28th Golden Globe Awards

28th Golden Globe Awards
Date	February 5, 1971
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The 28th Golden Globe Awards, honoring the best in film and television for 1970 films, were held on February 5, 1971.

Winners and nominees[]

Film[]

Best Motion Picture
Drama	Comedy or Musical
Love Story Airport Five Easy Pieces I Never Sang for My Father Patton	M*A*S*H Darling Lili Diary of a Mad Housewife Lovers and Other Strangers Scrooge
Best Performance in a Motion Picture – Drama
Actor	Actress
George C. Scott – Patton as George S. Patton Melvyn Douglas – I Never Sang for My Father as Tom Garrison James Earl Jones – The Great White Hope as Jack Jefferson Jack Nicholson – Five Easy Pieces as Robert Eroica Dupea Ryan O'Neal – Love Story as Oliver Barret IV	Ali MacGraw – Love Story as Jennifer Cavalleri Faye Dunaway – Puzzle of a Downfall Child as Lou Andreas Sand Glenda Jackson – Women in Love as Gudrun Brangwen Melina Mercouri – Promise at Dawn as Nina Kacew Sarah Miles – Ryan's Daughter as Rosy Ryan
Best Performance in a Motion Picture – Comedy or Musical
Actor	Actress
Albert Finney – Scrooge as Ebenezer Scrooge Richard Benjamin – Diary of a Mad Housewife as Jonathan Balser Elliott Gould – M*A*S*H as Captain John "Trapper" McIntyre Jack Lemmon – The Out-of-Towners as George Kellerman Donald Sutherland – M*A*S*H as Captain Benjamin "Hawkeye" Pierce	Carrie Snodgress – Diary of a Mad Housewife as Tina Balser Julie Andrews – Darling Lili as Lili Smith Sandy Dennis – The Out-of-Towners as Gwen Kellerman Angela Lansbury – Something for Everyone as Countess Erthe Van Orstein Barbra Streisand – The Owl and the Pussycat as Doris
Best Supporting Performance in a Motion Picture – Drama, Comedy or Musical
Supporting Actor	Supporting Actress
John Mills – Ryan's Daughter as Michael Chief Dan George – Little Big Man as Old Lodge Skins Trevor Howard – Ryan's Daughter as Father Collins George Kennedy – Airport as Joe Patroni John Marley – Love Story as Phil Cavalleri	Karen Black – Five Easy Pieces as Rayette Dipesto Maureen Stapleton – Airport as Inez Guerrero Tina Chen – The Hawaiians as Nyuk Tsin Lee Grant – The Landlord as Joyce Enders Sally Kellerman – M*A*S*H as Margaret O'Houlihan
Other
Best Director	Best Screenplay
Arthur Hiller – Love Story Robert Altman – M*A*S*H Bob Rafelson – Five Easy Pieces Ken Russell – Women in Love Franklin J. Schaffner – Patton	Love Story – Erich Segal Five Easy Pieces – Carole Eastman and Bob Rafelson Husbands – John Cassavetes M*A*S*H – Ring Lardner, Jr. Scrooge – Leslie Bricusse
Best Original Score	Best Original Song
Love Story – Francis Lai Airport – Alfred Newman Cromwell – Frank Cordell Scrooge – Leslie Bricusse, Ian Fraser and Herbert W. Spencer Wuthering Heights – Michel Legrand	"Whistling Away the Dark" (Henry Mancini, Johnny Mercer) – Darling Lili "Ballad of Little Fauss and Big Halsy" (Carl Perkins, Johnny Cash) – Little Fauss and Big Halsy "Pieces of Dreams" (Michel Legrand, Alan and Marilyn Bergman) – Pieces of Dreams "Thank You Very Much" (Leslie Bricusse) – Scrooge "Till Love Touches Your Life" (Riz Ortolani, Arthur Hamilton) – Madron
Best Foreign Film (English Language)	Best Foreign Film (Foreign Language)
Women in Love (United Kingdom) The Act of the Heart (Canada) Bloomfield (United Kingdom/Israel) One Soldier's Gamble (Japan) The Virgin and the Gypsy (United Kingdom)	Rider on the Rain (France) Borsalino (France/Italy) The Confession (France) Customer of the Off Season (France/Israel) Investigation of a Citizen Above Suspicion (Italy)
New Star of the Year – Actor	New Star of the Year – Actress
James Earl Jones – The Great White Hope as Jack Jefferson Assaf Dayan – Promise at Dawn as Romain (age 25) Frank Langella – Diary of a Mad Housewife as George Prager Joe Namath – Norwood as Joe Kenneth Nelson – The Boys in the Band as Michael	Carrie Snodgress – Diary of a Mad Housewife as Tina Balser Jane Alexander – The Great White Hope as Eleanor Bachman Anna Calder-Marshall – Pussycat, Pussycat, I Love You as Millie Marlo Thomas – Jenny as Jenny Angel Tompkins – I Love My Wife as Helene Donnelly

Television[]

Best Show – Drama[]

Medical Center

• The Bold Ones: The Senator
• Marcus Welby, M.D.
• The Mod Squad
• The Young Lawyers

Best Show – Comedy or Musical[]

The Carol Burnett Show

• The Courtship of Eddie's Father
• Family Affair
• The Glen Campbell Goodtime Hour
• The Partridge Family

Best Actor – Drama Series[]

Peter Graves – Mission: Impossible

• Mike Connors – Mannix
• Chad Everett – Medical Center
• Burt Reynolds – Dan August
• Robert Young – Marcus Welby, M.D.

Best Actress – Drama Series[]

Peggy Lipton – The Mod Squad

• Amanda Blake – Gunsmoke
• Linda Cristal – The High Chaparral
• Yvette Mimieux – The Most Deadly Game
• Denise Nicholas – Room 222

Best Actor – Comedy or Musical Series[]

Flip Wilson – The Flip Wilson Show

• Herschel Bernardi – Arnie
• David Frost – The David Frost Show
• Merv Griffin – The Merv Griffin Show
• Danny Thomas – Make Room for Granddaddy

Best Actress – Comedy or Musical Series[]

Mary Tyler Moore – The Mary Tyler Moore Show

• Carol Burnett – The Carol Burnett Show
• Shirley Jones – The Partridge Family
• Juliet Mills – Nanny and the Professor
• Elizabeth Montgomery – Bewitched

Best Supporting Actor[]

James Brolin – Marcus Welby, M.D.

• Tige Andrews – The Mod Squad
• Michael Constantine – Room 222
• Henry Gibson – Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In
• Zalman King – The Young Lawyers

Best Supporting Actress[]

Gail Fisher – Mannix

• Sue Ane Langdon – Arnie
• Miyoshi Umeki – The Courtship of Eddie's Father
• Karen Valentine – Room 222
• Lesley Ann Warren – Mission: Impossible

References[]

• IMdb 1971 Golden Globe Awards