# 49th Golden Globe Awards

The 49th Golden Globe Awards, honoring the best in film and television for 1991, were held on January 18, 1992 at the Beverly Hilton. The nominations were announced on December 27, 1991.

## Winners and nominees
### Film

Best Motion Picture :
| Drama | Musical or Comedy |
| Bugsy JFK The Prince of Tides The Silence of the Lambs Thelma & Louise | Beauty and the Beast City Slickers The Commitments The Fisher King Fried Green Tomatoes |
| Best Performance in a Motion Picture – Drama ||
| Actor | Actress |
| Nick Nolte – The Prince of Tides as Tom Wingo Warren Beatty – Bugsy as Benjamin "Bugsy" Siegel Kevin Costner – JFK as Jim Garrison Robert De Niro – Cape Fear as Max Cady Anthony Hopkins – The Silence of the Lambs as Hannibal Lecter | Jodie Foster – The Silence of the Lambs as Clarice Starling Annette Bening – Bugsy as Virginia Hill Geena Davis – Thelma & Louise as Thelma Dickinson Laura Dern – Rambling Rose as Rose Susan Sarandon – Thelma & Louise as Louise Sawyer |
| Best Performance in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy ||
| Actor | Actress |
| Robin Williams – The Fisher King as Parry Jeff Bridges – The Fisher King as Jack Lucas Billy Crystal – City Slickers as Mitch Robbins Dustin Hoffman – Hook as Captain Hook Kevin Kline – Soapdish as Jeffrey Anderson | Bette Midler – For the Boys as Dixie Leonard Ellen Barkin – Switch as Amanda Brooks Kathy Bates – Fried Green Tomatoes as Evelyn Couch Anjelica Huston – The Addams Family as Morticia Addams Michelle Pfeiffer – Frankie and Johnny as Frankie |
| Best Supporting Performance in a Motion Picture – Drama, Musical or Comedy ||
| Supporting Actor | Supporting Actress |
| Jack Palance – City Slickers as Curly Washburn Ned Beatty – Hear My Song as Josef "Jo" Locke John Goodman – Barton Fink as Charlie Meadows Harvey Keitel – Bugsy as Mickey Cohen Ben Kingsley – Bugsy as Meyer Lansky | Mercedes Ruehl – The Fisher King as Anne Napolitano Nicole Kidman – Billy Bathgate as Drew Preston Diane Ladd – Rambling Rose as Mrs. Hillyer Juliette Lewis – Cape Fear as Danielle "Danny" Bowden Jessica Tandy – Fried Green Tomatoes as Ninny Threadgoode |
| Best Director | Best Screenplay |
| Oliver Stone – JFK Barry Levinson – Bugsy Jonathan Demme – The Silence of the Lambs Terry Gilliam – The Fisher King Barbra Streisand – The Prince of Tides | Thelma & Louise – Callie Khouri Bugsy – James Toback Grand Canyon – Lawrence Kasdan and Meg Kasdan JFK – Zachary Sklar and Oliver Stone The Silence of the Lambs – Ted Tally |
| Best Original Score | Best Original Song |
| Beauty and the Beast – Alan Menken At Play in the Fields of the Lord – Zbigniew Preisner Bugsy – Ennio Morricone Dead Again – Patrick Doyle For the Boys – Dave Grusin Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves – Michael Kamen | "Beauty and the Beast" performed by Peabo Bryson and Céline Dion – Beauty and the Beast "Be Our Guest" performed by Angela Lansbury and Jerry Orbach – Beauty and the Beast "Dreams to Dream" – An American Tail: Fievel Goes West "(Everything I Do) I Do It for You" – Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves "Tears in Heaven" performed by Eric Clapton – Rush |
| Best Foreign Language Film | |
| Europa, Europa, Germany The Double Life of Véronique (La double vie de Véronique), France High Heels (Tacones lejanos), Spain Lost in Siberia (Zateryannyy v Sibiri), USSR Madame Bovary, France Nikita, France | |
The following films received multiple nominations:
| Nominations | Title |
| 8 | Bugsy |
| 5 | The Fisher King |
| 5 | The Silence of the Lambs |
| 4 | Beauty and the Beast |
| 4 | JFK |
| 4 | Thelma & Louise |
| 3 | City Slickers |
| 3 | Fried Green Tomatoes |
| 3 | The Prince of Tides |
| 2 | Cape Fear |
| 2 | For the Boys |
| 2 | Rambling Rose |
| 2 | Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves |
The following films received multiple wins:
| Wins | Title |
| 3 | Beauty and the Beast |
| 2 | The Fisher King |

### Television

Best Television Series :
| Best Series – Drama | Best Series – Comedy or Musical |
| Northern Exposure Beverly Hills, 90210 I'll Fly Away L.A. Law Law & Order | Brooklyn Bridge Cheers Evening Shade The Golden Girls Murphy Brown |
| Best Lead Actor in a Television Series ||
| Best Actor – Drama Series | Best Actor – Comedy or Musical Series |
| Scott Bakula – Quantum Leap Mark Harmon – Reasonable Doubts James Earl Jones – Pros & Cons Rob Morrow – Northern Exposure Carroll O'Connor – In the Heat of the Night Sam Waterston – I'll Fly Away | Burt Reynolds – Evening Shade Ted Danson – Cheers Neil Patrick Harris – Doogie Howser, M.D. Craig T. Nelson – Coach Ed O'Neill – Married... with Children |
| Best Lead Actress in a Television Series ||
| Best Actress – Drama Series | Best Actress – Comedy or Musical Series |
| Angela Lansbury – Murder, She Wrote Susan Dey – L.A. Law Sharon Gless – The Trials of Rosie O'Neill Marlee Matlin – Reasonable Doubts Janine Turner – Northern Exposure | Candice Bergen – Murphy Brown Kirstie Alley – Cheers Jamie Lee Curtis – Anything But Love Roseanne Barr – Roseanne Katey Sagal – Married... with Children |
| Best Supporting Performance – Series, Miniseries or Television Film ||
| Best Supporting Actor – Series, Miniseries or Television Film | Best Supporting Actress – Series, Miniseries or Television Film |
| Louis Gossett Jr. – The Josephine Baker Story Larry Drake – L.A. Law Michael Jeter – Evening Shade Richard Kiley – Separate but Equal Dean Stockwell – Quantum Leap | Amanda Donohoe – L.A. Law Sammi Davis – Homefront Faith Ford – Murphy Brown Estelle Getty – The Golden Girls Park Overall – Empty Nest Rhea Perlman – Cheers Jean Stapleton – Fire in the Dark |
| Best Actor – Miniseries or Television Movie | Best Actress – Miniseries or Television Movie |
| Beau Bridges – Without Warning: The James Brady Story Sam Elliott – Conagher Peter Falk – Columbo and the Murder of a Rock Star Sam Neill – One Against the Wind Sidney Poitier – Separate but Equal | Judy Davis – One Against the Wind Glenn Close – Sarah, Plain and Tall Sally Kirkland – The Haunted Jessica Tandy – The Story Lady Lynn Whitfield – The Josephine Baker Story |
| Best Miniseries or Television Movie | |
| One Against the Wind In a Child's Name The Josephine Baker Story Sarah, Plain and Tall Separate But Equal | |
The following programs received multiple nominations:
| Nominations | Title |
| 4 | Cheers |
| 4 | L.A. Law |
| 3 | Evening Shade |
| 3 | Murphy Brown |
| 3 | One Against the Wind |
| 3 | Separate but Equal |
| 2 | The Golden Girls |
| 2 | I'll Fly Away |
| 2 | The Josephine Baker Story |
| 2 | Married... with Children |
| 2 | Northern Exposure |
| 2 | Quantum Leap |
| 2 | Reasonable Doubts |
| 2 | Sarah, Plain and Tall |
The following films and programs received multiple wins:
| Wins | Title |
| 2 | One Against the Wind |

## Ceremony
### Presenters

* Kathy Bates
* Corbin Bernsen
* Michael Caine
* Bruce Davison
* Shannen Doherty
* Charles Durning
* Valeria Golino
* John Goodman
* Rutger Hauer
* Jeremy Irons
* Piper Laurie
* Jennifer Jason Leigh
* Kyle MacLachlan
* Kate Nelligan
* Luke Perry
* Jason Priestley
* Aidan Quinn
* Mimi Rogers
* Jane Russell
* Arnold Schwarzenegger
* Patricia Wettig

### Cecil B. DeMille Award

Robert Mitchum

### Miss Golden Globe

Joely Fisher (daughter of Connie Fisher & Eddie Fisher)

## Awards breakdown

The following networks received multiple nominations:
| Nominations | Network |
| 20 | NBC |
| 16 | CBS |
| 9 | ABC |
| 4 | Fox |
| 2 | HBO |
The following networks received multiple wins:
| Wins | Network |
| 2 | CBS |