# 30th Golden Globe Awards

The 30th Golden Globe Awards, honoring the best in film and television for 1972, were held on 28 January 1973.

## Winners and nominees
### Film

Best Motion Picture :
| Drama | Comedy or Musical |
| The Godfather Deliverance Frenzy The Poseidon Adventure Sleuth | Cabaret Avanti! Butterflies Are Free 1776 Travels with My Aunt |
| Best Performance in a Motion Picture – Drama ||
| Actor | Actress |
| Marlon Brando – The Godfather as Vito Corleone Michael Caine – Sleuth as Milo Tindle Laurence Olivier – Sleuth as Andrew Wyke Al Pacino – The Godfather as Michael Corleone Jon Voight – Deliverance as Ed | Liv Ullmann – The Emigrants as Kristina Diana Ross – Lady Sings the Blues as Billie Holiday Cicely Tyson – Sounder as Rebecca Morgan Trish Van Devere – One Is a Lonely Number as Aimee Brower Tuesday Weld – Play It as It Lays as Maria Wyeth Joanne Woodward – The Effect of Gamma Rays on Man-in-the-Moon Marigolds as Beatric Hunsdorfer |
| Best Performance in a Motion Picture – Comedy or Musical ||
| Actor | Actress |
| Jack Lemmon – Avanti! as Wendell Armbruster Edward Albert – Butterflies Are Free as Don Baker Charles Grodin – The Heartbreak Kid as Lenny Cantrow Walter Matthau – Pete 'n' Tillie as Pete Peter O'Toole – Man of La Mancha as Don Quixote de la Mancha / Miguel de Cervantes | Liza Minnelli – Cabaret as Sally Bowles Carol Burnett – Pete 'n' Tillie as Tillie Goldie Hawn – Butterflies Are Free as Jill Tanner Juliet Mills – Avanti! as Pamela Piggott Maggie Smith – Travels with My Aunt as Augusta Bertram |
| Best Supporting Performance in a Motion Picture – Drama, Comedy or Musical ||
| Supporting Actor | Supporting Actress |
| Joel Grey – Cabaret as Master of Ceremonies James Caan – The Godfather as Sonny Corleone James Coco – Man of La Mancha as Sancho Panza Alec McCowen – Travels with My Aunt as Henry Pulling Clive Revill – Avanti! as Carlo Carlucci | Shelley Winters – The Poseidon Adventure as Belle Rosen Marisa Berenson – Cabaret as Natalia Landauer Jeannie Berlin – The Heartbreak Kid as Lila Kolodny Helena Kallianiotes – Kansas City Bomber as Jackie Burdette Geraldine Page – Pete 'n' Tillie as Gertrude |
| Other ||
| Best Director | Best Screenplay |
| Francis Ford Coppola – The Godfather John Boorman – Deliverance Bob Fosse – Cabaret Alfred Hitchcock – Frenzy Billy Wilder – Avanti! | The Godfather – Francis Ford Coppola and Mario Puzo Avanti! – I. A. L. Diamond and Billy Wilder Cabaret – Jay Presson Allen Deliverance – James Dickey Frenzy – Anthony Shaffer The Heartbreak Kid – Neil Simon |
| Best Original Score | Best Original Song |
| The Godfather – Nino Rota Frenzy – Ron Goodwin The Getaway – Quincy Jones Lady Sings the Blues – Michel Legrand The Poseidon Adventure – John Williams | "Ben" (Don Black, Walter Scharf) – Ben "Carry Me" (Bob Alcivar, Randy McNeill) – Butterflies Are Free "Dueling Banjos" (Arthur Smith, Eric Weissberg) – Deliverance "Marmalade, Molasses and Honey" (Maurice Jarre, Alan and Marilyn Bergman) – The Life and Times of Judge Roy Bean "Mein Herr" (John Kander, Frank Ebb) – Cabaret "Money, Money" (John Kander, Frank Ebb) – Cabaret "The Morning After" (Al Kasha, Joel Hirschhorn) – The Poseidon Adventure "Take Me Home" (Johnny Mandel, Alan and Marilyn Bergman) – Molly and Lawless John |
| Best Foreign Film (English Language) | Best Foreign Film (Foreign Language) |
| Young Winston Images Living Free The Ruling Class Zee and Co. | The Emigrants (Sweden) The New Land (Sweden) Cries and Whispers (Sweden) The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie (France) Mirage (Peru) Roma (Italy) |
| New Star of the Year – Actor | New Star of the Year – Actress |
| Edward Albert – Butterflies Are Free as Don Baker Frederic Forrest – When the Legends Die as Tom Black Bull Kevin Hooks – Sounder as David Lee Michael Sacks – Slaughterhouse-Five as Billy Pilgrim Simon Ward – Young Winston as Winston Churchill | Diana Ross – Lady Sings the Blues as Billie Holiday Sian Barbara Allen – You'll Like My Mother as Kathleen Marisa Berenson – Cabaret as Natalia Landauer Mary Costa – The Great Waltz as Jetty Treffz Madeline Kahn – What's Up, Doc? as Eunice Burns Victoria Principal – The Life and Times of Judge Roy Bean as Maria Elena |
| Best Documentary Film ||
| Elvis on Tour Walls of Fire Marjoe Russia Sapporo Winter Olympic Games ||
The following films received multiple nominations:
| Nominations | Title |
| 9 | Cabaret |
| 7 | The Godfather |
| 6 | Avanti! |
| 5 | Butterflies Are Free |
| 5 | Deliverance |
| 4 | Frenzy |
| 4 | The Poseidon Adventure |
| 3 | The Heartbreak Kid |
| 3 | Lady Sings the Blues |
| 3 | Pete 'n' Tillie |
| 3 | Sleuth |
| 3 | Travels with My Aunt |
| 2 | The Emigrants |
| 2 | The Life and Times of Judge Roy Bean |
| 2 | Man of La Mancha |
| 2 | Sounder |
| 2 | Young Winston |
The following films received multiple wins:
| Wins | Title |
| 5 | The Godfather |
| 3 | Cabaret |
| 2 | The Emigrants |

### Television

Best Television Series :
| Drama | Musical or Comedy |
| Columbo America Mannix Medical Center The Waltons | All in the Family M*A*S*H The Mary Tyler Moore Show Maude The Sonny & Cher Comedy Hour |
| Best Performance in a Television Series Drama ||
| Actor | Actress |
| Peter Falk – Columbo as Lt. Columbo Mike Connors – Mannix as Joe Mannix William Conrad – Cannon as Frank Cannon Chad Everett – Medical Center as Dr. Joe Gannon David Hartman – The Bold Ones: The New Doctors as Dr. Paul Hunter Robert Young – Marcus Welby, M.D. as Dr. Marcus Welby | Gail Fisher – Mannix as Peggy Fair Ellen Corby – The Waltons as Esther Walton Anne Jeffreys – The Delphi Bureau as Sybil Van Lowreen Michael Learned – The Waltons as Olivia Walton Peggy Lipton – The Mod Squad as Julie Barnes Susan Saint James – McMillan & Wife as Sally McMillan |
| Best Performance in a Television Series – Musical or Comedy ||
| Actor | Actress |
| Redd Foxx – Sanford and Son as Fred G. Sanford Alan Alda – M*A*S*H as Benjamin Franklin "Hawkeye" Pierce Bill Cosby – The New Bill Cosby Show as Various Characters Paul Lynde – The Paul Lynde Show as Paul Simms Carroll O'Connor – All in the Family as Archie Bunker Flip Wilson – The Flip Wilson Show as Various Characters | Jean Stapleton – All in the Family as Edith Bunker Julie Andrews – The Julie Andrews Hour as Various Characters Bea Arthur – Maude as Maude Findlay Carol Burnett – The Carol Burnett Show as Various Characters Mary Tyler Moore – The Mary Tyler Moore Show as Mary Richards |
| Best Supporting Performance in a Series, Miniseries or Television Film ||
| Supporting Actor | Supporting Actress |
| James Brolin – Marcus Welby, M.D. as Dr. Steven Kiley Ed Asner – The Mary Tyler Moore Show as Lou Grant Ted Knight – The Mary Tyler Moore Show as Ted Baxter Harvey Korman – The Carol Burnett Show as Various Characters Rob Reiner – All in the Family as Michael Stivic | Ruth Buzzi – Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In as Various Characters Susan Dey – The Partridge Family as Laurie Partridge Valerie Harper – The Mary Tyler Moore Show as Rhoda Morgenstern Vicki Lawrence – The Carol Burnett Show as Various Characters Audra Lindley – Bridget Loves Bernie as Amy Fitzgerald Sally Struthers – All in the Family as Gloria Stivic Elena Verdugo – Marcus Welby, M.D. as Consuelo Lopez |
| Best Miniseries or Television Film ||
| That Certain Summer Footsteps The Glass House Kung Fu A War of Children ||
The following programs received multiple nominations:
| Nominations | Title |
| 5 | All in the Family |
| 5 | The Mary Tyler Moore Show |
| 3 | The Carol Burnett Show |
| 3 | Mannix |
| 3 | Marcus Welby, M.D. |
| 3 | The Waltons |
| 2 | Columbo |
| 2 | M*A*S*H |
| 2 | Maude |
| 2 | Medical Center |
The following programs received multiple wins:
| Wins | Title |
| 2 | All in the Family |
| 2 | Columbo |

### Cecil B. DeMille Award

Samuel Goldwyn