Golden Globe Awards 1980

The 37th Golden Globe Awards ceremony took place on January 26, 1980.

Award winners and nominations

Statistics (films with more than one nomination are listed) N = nomination; G = Won
Movie	N	G
Kramer versus Kramer	8th	4th
Welcome Mr. Chance	6th	2
The rose	5	3
The China Syndrome	5	0
Ten - the dream woman	5	0
Apocalypse Now	4th	3
Four crazy types - we all can do it, no one can do us	4th	1
To a new one	4th	0
Norma Rae - A woman looks after her husband	3	1
The champ	2	1
The second chapter	2	0
Ice fever	2	0
Hair	2	0
I love you - I love you - Je t'aime	2	0
If fate will	2	0
Yanks - We were strangers yesterday	2	0

Best film - drama

Kramer vs. Kramer (Kramer vs. Kramer) - Director: Robert Benton

• Apocalypse Now - Director: Francis Ford Coppola
• The China Syndrome (The China Syndrome) - Director: James Bridges
• Manhattan - Director: Woody Allen
• Norma Rae - A woman is her husband (Norma Rae) - Director: Martin Ritt

Best Film - Musical / Comedy

Four crazy guys - We can all make it, no one can make us (Breaking Away) - Director: Peter Yates

• Hair - Directed by Miloš Forman
• The Rose - Director: Mark Rydell
• Welcome Mr. Chance (Being There) - Director: Hal Ashby
• Ten - Die Traumfrau (10) - Director: Blake Edwards

Best director

Francis Ford Coppola - Apocalypse Now

• Hal Ashby - Welcome Mr. Chance (Being There)
• Robert Benton - Kramer vs. Kramer (Kramer vs. Kramer)
• James Bridges - The China Syndrome (The China Syndrome)
• Peter Yates - Four Crazy Guys - We All Can Make Us, None Can (Breaking Away)

Best Actor - Drama

Dustin Hoffman - Kramer vs. Kramer (Kramer vs. Kramer)

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

Best Actress - Drama

Sally Field - Norma Rae - A woman stands her husband (Norma Rae)

• Jill Clayburgh - La Luna
• Lisa Eichhorn - Yanks - Yesterday we were still strangers (Yanks)
• Jane Fonda - The China Syndrome (The China Syndrome)
• Marsha Mason - If Fate Wills (Promises in the Dark)

Best Actor - Musical / Comedy

Peter Sellers - Welcome Mr. Chance (Being There)

• George Hamilton - Love at First Bite (Love at First Bite)
• Dudley Moore - Ten - The Dream Woman (10)
• Burt Reynolds - Many happy returns (Starting Over)
• Roy Scheider - Behind the Spotlight (All That Jazz)

Best Actress - Musical / Comedy

Bette Midler - The Rose

• Julie Andrews - Ten - The Dream Woman (10)
• Jill Clayburgh - Many happy returns (Starting Over)
• Shirley MacLaine - Welcome Mr. Chance (Being There)
• Marsha Mason - The second chapter (Chapter Two)

Best supporting actor

Melvyn Douglas - Welcome Mr. Chance (Being There)
Robert Duvall - Apocalypse Now

• Frederic Forrest - The Rose
• Justin Henry - Kramer vs. Kramer (Kramer vs. Kramer)
• Laurence Olivier - Ich liebe dich - I love you - Je t'aime (A Little Romance)

The best supporting actress

Meryl Streep - Kramer vs. Kramer (Kramer vs. Kramer)

• Jane Alexander - Kramer vs. Kramer (Kramer vs. Kramer)
• Kathleen Beller - If Fate Wills (Promises in the Dark)
• Candice Bergen - Many happy returns (Starting Over)
• Valerie Harper - The second chapter (Chapter Two)

Best young actor

Ricky Schroder - The Champ (The Champ)

• Dennis Christopher - Four crazy guys - We can all make it, no one can make us (Breaking Away)
• Justin Henry - Kramer vs. Kramer (Kramer vs. Kramer)
• Dean Paul Martin - Play With Love (Players)
• Treat Williams - Hair

Best Young Actress

Bette Midler - The Rose

• Susan Anton - Golden Girl
• Bo Derek - Ten - The Dream Woman (10)
• Lisa Eichhorn - Yanks - Yesterday we were still strangers (Yanks)
• Lynn-Holly Johnson - Ice Fever (Ice Castles)

Best script

Robert Benton - Kramer vs. Kramer (Kramer vs. Kramer)

• James Bridges , Mike Gray , TS Cook - The China Syndrome (The China Syndrome)
• Harriet Frank Jr. , Irving Ravetch - Norma Rae - A woman suits her husband (Reuben, Reuben)
• Jerzy Kosinski - Welcome Mr. Chance (Being There)
• Steve Tesich - Four crazy guys - We can all make it, nobody can make us (Breaking Away)

Best film score

Carmine Coppola , Francis Ford Coppola - Apocalypse Now

• Carmine Coppola - The Black Stallion (The Black Stallion)
• Georges Delerue - Ich liebe dich - I love you - Je t'aime (A Little Romance)
• Jerry Goldsmith - Alien - The creepy creature from an alien world (Alien)
• Jerry Goldsmith - Star Trek: The Movie (Star Trek: The Motion Picture)
• Henry Mancini - Ten - The Dream Woman (10)
• Lalo Schifrin - Amityville Horror (The Amityville Horror)

Best movie song

" The Rose " from The Rose - Amanda McBroom

• "Better Than Ever" from happy returns (Starting Over) - Marvin Hamlisch , Carole Bayer Sager
• "Rainbow Connection" from The Muppet Movie (The Muppet Movie) - Kenny Asher , Paul Williams
• "The Main Event" from What, you don't want to? (The Main Event) - Paul Jabara , Bruce Roberts
• "Theme from Ice Castles (Through the Eyes of Love)" from Eisfieber (Ice Castles) - Marvin Hamlisch , Carole Bayer Sager

Best foreign language film

A cage full of fools (La Cage aux Folles) , France / Italy - Director: Édouard Molinaro

• The Soldier of Orange (Soldaat van Oranje) , Netherlands - Director: Paul Verhoeven
• The marriage of Maria Braun , West Germany - Director: Rainer Werner Fassbinder
• The Europeans (The Europeans) , United Kingdom - Director: James Ivory
• How deep have I sunk (Mio Dio, come sono caduta in basso) , Italy - Director: Luigi Comencini

Television nominations and winners

Statistics (series with more than one nomination are listed) N = nomination; G = Won
series	N	G
taxi	6th	2
Snack with a bite	5	4th
Lou Grant	3	2
M * A * S * H	3	1
Colorado saga	2	0
Dallas	2	0
Detective Rockford - just give us a call	2	0
Hard but warm	2	0
The Associates	2	0

Best Television Series - Drama

Lou Grant

• Colorado Saga (Centennial)
• Dallas
• Detective Rockford - Just Call (The Rockford Files)
• Roots : The Next Generations
• White House, Backstairs at the White House

Best Actor in a Television Series - Drama

Edward Asner - Lou Grant

• Richard Chamberlain - Colorado Saga (Centennial)
• Erik Estrada - CHiPs
• James Garner - Detective Rockford - Just Call (The Rockford Files)
• John Houseman - The Paper Chase
• Martin Sheen - Blind Ambition
• Robert Urich - Vegas
• Robert Wagner - Hard but warm (Hart to Hart)

Best Actress in a Television Series - Drama

Natalie Wood - From Here to Eternity

• Barbara Bel Geddes - Dallas
• Kate Mulgrew - Mrs. Columbo
• Stefanie Powers - Hard but warm (hard to hard)
• Sada Thompson - An American Family (Family)

Best TV Series - Comedy / Musical

Snack with a bite (Alice)
Taxi

• Love Boat (The Love Boat)
• M * A * S * H
• The Associates

Best Actor in a Television Series - Comedy / Musical

Alan Alda - M * A * S * H

• Judd Hirsch - Taxi
• Wilfrid Hyde-White - The Associates
• John Ritter - Jack of Hearts with Two Queens (Three's Company)
• Robin Williams - Mork from the Ork (Mork & Mindy)

Best Actress in a Television Series - Comedy / Musical

Linda Lavin - Snack with a Bite (Alice)

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

Best TV movie

Nothing new in the west (All Quiet on the Western Front)

• Elvis
• To die for the fatherland (friendly fire)
• Like normal people
• The Miracle Worker

Best Supporting Actor in a Series, Miniseries, or TV Movie

Danny DeVito - Taxi
Vic Tayback - Snack with a Bite (Alice)

• Jeff Conaway - Taxi
• Tony Danza - Taxi
• David Doyle - Charlie's Angels (Charlie's Angels)

Best Supporting Actress in a Series, Miniseries, or TV Movie

Polly Holliday - Snack With a Bite (Alice)

• Loni Anderson - WKRP in Cincinnati
• Marilu Henner - Taxi
• Beth Howland - Snack with a Bite (Alice)
• Linda Kelsey - Lou Grant

Web links

• Golden Globe Awards 1980 in the Internet Movie Database (English)