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
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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[]

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)

Television[]

Best Series - Drama[]

Lou Grant

• Backstairs at the White House
• Centennial
• Dallas
• Roots: The Next Generations
• The Rockford Files

Best Series - Comedy or Musical[]

Alice (tie)
Taxi (tie)

• M*A*S*H
• The Love Boat
• The Associates

Best Motion Picture Made for Television[]

All Quiet on the Western Front

• Elvis
• Friendly Fire
• Like Normal People
• The Miracle Worker

Best Actor – Drama Series[]

Ed Asner – Lou Grant

• Richard Chamberlain – Centennial
• Erik Estrada – CHiPs
• James Garner – The Rockford Files
• John Houseman – The Paper Chase
• Martin Sheen – Blind Ambition
• Robert Urich – Vega$
• Robert Wagner – Hart to Hart

Best Actress – Drama Series[]

Natalie Wood – From Here to Eternity

• Barbara Bel Geddes – Dallas
• Kate Mulgrew – Mrs. Columbo
• Stefanie Powers – Hart to Hart
• Sada Thompson – Family

Best Actor – Comedy or Musical Series[]

Alan Alda – M*A*S*H

• Judd Hirsch – Taxi
• Wilfrid Hyde-White – The Associates
• John Ritter – Three's Company
• Robin Williams – Mork & Mindy

Best Actress – Comedy or Musical Series[]

Linda Lavin – Alice

• Penny Marshall – Laverne & Shirley
• Donna Pescow – Angie
• Jean Stapleton – All in the Family
• Loretta Swit – M*A*S*H

Best Supporting Actor[]

Danny DeVito – Taxi (tie)
Vic Tayback – Alice (tie)

• Jeff Conaway – Taxi
• Tony Danza – Taxi
• David Doyle – Charlie's Angels

Best Supporting Actress[]

Polly Holliday – Alice

• Loni Anderson – WKRP in Cincinnati
• Marilu Henner – Taxi
• Beth Howland – Alice
• Linda Kelsey – Lou Grant

See also[]

• 52nd Academy Awards
• 31st Primetime Emmy Awards
• 32nd Primetime Emmy Awards
• 33rd British Academy Film Awards
• 34th Tony Awards
• 1979 in film
• 1979 in television

References[]

• IMdb 1980 Golden Globe Awards