The 49th Golden Globe Awards, honoring the best in film and television for 1991, were held on January 18, 1992 at the Beverly Hilton. The nominations were announced on December 27, 1991.
Winners and nominees
Film Best Motion PictureDramaMusical or ComedyBugsy JFK The Prince of Tides The Silence of the Lambs Thelma & Louise Beauty and the Beast City Slickers The Commitments The Fisher King Fried Green TomatoesBest Performance in a Motion Picture – DramaActorActressNick Nolte – The Prince of Tides as Tom Wingo Warren Beatty – Bugsy as Benjamin "Bugsy" Siegel Kevin Costner – JFK as Jim Garrison Robert De Niro – Cape Fear as Max Cady Anthony Hopkins – The Silence of the Lambs as Hannibal LecterJodie Foster – The Silence of the Lambs as Clarice StarlingAnnette Bening – Bugsy as Virginia Hill Geena Davis – Thelma & Louise as Thelma Dickinson Laura Dern – Rambling Rose as Rose Susan Sarandon – Thelma & Louise as Louise Sawyer |- ! colspan="2" |Best Performance in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy |- !Actor !Actress |- | valign="top" |Robin Williams – The Fisher King as ParryJeff Bridges – The Fisher King as Jack Lucas Billy Crystal – City Slickers as Mitch Robbins Dustin Hoffman – Hook as Captain Hook Kevin Kline – Soapdish as Jeffrey Anderson | valign="top" |Bette Midler – For the Boys as Dixie LeonardEllen Barkin – Switch as Amanda Brooks Kathy Bates – Fried Green Tomatoes as Evelyn Couch Anjelica Huston – The Addams Family as Morticia Addams Michelle Pfeiffer – Frankie and Johnny as Frankie |- ! colspan="2" |Best Supporting Performance in a Motion Picture – Drama, Musical or Comedy |- !Supporting Actor !Supporting Actress |- | valign="top" |Jack Palance – City Slickers as Curly WashburnNed Beatty – Hear My Song as Josef "Jo" Locke John Goodman – Barton Fink as Charlie Meadows Harvey Keitel – Bugsy as Mickey Cohen Ben Kingsley – Bugsy as Meyer Lansky | valign="top" |Mercedes Ruehl – The Fisher King as Anne NapolitanoNicole Kidman – Billy Bathgate as Drew Preston Diane Ladd – Rambling Rose as Mrs. Hillyer Juliette Lewis – Cape Fear as Danielle "Danny" Bowden Jessica Tandy – Fried Green Tomatoes as Ninny Threadgoode |- !Best Director !Best Screenplay |- | valign="top" |Oliver Stone – JFK Barry Levinson – Bugsy Jonathan Demme – The Silence of the Lambs Terry Gilliam – The Fisher King Barbra Streisand – The Prince of TidesThelma & Louise – Callie Khouri Bugsy – James Toback Grand Canyon – Lawrence Kasdan and Meg Kasdan JFK – Zachary Sklar and Oliver Stone The Silence of the Lambs – Ted TallyBest Original ScoreBest Original SongBeauty and the Beast – Alan Menken At Play in the Fields of the Lord – Zbigniew Preisner Bugsy – Ennio Morricone Dead Again – Patrick Doyle For the Boys – Dave Grusin Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves – Michael Kamen"Beauty and the Beast" performed by Peabo Bryson and Céline Dion – Beauty and the Beast "Be Our Guest" performed by Angela Lansbury and Jerry Orbach – Beauty and the Beast "Dreams to Dream" – An American Tail: Fievel Goes West "(Everything I Do) I Do It for You" – Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves "Tears in Heaven" performed by Eric Clapton – RushBest Foreign Language FilmEuropa, Europa, Germany The Double Life of Véronique (La double vie de Véronique), France High Heels (Tacones lejanos), Spain Lost in Siberia (Zateryannyy v Sibiri), USSR Madame Bovary, France Nikita, France The following films received multiple nominations: NominationsTitle8Bugsy5The Fisher KingThe Silence of the Lambs4Beauty and the BeastJFKThelma & Louise3City SlickersFried Green TomatoesThe Prince of Tides2Cape FearFor the BoysRambling RoseRobin Hood: Prince of Thieves The following films received multiple wins: WinsTitle3Beauty and the Beast2The Fisher King
Television Best Television SeriesBest Series – DramaBest Series – Comedy or Musical Northern Exposure Beverly Hills, 90210 I'll Fly Away L.A. Law Law & OrderBrooklyn Bridge Cheers Evening Shade The Golden Girls Murphy BrownBest Lead Actor in a Television SeriesBest Actor – Drama SeriesBest Actor – Comedy or Musical SeriesScott Bakula – Quantum Leap Mark Harmon – Reasonable Doubts James Earl Jones – Pros & Cons Rob Morrow – Northern Exposure Carroll O'Connor – In the Heat of the Night Sam Waterston – I'll Fly AwayBurt Reynolds – Evening Shade Ted Danson – Cheers Neil Patrick Harris – Doogie Howser, M.D. Craig T. Nelson – Coach Ed O'Neill – Married... with ChildrenBest Lead Actress in a Television SeriesBest Actress – Drama SeriesBest Actress – Comedy or Musical SeriesAngela Lansbury – Murder, She Wrote Susan Dey – L.A. Law Sharon Gless – The Trials of Rosie O'Neill Marlee Matlin – Reasonable Doubts Janine Turner – Northern ExposureCandice Bergen – Murphy Brown Kirstie Alley – Cheers Jamie Lee Curtis – Anything But Love Roseanne Barr – Roseanne Katey Sagal – Married... with ChildrenBest Supporting Performance – Series, Miniseries or Television FilmBest Supporting Actor – Series, Miniseries or Television FilmBest Supporting Actress – Series, Miniseries or Television Film Louis Gossett Jr. – The Josephine Baker Story Larry Drake – L.A. Law Michael Jeter – Evening Shade Richard Kiley – Separate but Equal Dean Stockwell – Quantum LeapAmanda Donohoe – L.A. Law Sammi Davis – Homefront Faith Ford – Murphy Brown Estelle Getty – The Golden Girls Park Overall – Empty Nest Rhea Perlman – Cheers Jean Stapleton – Fire in the DarkBest Actor – Miniseries or Television MovieBest Actress – Miniseries or Television MovieBeau Bridges – Without Warning: The James Brady Story Sam Elliott – Conagher Peter Falk – Columbo and the Murder of a Rock Star Sam Neill – One Against the Wind Sidney Poitier – Separate but EqualJudy Davis – One Against the Wind Glenn Close – Sarah, Plain and Tall Sally Kirkland – The Haunted Jessica Tandy – The Story Lady Lynn Whitfield – The Josephine Baker StoryBest Miniseries or Television Movie One Against the Wind In a Child's Name The Josephine Baker Story Sarah, Plain and Tall Separate But EqualThe following programs received multiple nominations: NominationsTitle4CheersL.A. Law3Evening ShadeMurphy BrownOne Against the WindThe Josephine Baker StoryNorthern ExposureSeparate but Equal2The Golden GirlsI'll Fly AwayThe Josephine Baker StoryMarried... with ChildrenQuantum LeapReasonable DoubtsSarah, Plain and Tall The following films and programs received multiple wins: WinsTitle2One Against the Wind
Ceremony
Presenters
Kathy Bates Corbin Bernsen Michael Caine Bruce Davison Shannen Doherty Charles Durning Valeria Golino John Goodman Rutger Hauer Jeremy Irons Piper Laurie Jennifer Jason Leigh Kyle MacLachlan Kate Nelligan Luke Perry Jason Priestley Aidan Quinn Mimi Rogers Jane Russell Arnold Schwarzenegger Patricia Wettig
Cecil B. DeMille Award Robert Mitchum
Miss Golden Globe Joely Fisher (daughter of Connie Fisher & Eddie Fisher)
Awards breakdown The following networks received multiple nominations: NominationsNetwork20NBC16CBS9ABC4Fox2HBO The following networks received multiple wins: WinsNetwork2CBS
See also 64th Academy Awards 12th Golden Raspberry Awards 43rd Primetime Emmy Awards 44th Primetime Emmy Awards 45th British Academy Film Awards 46th Tony Awards 1991 in film 1991 in American television
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