37th Golden Globe Awards

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

37th Golden Globe Awards
Date	January 26, 1980
Highlights
Best Film: Drama	Kramer vs. Kramer
Best Film: Musical or Comedy	Breaking Away
Television coverage
Network	KHJ-TV
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Winners

 

Dustin Hoffman — Best Actor in a Motion Picture, Drama winner

 

Sally Field — Best Actress in a Motion Picture, Drama winner

 

Peter Sellers — Best Actor in a Motion Picture, Comedy or Musical winner

 

Bette Midler — Best Actress in a Motion Picture, Comedy or Musical winner

 

Melvyn Douglas — Best Supporting Actor in a Motion Picture, co-winner

 

Robert Duvall — Best Supporting Actor in a Motion Picture, co-winner

 

Meryl Streep — Best Supporting Actress in a Motion Picture, winner

 

Ed Asner — Best Actor in a Television Series, Drama winner

 

Natalie Wood — Best Actress in a Television Series, Drama winner

 

Alan Alda — Best Actor in a Television Series, Comedy or Musical winner

 

Linda Lavin — Best Actress in a Television Series, Comedy or Musical winner

 

Danny Devito — Best Supporting Actor in a Series, Miniseries or Television Film co-winner

 

Vic Tayback — Best Supporting Actor in a Series, Miniseries or Television Film co-winner

 

Polly Holliday — Best Supporting Actress in a Series, Miniseries or Television Film winner

Film

Best Motion Picture
Drama	Comedy or Musical
Kramer vs. Kramer Apocalypse Now The China Syndrome Manhattan Norma Rae	Breaking Away 10 Being There Hair The Rose
Best Performance in a Motion Picture – Drama
Actor	Actress
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 Kendall
Best Performance in a Motion Picture – Comedy or Musical
Actor	Actress
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 MacLaine
Best Supporting Performance in a Motion Picture – Drama, Comedy or Musical
Supporting Actor	Supporting 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
Other
Best Director	Best 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 Score	Best 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 Castles
New Star of the Year – Actor	New 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" Winston
Best 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:

Nominations	Title
8	Kramer vs. Kramer
6	Being There
5	The China Syndrome
	The Rose
	10
4	Apocalypse Now
	Breaking Away
	Starting Over
3	Norma Rae
2	The Champ
	Chapter Two
	Hair
	Ice Castles
	A Little Romance
	Promises in the Dark
	Yanks

The following films received multiple wins:

Wins	Title
4	Kramer vs. Kramer
3	Apocalypse Now
	The Rose
2	Being There

Television

Best Television Series
Drama	Musical 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*H
Best Performance in a Television Series Drama
Actor	Actress
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 Lawrence
Best Performance in a Television Series – Musical or Comedy
Actor	Actress
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 Film
Supporting Actor	Supporting 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 Bosley	Polly 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 Newman
Best 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:

Nominations	Title
6	Taxi
5	Alice
3	Lou Grant
	M*A*S*H
2	Centennial
	Dallas
	Hart to Hart
	The Rockford Files

The following programs received multiple wins:

Wins	Title
4	Alice
2	Lou Grant
	Taxi

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