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37th Golden Globe Awards

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Date
  
26 January 1980

Other ceremonies
  
1979, 1981

The 37th Golden Globe Awards, honoring the best in film and television for 1979, were held on 26 January 1980.

Contents

Best Actor - Drama

Dustin Hoffman – Kramer vs. Kramer

  • Jack Lemmon – The China Syndrome
  • Al Pacino – ...And Justice for All
  • Jon Voight – The Champ
  • James Woods – The Onion Field

    • Best Actor - Musical or Comedy

    Peter Sellers – Being There

  • George Hamilton – Love at First Bite
  • Dudley Moore – 10
  • Burt Reynolds – Starting Over
  • Roy Scheider – All That Jazz

    • Best Actress - Drama

    Sally Field – Norma Rae

  • Jill Clayburgh – Luna (La luna)
  • Lisa Eichhorn – Yanks
  • Jane Fonda – The China Syndrome
  • Marsha Mason – Promises in the Dark

    • Best Actress - Musical or Comedy

    Bette Midler – The Rose

  • Julie Andrews – 10
  • Jill Clayburgh – Starting Over
  • Shirley MacLaine – Being There
  • Marsha Mason – Chapter Two

    • Best Director

    Francis Ford Coppola – Apocalypse Now

  • Hal Ashby – Being There
  • Robert Benton – Kramer vs. Kramer
  • James Bridges – The China Syndrome
  • Peter Yates – Breaking Away

    • Best Film - Drama

    Kramer vs. Kramer

  • Apocalypse Now
  • The China Syndrome
  • Manhattan
  • Norma Rae

    • Best Film - Musical or Comedy

    Breaking Away

  • 10
  • Being There
  • Hair
  • The Rose

    • Best Foreign Language Film

    Birds of a Feather (La cage aux folles) • France/Italy

  • The Marriage of Maria Braun (Die Ehe der Maria Braun) • West Germany
  • The Europeans • Great Britain
  • Mio Dio come sono caduta in basso! • Italy
  • Soldaat van Oranje • Netherlands

    • Best Music, Original Score

    "Apocalypse Now" – Carmine 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

    • Best Original Song

    "The Rose" performed by Bette Midler – The Rose

  • "Through the Eyes of Love" – Ice Castles
  • "The Main Event" – The Main Event
  • "Rainbow Connection" – The Muppet Movie
  • "Better Than Ever" – Starting Over

    • Best Screenplay

    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 – Harriet Frank, Jr. and Irving Ravetch

    • Best Supporting Actor

    Melvyn Douglas – Being There (tie)
     Robert Duvall – Apocalypse Now

  • Frederic Forrest – The Rose
  • Justin Henry – Kramer vs. Kramer
  • Laurence Olivier – A Little Romance

    • Best Supporting Actress

    Meryl Streep – Kramer vs. Kramer

  • Jane Alexander – Kramer vs. Kramer
  • Kathleen Beller – Promises in the Dark
  • Candice Bergen – Starting Over
  • Valerie Harper – Chapter Two

    • Other

  • New Star of the Year in a Motion Picture - Male:
  • Rick Schroder - The Champ
  • New Star of the Year in a Motion Picture - Female:
  • Bette Midler - The Rose

    • Best Actor - Drama Series

    Ed Asner – Lou Grant

  • Richard Chamberlain – Centennial
  • Erik Estrada – CHiPs
  • James Garner – The Rockford Files
  • John Houseman – The Paper Chase
  • Martin Sheen – Blind Ambition
  • Robert Urich – Vega$
  • Robert Wagner – Hart to Hart

    • Best Actor - Musical or Comedy Series

    Alan Alda – M*A*S*H

  • Judd Hirsch – Taxi
  • Wilfrid Hyde-White – The Associates
  • John Ritter – Three's Company
  • Robin Williams – Mork & Mindy

    • Best Actress - Drama Series

    Natalie Wood – From Here to Eternity

  • Barbara Bel Geddes – Dallas
  • Kate Mulgrew – Mrs. Columbo
  • Stefanie Powers – Hart to Hart
  • Sada Thompson – Family

    • Best Actress - Musical or Comedy Series

    Linda Lavin – Alice

  • Penny Marshall – Laverne & Shirley
  • Donna Pescow – Angie
  • Jean Stapleton – All in the Family
  • Loretta Swit – M*A*S*H

    • Best Supporting Actor

    Danny DeVito – Taxi
     Vic Tayback – Alice

  • Jeff Conaway – Taxi
  • Tony Danza – Taxi
  • David Doyle – Charlie's Angels

    • Best Supporting Actress

    Polly Holliday – Alice

  • Loni Anderson – WKRP in Cincinnati
  • Marilu Henner – Taxi
  • Beth Howland – Alice
  • Linda Kelsey – Lou Grant

    • References

    37th Golden Globe Awards Wikipedia
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