37th Golden Globe Awards

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

Winners

Melvyn Douglas — Best Supporting Actor in a Motion Picture, co-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
3	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 MASH*
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 - MASH 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 - MASH* 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
3	MASH*
2	Centennial
	Dallas
	Hart to Hart
	The Rockford Files

The following programs received multiple wins:

Wins	Title
4	Alice
2	Lou Grant
2	Taxi

Cecil B. DeMille Award

Henry Fonda

References

IMdb 1980 Golden Globe Awards

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Winners

Film

Television

Cecil B. DeMille Award

See also

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