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Golden Globes, USA: 1979

Golden Globe

Date:27 January
Location:Beverly Hilton Hotel, Los Angeles, California, USA

Best Motion Picture Actress - Drama
  Winner:
 
  Other Nominees:
 
  • Höstsonaten (1978) - Ingrid Bergman (I)
  • Interiors (1978) - Geraldine Page
  • Stevie (1978) - Glenda Jackson
  • Unmarried Woman, An (1978) - Jill Clayburgh

  • Best Motion Picture Actor - Drama
      Winner:
     
      Other Nominees:
     
  • Boys from Brazil, The (1978) - Gregory Peck
  • Deer Hunter, The (1978) - Robert De Niro
  • Magic (1978) - Anthony Hopkins
  • Midnight Express (1978) - Brad Davis (I)

  • Best Motion Picture - Drama
      Winner:
     
      Other Nominees:
     
  • Coming Home (1978)
  • Days of Heaven (1978)
  • Deer Hunter, The (1978)
  • Unmarried Woman, An (1978)

  • Best Motion Picture Actress - Musical/Comedy
      Winners:
     
      Other Nominees:
     
  • Foul Play (1978) - Goldie Hawn
  • Grease (1978) - Olivia Newton-John
  • Who Is Killing the Great Chefs of Europe? (1978) - Jacqueline Bisset

  • Best Motion Picture Acting Debut - Female
      Winner:
     
      Other Nominees:
     
  • Corvette Summer (1978) - Annie Potts
  • Girlfriends (1978) - Anita Skinner
  • Goin' South (1978) - Mary Steenburgen
  • Slow Dancing in the Big City (1978) - Anne Ditchburn

  • Best Motion Picture Actor - Musical/Comedy
      Winner:
     
      Other Nominees:
     
  • Buddy Holly Story, The (1978) - Gary Busey
  • Foul Play (1978) - Chevy Chase
  • Grease (1978) - John Travolta
  • Movie Movie (1978) - George C. Scott
  • Same Time, Next Year (1978) - Alan Alda

  • Best Motion Picture - Musical/Comedy
      Winner:
     
      Other Nominees:
     
  • California Suite (1978)
  • Foul Play (1978)
  • Grease (1978)
  • Movie Movie (1978)

  • Best Motion Picture Acting Debut - Male
      Winner:
     
      Other Nominees:
     
  • Boys in Company C, The (1978) - Andrew Stevens (I)
  • Foul Play (1978) - Chevy Chase
  • King of the Gypsies (1978) - Eric Roberts (I)
  • Movie Movie (1978) - Harry Hamlin
  • Uncle Joe Shannon (1978) - Doug McKeon

  • Best Motion Picture Actress in a Supporting Role
      Winner:
     
      Other Nominees:
     
  • Deer Hunter, The (1978) - Meryl Streep
  • Interiors (1978) - Maureen Stapleton
  • Stevie (1978) - Mona Washbourne
  • Wedding, A (1978) - Carol Burnett

  • Best Motion Picture Actor in a Supporting Role
      Winner:
     
      Other Nominees:
     
  • Coming Home (1978) - Bruce Dern
  • Deer Hunter, The (1978) - Christopher Walken
  • Foul Play (1978) - Dudley Moore
  • Who Is Killing the Great Chefs of Europe? (1978) - Robert Morley (I)

  • Best Director - Motion Picture
      Winner:
     
      Other Nominees:
     
  • Coming Home (1978) - Hal Ashby
  • Days of Heaven (1978) - Terrence Malick
  • Interiors (1978) - Woody Allen
  • Midnight Express (1978) - Alan Parker (I)
  • Unmarried Woman, An (1978) - Paul Mazursky

  • Best Screenplay - Motion Picture
      Winner:
     
      Other Nominees:
     
  • Coming Home (1978) - Waldo Salt; Robert C. Jones (I)
  • Deer Hunter, The (1978) - Deric Washburn
  • Foul Play (1978) - Colin Higgins (I)
  • Interiors (1978) - Woody Allen
  • Unmarried Woman, An (1978) - Paul Mazursky

  • Best Original Song - Motion Picture
      Winner:
     
      Other Nominees:
     
  • Foul Play (1978) - Charles Fox (I) (music); Norman Gimbel (I) (lyrics)
    - For the song "Ready to Take a Chance Again".
  • Grease (1978) - John Farrar
    - For the song "You're the One that I Want".
  • Grease (1978) - Barry Gibb (I)
    - For the song "Grease".
  • Same Time, Next Year (1978) - Marvin Hamlisch (music); Alan Bergman (lyrics); Marilyn Bergman (lyrics)
    - For the song "The Last Time I Felt Like This".

  • Best Original Score - Motion Picture
      Winner:
     
      Other Nominees:
     
  • Children of Sanchez, The (1978) - Chuck Mangione
  • Lord of the Rings, The (1978) - Leonard Rosenman
  • Superman (1978) - John Williams (I)
  • Unmarried Woman, An (1978) - Bill Conti

  • Best Foreign Film
      Winner:
     
      Other Nominees:
     
  • Death on the Nile (1978)
    - England
  • Dona Flor e Seus Dois Maridos (1976)
    - Brazil
  • Eskimo Limon (1978)
    - Israel
  • Kravgi gynaikon (1978)
    - Greece
  • Préparez vos mouchoirs (1978)
    - France

  • Best Motion Picture Made for TV
      Winner:
     
      Other Nominees:
     
  • Bastard, The (1978) (TV)
  • First, You Cry (1978) (TV)
  • Immigrants, The (1978) (TV)
  • Little Women (1978) (TV)
  • Question of Love, A (1978) (TV)
  • Ziegfeld: The Man and His Women (1978) (TV)

  • Best TV Actor - Drama
      Winner:
     
      Other Nominees:
     
  • "Battlestar Galactica" (1978) - Richard Hatch (I)
  • "Little House on the Prairie" (1974) - Michael Landon
  • "Lou Grant" (1977) - Edward Asner
  • "Paper Chase, The" (1978) - John Houseman (I)
  • "Rockford Files, The" (1974) - James Garner

  • Best TV Actor - Musical/Comedy
      Winner:
     
      Other Nominees:
     
  • "Love Boat, The" (1977) - Gavin MacLeod
  • "M*A*S*H" (1972) - Alan Alda
  • "Taxi" (1978) - Judd Hirsch
  • "Three's Company" (1977) - John Ritter

  • Best TV Actress - Drama
      Winner:
     
      Other Nominees:
     
  • "Charlie's Angels" (1976) - Kate Jackson (I)
  • "Family" (1976) - Kristy McNichol
  • "Family" (1976) - Sada Thompson
  • "Wheels" (1978) (mini) - Lee Remick

  • Best TV Actress - Musical/Comedy
      Winner:
     
      Other Nominees:
     
  • "All in the Family" (1971) - Jean Stapleton
  • "Carol Burnett Show, The" (1967) - Carol Burnett
  • "Laverne & Shirley" (1976) - Penny Marshall (I)
  • "Three's Company" (1977) - Suzanne Somers

  • Best TV Actor in a Supporting Role
      Winner:
     
      Other Nominees:
     
  • "One Day at a Time" (1975) - Pat Harrington Jr.
  • "Taxi" (1978) - Jeff Conaway
  • "Taxi" (1978) - Danny DeVito
  • "Taxi" (1978) - Andy Kaufman (I)

  • Best TV Actress in a Supporting Role
      Winner:
     
      Other Nominees:
     
  • "Lou Grant" (1977) - Linda Kelsey
  • "Rhoda" (1974) - Julie Kavner
  • "Rhoda" (1974) - Nancy Walker (I)
  • "Taxi" (1978) - Marilu Henner
  • "Three's Company" (1977) - Audra Lindley

  • Best TV-Series - Musical/Comedy
      Winner:
     
      Other Nominees:
     
  • "Alice" (1976)
  • "All in the Family" (1971)
  • "Love Boat, The" (1977)
  • "Three's Company" (1977)

  • Best TV-Series - Drama
      Winner:
     
      Other Nominees:
     
  • "Battlestar Galactica" (1978)
  • "Family" (1976)
  • "Holocaust" (1978) (mini)
  • "Lou Grant" (1977)

  • Cecil B. DeMille Award

      Awarded to:
     

    Henrietta Award

    World Film Favorite - Male
      Winner:
     

    World Film Favorite - Female
      Winner:
     

    Miss Golden Globe

      Awarded to:
     
    • Stephanie Haymes