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      • GOLDEN GLOBES HOMEWINNERSAWARDS CENTRAL
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    Golden Globe

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    Best Actor in a Motion Picture - Comedy or Musical

    • Warren Beatty
      Winner
      • Warren Beatty
      • Heaven Can Wait
    • Gary Busey at an event for The Queen (2006)
      • Gary Busey
      • The Buddy Holly Story
    • Chevy Chase at an event for The 36th Annual People's Choice Awards (2010)
      • Chevy Chase
      • Foul Play
    • John Travolta
      • John Travolta
      • Grease
    • George C. Scott in The Hindenburg (1975)
      • George C. Scott
      • Movie Movie
    • Alan Alda at an event for Resurrecting the Champ (2007)
      • Alan Alda
      • Same Time, Next Year

    Best Actor in a Motion Picture - Drama

    • Jon Voight at an event for The 66th Primetime Emmy Awards (2014)
      Winner
      • Jon Voight
      • Coming Home
    • Gregory Peck
      • Gregory Peck
      • The Boys from Brazil
    • Robert De Niro at an event for A Single Man (2009)
      • Robert De Niro
      • The Deer Hunter
    • Anthony Hopkins at an event for Beowulf (2007)
      • Anthony Hopkins
      • Magic
    • Brad Davis in Midnight Express (1978)
      • Brad Davis
      • Midnight Express

    Best Actor in a Supporting Role - Motion Picture

    • John Hurt
      Winner
      • John Hurt
      • Midnight Express
    • Bruce Dern at an event for All the Pretty Horses (2000)
      • Bruce Dern
      • Coming Home
    • Christopher Walken at an event for Wedding Crashers (2005)
      • Christopher Walken
      • The Deer Hunter
    • Dudley Moore in Crazy People (1990)
      • Dudley Moore
      • Foul Play
    • Robert Morley, 1959.
      • Robert Morley
      • Who Is Killing the Great Chefs of Europe?

    Best Actor in a Supporting Role - Television Series

    • 2346-1 NORMAN FELL CIRCA 1962
      Winner
      • Norman Fell
      • Three's Company
    • Jeff Conaway
      • Jeff Conaway
      • Taxi
    • Pat Harrington Jr. circa 1982
      • Pat Harrington Jr.
      • One Day at a Time
    • Andy Kaufman at home
      • Andy Kaufman
      • Taxi
    • Danny DeVito at an event for Freedom Writers (2007)
      • Danny DeVito
      • Taxi

    Best Actor in a Television Series - Comedy or Musical

    • Robin Williams at an event for Happy Feet Two (2011)
      Winner
      • Robin Williams
      • Mork & Mindy
    • "Love Boat, The" Gavin MacLeod 1978 ABC
      • Gavin MacLeod
      • The Love Boat
    • John Ritter in Problem Child (1990)
      • John Ritter
      • Three's Company
    • Alan Alda at an event for Resurrecting the Champ (2007)
      • Alan Alda
      • M*A*S*H
    • Judd Hirsch in Numb3rs (2005)
      • Judd Hirsch
      • Taxi

    Best Actor in a Television Series - Drama

    • Michael Moriarty in The 4400 (2004)
      Winner
      • Michael Moriarty
      • Holocaust
    • Michael Landon in Bonanza (1959)
      • Michael Landon
      • Little House on the Prairie
    • John Houseman
      • John Houseman
      • The Paper Chase
    • Edward Asner at an event for The 6th Annual TV Land Awards (2008)
      • Edward Asner
      • Lou Grant
    • James Garner in The Rockford Files (1974)
      • James Garner
      • The Rockford Files
    • Richard Hatch at an event for Battlestar Galactica (2004)
      • Richard Hatch
      • Battlestar Galactica

    Best Actress in a Motion Picture - Comedy or Musical

    • Maggie Smith
      Winner
      • Maggie Smith
      • California Suite
      Tied with Ellen Burstyn for Same Time, Next Year (1978).
    • Ellen Burstyn at an event for Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood (2002)
      Winner
      • Ellen Burstyn
      • Same Time, Next Year
      Tied with Maggie Smith for California Suite (1978).
    • Goldie Hawn in Cactus Flower (1969)
      • Goldie Hawn
      • Foul Play
    • Olivia Newton-John
      • Olivia Newton-John
      • Grease
    • Jacqueline Bisset
      • Jacqueline Bisset
      • Who Is Killing the Great Chefs of Europe?

    Best Actress in a Motion Picture - Drama

    • Jane Fonda at an event for U (2006)
      Winner
      • Jane Fonda
      • Coming Home
    • Ingrid Bergman in Casablanca (1942)
      • Ingrid Bergman
      • Autumn Sonata
    • Geraldine Page publicity still for "Summer & Smoke." 1961/Paramount
      • Geraldine Page
      • Interiors
    • Glenda Jackson in Sunday Bloody Sunday (1971)
      • Glenda Jackson
      • Stevie
    • Jill Clayburgh
      • Jill Clayburgh
      • An Unmarried Woman

    Best Actress in a Supporting Role - Motion Picture

    • Dyan Cannon
      Winner
      • Dyan Cannon
      • Heaven Can Wait
    • Meryl Streep
      • Meryl Streep
      • The Deer Hunter
    • Maureen Stapleton
      • Maureen Stapleton
      • Interiors
    • Mona Washbourne in What Became of Jack and Jill? (1972)
      • Mona Washbourne
      • Stevie
    • Carol Burnett
      • Carol Burnett
      • A Wedding

    Best Actress in a Supporting Role - Television Series

    • Polly Holliday
      Winner
      • Polly Holliday
      • Alice
    • Julie Kavner at an event for The Simpsons Movie (2007)
      • Julie Kavner
      • Rhoda
    • Marilu Henner
      • Marilu Henner
      • Taxi
    • Nancy Walker in Rhoda (1974)
      • Nancy Walker
      • Rhoda
    • Audra Lindley in Cannery Row (1982)
      • Audra Lindley
      • Three's Company
    • Linda Kelsey
      • Linda Kelsey
      • Lou Grant

    Best Actress in a Television Series - Comedy or Musical

    • Linda Lavin
      Winner
      • Linda Lavin
      • Alice
    • Jean Stapleton in Michael (1996)
      • Jean Stapleton
      • All in the Family
    • Carol Burnett
      • Carol Burnett
      • The Carol Burnett Show
    • Penny Marshall
      • Penny Marshall
      • Laverne & Shirley
    • Suzanne Somers
      • Suzanne Somers
      • Three's Company

    Best Actress in a Television Series - Drama

    • Rosemary Harris at an event for Spider-Man 2 (2004)
      Winner
      • Rosemary Harris
      • Holocaust
    • Lee Remick in Telefon (1977)
      • Lee Remick
      • Wheels
    • "Charlie's Angels" Kate Jackson 1979 ABC
      • Kate Jackson
      • Charlie's Angels
    • "Family" Sada Thompson
      • Sada Thompson
      • Family
    • Kristy McNichol
      • Kristy McNichol
      • Family

    Best Director - Motion Picture

    • Michael Cimino in Desperate Hours (1990)
      Winner
      • Michael Cimino
      • The Deer Hunter
    • Hal Ashby in Bound for Glory (1976)
      • Hal Ashby
      • Coming Home
    • Woody Allen at an event for Vicky Cristina Barcelona (2008)
      • Woody Allen
      • Interiors
    • Alan Parker in The Life of David Gale (2003)
      • Alan Parker
      • Midnight Express
    • Paul Mazursky
      • Paul Mazursky
      • An Unmarried Woman
    • Terrence Malick in The Thin Red Line (1998)
      • Terrence Malick
      • Days of Heaven

    Best Foreign Film

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Autumn Sonata

      8.1 (40K)
      Sweden
    • [object Object]

      Death on the Nile

      7.3 (42K)
      England
    • [object Object]

      Dona Flor and Her Two Husbands

      6.9 (3.7K)
      Brazil
    • [object Object]

      Kravgi gynaikon

      6.8 (416)
      Greece
    • [object Object]

      Lemon Popsicle

      6.4 (3.9K)
      Israel
    • [object Object]

      Get Out Your Handkerchiefs

      6.9 (4.6K)
      France

    Best Motion Picture - Comedy or Musical

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Heaven Can Wait

      6.9 (25K)
    • [object Object]

      California Suite

      6.2 (8.7K)
    • [object Object]

      Foul Play

      6.8 (18K)
    • [object Object]

      Grease

      7.2 (315K)
    • [object Object]

      Movie Movie

      6.4 (1.4K)

    Best Motion Picture - Drama

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Midnight Express

      7.5 (91K)
    • [object Object]

      Coming Home

      7.3 (15K)
    • [object Object]

      Days of Heaven

      7.7 (66K)
    • [object Object]

      The Deer Hunter

      8.1 (376K)
    • [object Object]

      An Unmarried Woman

      7.2 (6.4K)

    Best Motion Picture Acting Debut - Female

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Midnight Express

      7.5 (91K)
      Irene Miracle
    • [object Object]

      Corvette Summer

      5.7 (4.1K)
      Annie Potts
    • [object Object]

      Girlfriends

      7.2 (3.4K)
      Anita Skinner
    • [object Object]

      Goin' South

      6.2 (8.4K)
      Mary Steenburgen
    • [object Object]

      Slow Dancing in the Big City

      5.4 (289)
      Anne Ditchburn

    Best Motion Picture Acting Debut - Male

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Midnight Express

      7.5 (91K)
      Brad Davis
    • [object Object]

      The Boys in Company C

      6.9 (3.7K)
      Andrew Stevens
    • [object Object]

      Foul Play

      6.8 (18K)
      Chevy Chase
    • [object Object]

      King of the Gypsies

      6.2 (1.6K)
      Eric Roberts
    • [object Object]

      Movie Movie

      6.4 (1.4K)
      Harry Hamlin
    • [object Object]

      Uncle Joe Shannon

      6.1 (145)
      Doug McKeon

    Best Motion Picture Made for Television

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      A Family Upside Down

      6.8 (174)
    • [object Object]

      The Immigrants

      8.3 (82)
    • [object Object]

      First, You Cry

      6.7 (111)
    • [object Object]

      The Bastard

      6.8 (394)
    • [object Object]

      Ziegfeld: The Man and His Women

      8.0 (65)
    • [object Object]

      A Question of Love

      7.3 (192)
    • [object Object]

      Little Women

      6.7 (307)

    Best Original Score - Motion Picture

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Midnight Express

      7.5 (91K)
      Giorgio Moroder
    • [object Object]

      The Children of Sanchez

      6.1 (718)
      Chuck Mangione
    • [object Object]

      The Lord of the Rings

      6.2 (38K)
      Leonard Rosenman
    • [object Object]

      Superman

      7.4 (196K)
      John Williams
    • [object Object]

      An Unmarried Woman

      7.2 (6.4K)
      Bill Conti

    Best Original Song - Motion Picture

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Thank God It's Friday

      5.5 (3.3K)
      Paul Jabara
      Song: "Last Dance"
    • [object Object]

      Foul Play

      6.8 (18K)
      Charles Fox(music)
      Norman Gimbel(lyrics)
      Song: "Ready to Take a Chance Again"
    • [object Object]

      Grease

      7.2 (315K)
      Barry Gibb
      Song: "Grease"
    • [object Object]

      Grease

      7.2 (315K)
      John Farrar
      Song: "You're the One that I Want"
    • [object Object]

      Same Time, Next Year

      7.2 (7K)
      Marvin Hamlisch(music)
      Alan Bergman(lyrics)
      Marilyn Bergman(lyrics)
      Song: "The Last Time I Felt Like This"

    Best Screenplay - Motion Picture

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Midnight Express

      7.5 (91K)
      Oliver Stone
    • [object Object]

      Coming Home

      7.3 (15K)
      Waldo Salt
      Robert C. Jones
    • [object Object]

      The Deer Hunter

      8.1 (376K)
      Deric Washburn
    • [object Object]

      Foul Play

      6.8 (18K)
      Colin Higgins
    • [object Object]

      Interiors

      7.3 (22K)
      Woody Allen
    • [object Object]

      An Unmarried Woman

      7.2 (6.4K)
      Paul Mazursky

    Best Television Series - Comedy or Musical

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Taxi

      7.7 (17K)
    • [object Object]

      All in the Family

      8.4 (20K)
    • [object Object]

      Alice

      6.9 (5.9K)
    • [object Object]

      The Love Boat

      6.3 (15K)
    • [object Object]

      Three's Company

      7.5 (18K)

    Best Television Series - Drama

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      60 Minutes

      7.4 (4.6K)
    • [object Object]

      Holocaust

      8.0 (5.8K)
    • [object Object]

      Battlestar Galactica

      7.2 (18K)
    • [object Object]

      Family

      7.7 (2.2K)
    • [object Object]

      Lou Grant

      7.3 (2.6K)

    Cecil B. DeMille Award

    Edit
    • Lucille Ball
      Winner
      • Lucille Ball

    Henrietta Award

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    World Film Favorite - Female

    • Jane Fonda at an event for U (2006)
      Winner
      • Jane Fonda

    World Film Favorite - Male

    • John Travolta
      Winner
      • John Travolta

    Miss Golden Globe

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    • Winner

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