The 28th Golden Globe Awards, honoring the best in film and television for 1970, were held on February 5, 1971.
Winners and nominees Film
Best Motion PictureDramaComedy or MusicalLove Story Airport Five Easy Pieces I Never Sang for My Father PattonM*A*S*H Darling Lili Diary of a Mad Housewife Lovers and Other Strangers ScroogeBest Performance in a Motion Picture – DramaActorActressGeorge C. Scott – Patton as George S. Patton Melvyn Douglas – I Never Sang for My Father as Tom Garrison James Earl Jones – The Great White Hope as Jack Jefferson Jack Nicholson – Five Easy Pieces as Robert Eroica Dupea Ryan O'Neal – Love Story as Oliver Barret IVAli MacGraw – Love Story as Jennifer Cavalleri Faye Dunaway – Puzzle of a Downfall Child as Lou Andreas Sand Glenda Jackson – Women in Love as Gudrun Brangwen Melina Mercouri – Promise at Dawn as Nina Kacew Sarah Miles – Ryan's Daughter as Rosy RyanBest Performance in a Motion Picture – Comedy or MusicalActorActressAlbert Finney – Scrooge as Ebenezer Scrooge Richard Benjamin – Diary of a Mad Housewife as Jonathan Balser Elliott Gould – M*A*S*H as Captain John "Trapper" McIntyre Jack Lemmon – The Out-of-Towners as George Kellerman Donald Sutherland – M*A*S*H as Captain Benjamin "Hawkeye" PierceCarrie Snodgress – Diary of a Mad Housewife as Tina Balser Julie Andrews – Darling Lili as Lili Smith Sandy Dennis – The Out-of-Towners as Gwen Kellerman Angela Lansbury – Something for Everyone as Countess Erthe Van Orstein Barbra Streisand – The Owl and the Pussycat as DorisBest Supporting Performance in a Motion Picture – Drama, Comedy or MusicalSupporting ActorSupporting ActressJohn Mills – Ryan's Daughter as Michael Chief Dan George – Little Big Man as Old Lodge Skins Trevor Howard – Ryan's Daughter as Father Collins George Kennedy – Airport as Joe Patroni John Marley – Love Story as Phil CavalleriKaren Black – Five Easy Pieces as Rayette Dipesto Maureen Stapleton – Airport as Inez Guerrero Tina Chen – The Hawaiians as Nyuk Tsin Lee Grant – The Landlord as Joyce Enders Sally Kellerman – M*A*S*H as Margaret O'Houlihan OtherBest DirectorBest ScreenplayArthur Hiller – Love Story Robert Altman – M*A*S*H Bob Rafelson – Five Easy Pieces Ken Russell – Women in Love Franklin J. Schaffner – PattonLove Story – Erich Segal Five Easy Pieces – Carole Eastman and Bob Rafelson Husbands – John Cassavetes M*A*S*H – Ring Lardner, Jr. Scrooge – Leslie Bricusse |- !Best Original Score !Best Original Song |- | valign="top" |Love Story – Francis LaiAirport – Alfred Newman Cromwell – Frank Cordell Scrooge – Leslie Bricusse, Ian Fraser and Herbert W. Spencer Wuthering Heights – Michel Legrand | valign="top" | "Whistling Away the Dark" (Henry Mancini, Johnny Mercer) – Darling Lili "Ballad of Little Fauss and Big Halsy" (Carl Perkins, Johnny Cash) – Little Fauss and Big Halsy "Pieces of Dreams" (Michel Legrand, Alan and Marilyn Bergman) – Pieces of Dreams "Thank You Very Much" (Leslie Bricusse) – Scrooge "Till Love Touches Your Life" (Riz Ortolani, Arthur Hamilton) – MadronBest Foreign Film (English Language)Best Foreign Film (Foreign Language)Women in Love (United Kingdom) The Act of the Heart (Canada) Bloomfield (United Kingdom/Israel) One Soldier's Gamble (Japan) The Virgin and the Gypsy (United Kingdom) Rider on the Rain (France) Borsalino (France/Italy) The Confession (France) Customer of the Off Season (France/Israel) Investigation of a Citizen Above Suspicion (Italy)New Star of the Year – ActorNew Star of the Year – ActressJames Earl Jones – The Great White Hope as Jack Jefferson Assaf Dayan – Promise at Dawn as Romain (age 25) Frank Langella – Diary of a Mad Housewife as George Prager Joe Namath – Norwood as Joe Kenneth Nelson – The Boys in the Band as MichaelCarrie Snodgress – Diary of a Mad Housewife as Tina Balser Jane Alexander – The Great White Hope as Eleanor Bachman Anna Calder-Marshall – Pussycat, Pussycat, I Love You as Millie Marlo Thomas – Jenny as Jenny Angel Tompkins – I Love My Wife as Helene Donnelly
The following films received multiple nominations: NominationsTitle 7Love Story 6M*A*S*H5Diary of a Mad HousewifeFive Easy PiecesScrooge 4Airport3Darling LiliPattonRyan's DaughterWomen in Love2The Great White HopeI Never Sang for My FatherThe Out-of-TownersPromise at Dawn The following films received multiple wins: WinsTitle5Love Story2Diary of a Mad Housewife
Television Best Television SeriesDramaMusical or Comedy Medical Center
The Bold Ones: The Senator Marcus Welby, M.D. The Mod Squad The Young Lawyers The Carol Burnett Show
The Courtship of Eddie's Father Family Affair The Glen Campbell Goodtime Hour The Partridge FamilyBest Performance in a Television Series DramaActorActress Peter Graves - Mission: Impossible as Jim Phelps
Mike Connors - Mannix as Joe Mannix Chad Everett - Medical Center as Dr. Joe Gannon Burt Reynolds - Dan August as Lt. Dan August Robert Young - Marcus Welby, M.D. as Dr. Marcus Welby Peggy Lipton - The Mod Squad as Julie Barnes
Amanda Blake - Gunsmoke as Miss Kitty Russell Linda Cristal - The High Chaparral as Victoria Montoya Yvette Mimieux - The Most Deadly Game as Vannessa Smith Denise Nicholas - Room 222 as Miss Liz McIntyre Best Performance in a Television Series – Musical or ComedyActorActress Flip Wilson - The Flip Wilson Show as Various Characters
Herschel Bernardi - Arnie as Arnie Nuvo David Frost - The David Frost Show as Himself Merv Griffin - The Merv Griffin Show as Himself Danny Thomas - Make Room for Granddaddy as Danny Williams Mary Tyler Moore - The Mary Tyler Moore Show as Mary Richards
Carol Burnett - The Carol Burnett Show as Various Characters Shirley Jones - The Partridge Family as Shirley Partridge Juliet Mills - Nanny and the Professor as Nanny Phoebe Figgalily Elizabeth Montgomery - Bewitched as Samantha StephensBest Supporting Performance in a Series, Miniseries or Television FilmSupporting ActorSupporting Actress James Brolin - Marcus Welby, M.D. as Dr. Steven Kiley
Tige Andrews - The Mod Squad as Captain Adam Greer Michael Constantine - Room 222 as Seymour Kaufman Henry Gibson - Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In as Various Characters Zalman King - The Young Lawyers as Aaron SilvermanGail Fisher - Mannix as Peggy Fair
Sue Ane Langdon - Arnie as Lilian Nuvo Miyoshi Umeki - The Courtship of Eddie's Father as Mrs. Livingston Karen Valentine - Room 222 as Miss Alice Johnson Lesley Ann Warren - Mission: Impossible as Dana Lambert
The following programs received multiple nominations: NominationsTitle3Marcus Welby, M.D.The Mod SquadRoom 2222ArnieThe Carol Burnett ShowThe Courtship of Eddie's FatherMannixMedical CenterMission: ImpossibleThe Partridge FamilyThe Young Lawyers
Cecil B. DeMille Award Frank Sinatra
References IMdb 1971 Golden Globe Awards