37th Golden Globe Awards

37th Golden Globe Awards
DateJanuary 26, 1980
Highlights
Best Film: Drama Kramer vs. Kramer
Best Film: Musical or Comedy Breaking Away
Television coverage
NetworkKHJ-TV

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

Winners

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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

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Best Motion Picture
Drama Comedy or Musical
Best Performance in a Motion Picture – Drama
Actor Actress
Best Performance in a Motion Picture – Comedy or Musical
Actor Actress
Best Supporting Performance in a Motion Picture – Drama, Comedy or Musical
Supporting Actor Supporting Actress
Other
Best Director Best Screenplay
Best Original Score Best Original Song
New Star of the Year – Actor New Star of the Year – Actress
Best Foreign Film

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

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Best Television Series
Drama Musical or Comedy
Lou Grant Alice (TIE)

Taxi (TIE)

Best Performance in a Television Series Drama
Actor Actress
Ed Asner - Lou Grant as Lou Grant Natalie Wood - From Here to Eternity as Karen Holmes
Best Performance in a Television Series – Musical or Comedy
Actor Actress
Alan Alda - M*A*S*H as Benjamin Franklin "Hawkeye" Pierce Linda Lavin - Alice as Alice Hyatt
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)

Polly Holliday - Alice as Florence "Flo" Castleberry
Best Miniseries or Television Film
All Quiet on the Western Front

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

Henry Fonda

See also

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References

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