The 37th Golden Globe Awards, honoring the best in film and television for 1979, were held on January 26, 1980.
Winners
Film Best Motion PictureDramaComedy or Musical Kramer vs. Kramer Apocalypse Now The China Syndrome Manhattan Norma Rae Breaking Away 10 Being There Hair The RoseBest Performance in a Motion Picture – DramaActorActress Dustin Hoffman – Kramer vs. Kramer as Ted Kramer Jack Lemmon – The China Syndrome as Jack Godell Al Pacino – ...And Justice for All. as Arthur Kirkland Jon Voight – The Champ as Billy Flynn James Woods – The Onion Field as Gregory Powell Sally Field – Norma Rae as Norma Rae Webster Jill Clayburgh – La Luna as Caterina Silveri Lisa Eichhorn – Yanks as Jean Moreton Jane Fonda – The China Syndrome as Kimberly Wells Marsha Mason – Promises in the Dark as Dr. Alexandra KendallBest Performance in a Motion Picture – Comedy or MusicalActorActress Peter Sellers – Being There as Chance George Hamilton – Love at First Bite as Count Dracula Dudley Moore – 10 as George Webber Burt Reynolds – Starting Over as Phil Potter Roy Scheider – All That Jazz as Joe Gideon Bette Midler – The Rose as Mary Rose Foster Julie Andrews – 10 as Samantha Taylor Jill Clayburgh – Starting Over as Marilyn Holmberg Shirley MacLaine – Being There as Eve Rand Marsha Mason – Chapter Two as Jennie MacLaineBest Supporting Performance in a Motion Picture – Drama, Comedy or MusicalSupporting ActorSupporting Actress Melvyn Douglas – Being There as Benjamin Rand Robert Duvall – Apocalypse Now as Lt. Col. Bill Kilgore Frederic Forrest – The Rose as Huston Dyer Justin Henry – Kramer vs. Kramer as Billy Kramer Laurence Olivier – A Little Romance as Julius Meryl Streep – Kramer vs. Kramer as Joanna Kramer Jane Alexander – Kramer vs. Kramer as Margaret Phelps Kathleen Beller – Promises in the Dark as Elizabeth (Buffy) Koenig Candice Bergen – Starting Over as Jessica Potter Valerie Harper – Chapter Two as Faye Medwick OtherBest DirectorBest Screenplay Francis Ford Coppola – Apocalypse Now Hal Ashby – Being There Robert Benton – Kramer vs. Kramer James Bridges – The China Syndrome Peter Yates – Breaking Away Kramer vs. Kramer – Robert Benton Being There – Jerzy Kosinski Breaking Away – Steve Tesich The China Syndrome – James Bridges, T. S. Cook and Mike Gray Norma Rae – Irving Ravetch and Harriet Frank Jr.Best Original ScoreBest Original Song Apocalypse Now – Carmine Coppola and Francis Ford Coppola 10 – Henry Mancini Alien – Jerry Goldsmith The Amityville Horror – Lalo Schifrin The Black Stallion – Carmine Coppola A Little Romance – Georges Delerue Star Trek: The Motion Picture – Jerry Goldsmith "The Rose" (Amanda McBroom) – The Rose "Better Than Ever" (Marvin Hamlisch, Carole Bayer Sager) – Starting Over "The Main Event" (Paul Jabara, Bruce Roberts) – The Main Event "Rainbow Connection" (Paul Williams, Kenny Ascher) – The Muppet Movie "Through the Eyes of Love" (Marvin Hamlisch, Carole Bayer Sager) – Ice CastlesNew Star of the Year – ActorNew Star of the Year – Actress Ricky Schroder – The Champ as Timothy Joseph ("T.J.") Flynn Dennis Christopher – Breaking Away as Dave Stoller Justin Henry – Kramer vs. Kramer as Billy Kramer Dean Paul Martin – Players as Chris Treat Williams – Hair as George Berger Bette Midler – The Rose as Mary Rose Foster Susan Anton – Goldengirl as Goldine Bo Derek – 10 as Jenny Hanley Lisa Eichhorn – Yanks as Jean Moreton Lynn-Holly Johnson – Ice Castles as Alexis "Lexie" WinstonBest Foreign Film La Cage aux Folles (France) The Europeans (United Kingdom) The Marriage of Maria Braun (West Germany) Soldier of Orange (Netherlands) Till Marriage Do Us Part (Italy) The following films received multiple nominations: NominationsTitle8Kramer vs. Kramer6Being There5The China SyndromeThe Rose104Apocalypse NowBreaking AwayStarting Over3Norma Rae2The ChampChapter TwoHairIce CastlesA Little RomancePromises in the DarkYanks The following films received multiple wins: WinsTitle4Kramer vs. Kramer3Apocalypse NowThe Rose2Being There
Television Best Television SeriesDramaMusical or Comedy Lou Grant
Backstairs at the White House Centennial Dallas The Rockford Files Roots: The Next Generations Alice (TIE) Taxi (TIE)
The Associates The Love Boat M*A*S*HBest Performance in a Television Series DramaActorActress Ed Asner - Lou Grant as Lou Grant
Richard Chamberlain - Centennial as Alexander McKeag Erik Estrada - CHiPs as Officer Francis Llewellyn 'Ponch' Poncherello James Garner - The Rockford Files as Jim Rockford John Houseman - The Paper Chase as Professor Charles W. Kingsfield, Jr. Martin Sheen - Blind Ambition as John Dean Robert Urich - Vega$ as Dan Tanna Robert Wagner - Hart to Hart as Jonathan Hart Natalie Wood - From Here to Eternity as Karen Holmes
Barbara Bel Geddes - Dallas as Miss Ellie Ewing Kate Mulgrew - Mrs. Columbo as Kate Columbo Stefanie Powers - Hart to Hart as Jennifer Hart Sada Thompson - Family as Kate LawrenceBest Performance in a Television Series – Musical or ComedyActorActress Alan Alda - M*A*S*H as Benjamin Franklin "Hawkeye" Pierce
Judd Hirsch - Taxi as Alex Reiger Wilfrid Hyde-White - The Associates as Emerson Marshall John Ritter - Three's Company as Jack Tripper Robin Williams - Mork & Mindy as Mork Linda Lavin - Alice as Alice Hyatt
Penny Marshall - Laverne & Shirley as Laverne DeFazio Donna Pescow - Angie as Angie Falco Jean Stapleton - All in the Family as Edith Bunker Loretta Swit - M*A*S*H as Margaret "Hot Lips" Houlihan (Penobscott) Best Supporting Performance in a Series, Miniseries or Television FilmSupporting ActorSupporting Actress Danny DeVito - Taxi as Louie De Palma (TIE) Vic Tayback - Alice as Mel Sharples (TIE)
Jeff Conaway - Taxi as Bobby Wheeler Andy Kaufman - Taxi as Latka Gravas David Doyle - Charlie's Angels as John BosleyPolly Holliday - Alice as Florence "Flo" Castleberry
Loni Anderson - WKRP in Cincinnati as Jennifer Marlowe 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 All Quiet on the Western Front
Elvis Friendly Fire Like Normal People The Miracle Worker The following programs received multiple nominations: NominationsTitle6Taxi5Alice3Lou GrantM*A*S*H2CentennialDallasHart to HartThe Rockford Files The following programs received multiple wins: WinsTitle4Alice2Lou GrantTaxi
Cecil B. DeMille Award Henry Fonda
See also 52nd Academy Awards 31st Primetime Emmy Awards 32nd Primetime Emmy Awards 33rd British Academy Film Awards 34th Tony Awards 1979 in film 1979 in television
References IMdb 1980 Golden Globe Awards