film Best Motion PictureDramaComedy or Musical Ordinary People The Elephant Man The Ninth Configuration Raging Bull The Stunt Man Coal Miner's Daughter Airplane! Fame The Idolmaker Melvin and HowardBest Performance in a Motion Picture – DramaActorActress Robert De Niro – Raging Bull as Jake La Motta John Hurt – The Elephant Man as John Merrick Jack Lemmon – Tribute as Scottie Templeton Peter O'Toole – The Stunt Man as Eli Cross Donald Sutherland – Ordinary People as Calvin Jarrett Mary Tyler Moore – Ordinary People as Beth Jarrett Ellen Burstyn – Resurrection as Edna Mae McCauley Nastassja Kinski – Tess as Tess Durbeyfield Deborah Raffin – Touched by Love as Lena Canada Gena Rowlands – Gloria as Gloria SwensonBest Performance in a Motion Picture – Comedy or MusicalActorActress Ray Sharkey – The Idolmaker as Vinnie Vacarri Neil Diamond – The Jazz Singer as Yussel Rabinovitch Tommy Lee Jones – Coal Miner's Daughter as Doolittle Mooney Lynn Paul Le Mat – Melvin and Howard as Melvin Dummar Walter Matthau – Hopscotch as Miles Kendig Sissy Spacek – Coal Miner's Daughter as Loretta Lynn Irene Cara – Fame as Coco Hernandez Goldie Hawn – Private Benjamin as Judy Benjamin Bette Midler – Divine Madness! as Herself / The Divine Miss M Dolly Parton – 9 to 5 as Doralee RhodesBest Supporting Performance in a Motion Picture – Drama, Comedy or MusicalSupporting ActorSupporting Actress Timothy Hutton – Ordinary People as Conrad Jarrett Judd Hirsch – Ordinary People as Tyrone Berger Joe Pesci – Raging Bull as Joey LaMotta Jason Robards – Melvin and Howard as Howard Hughes Scott Wilson – The Ninth Configuration as Capt. Billy Cutshaw Mary Steenburgen – Melvin and Howard as Lynda Dummar Lucie Arnaz – The Jazz Singer as Molly Bell Beverly D'Angelo – Coal Miner's Daughter as Patsy Cline Cathy Moriarty – Raging Bull as Vicki LaMotta Debra Winger – Urban Cowboy as Sissy Davis OtherBest DirectorBest Screenplay Robert Redford – Ordinary People David Lynch – The Elephant Man Roman Polanski – Tess Richard Rush – The Stunt Man Martin Scorsese – Raging Bull The Ninth Configuration – William Peter Blatty The Elephant Man – Eric Bergren and Christopher De Vore Ordinary People – Alvin Sargent Raging Bull – Mardik Martin and Paul Schrader The Stunt Man – Lawrence B. MarcusBest Original ScoreBest Original Song The Stunt Man – Dominic Frontiere American Gigolo – Giorgio Moroder The Competition – Lalo Schifrin The Empire Strikes Back – John Williams Fame – Michael Gore Somewhere in Time – John Barry "Fame" (Michael Gore, Dean Pitchford) – Fame "9 to 5" (Dolly Parton) – 9 to 5 "Call Me" (Giorgio Moroder, Debbie Harry) – American Gigolo "Love on the Rocks" (Neil Diamond, Gilbert Bécaud) – The Jazz Singer "Yesterday's Dreams" (Michel Legrand, Carol Connors, Johnny Mathis) – Falling in Love AgainNew Star of the Year – ActorNew Star of the Year – Actress Timothy Hutton – Ordinary People as Conrad Jarrett Christopher Atkins – The Blue Lagoon as Richard LeStrange William Hurt – Altered States as Dr. Edward Jessup Michael O'Keefe – The Great Santini as Ben Meechum Steve Railsback – The Stunt Man as Cameron Nastassja Kinski – Tess as Tess Durbeyfield Nancy Allen – Dressed to Kill as Liz Blake Cathy Moriarty – Raging Bull as Vicki LaMotta Dolly Parton – 9 to 5 as Doralee Rhodes Debra Winger – Urban Cowboy as Sissy DavisBest Foreign Film Tess (United Kingdom) 'Breaker' Morant (Australia) Kagemusha (Japan) The Last Metro (France) My Brilliant Career (Australia) Special Treatment (Yugoslavia) The following films received multiple nominations: NominationsTitle8Ordinary People7Raging Bull5The Stunt Man4Coal Miner's DaughterThe Elephant ManFame39 to 5The Jazz SingerMelvin and HowardThe Ninth ConfigurationTess2American GigoloThe IdolmakerUrban Cowboy The following films received multiple wins: WinsTitle5Ordinary People2Coal Miner's DaughterTess
Television Best Television SeriesDramaMusical or Comedy Shōgun
Dallas Hart to Hart Lou Grant Vega$ The Scarlett O'Hara War Taxi
Alice The Love Boat M*A*S*H SoapBest Performance in a Television Series DramaActorActress Richard Chamberlain - Shōgun as John Blacthorne
Edward Asner - Lou Grant as Lou Grant Larry Hagman - Dallas as J.R. Ewing Robert Urich - Vega$ as Dan Tanna Robert Wagner - Hart to Hart as Jonathan Hart Yoko Shimada - Shōgun as Lady Toda Mariko
Barbara Bel Geddes - Dallas as Miss Ellie Ewing Farlow Melissa Gilbert - Little House on the Prairie as Laura Ingalls Wilder 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
Judd Hirsch - Taxi as Alex Reiger Hal Linden - Barney Miller as Capt. Bernard "Barney" Miller Gavin MacLeod - The Love Boat as Capt. Merrill Stubing Wayne Rogers - House Calls as Dr. Charley Michaels Katherine Helmond - Soap as Jessica Tate
Loni Anderson - WKRP in Cincinnati as Jennifer Marlowe Polly Holliday - Flo as Florence "Flo" Castleberry Linda Lavin - Alice as Alice Hyatt Lynn Redgrave - House Calls as Ann AtkinsonBest Supporting Performance in a Series, Miniseries or Television FilmSupporting ActorSupporting Actress Pat Harrington Jr. - One Day at a Time as Dwayne Schneider (tie) Vic Tayback - Alice as Mel Sharples (tie)
Danny DeVito - Taxi as Louie De Palma Andy Kaufman - Taxi as Latka Gravas Geoffrey Lewis - Flo as Earl TuckerValerie Bertinelli - One Day at a Time as Barbara Cooper Royer (tie) Diane Ladd - Alice as Isabelle "Belle" Dupree (tie)
Marilu Henner - Taxi as Elaine O'Connor Nardo Beth Howland - Alice as Vera Gorman Novak Linda Kelsey - Lou Grant as Billie NewmanBest Miniseries or Television Film The Shadow Box
The Diary of Anne Frank The Ordeal of Dr. Mudd Playing for Time A Tale of Two Cities The following programs received multiple nominations: NominationsTitle5Taxi4AliceDallas3Lou GrantShōgun2FloHart to HartHouse CallsThe Love BoatM*A*S*HOne Day at a TimeSoapVega$ The following programs received multiple wins: WinsTitle3Shōgun2AliceOnce Day at a Time
Cecil B. DeMille Award Gene Kelly
See also 53rd Academy Awards 1st Golden Raspberry Awards 32nd Primetime Emmy Awards 33rd Primetime Emmy Awards 34th British Academy Film Awards 35th Tony Awards 1980 in film 1980 in American television
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