# 42nd Golden Globe Awards

The 42nd Golden Globe Awards, honoring the best in film and television for 1984, were held on January 27, 1985.

## Winners and nominees
### Film

Best Motion Picture :
| Drama | Comedy or Musical |
| Amadeus The Cotton Club The Killing Fields Places in the Heart A Soldier's Story | Romancing the Stone Beverly Hills Cop Ghostbusters Micki & Maude Splash |
| Best Performance in a Motion Picture – Drama ||
| Actor | Actress |
| F. Murray Abraham – Amadeus as Antonio Salieri Jeff Bridges – Starman as Starman/Scott Hayden Albert Finney – Under the Volcano as Geoffrey Firmin Tom Hulce – Amadeus as Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Sam Waterston – The Killing Fields as Sydney Schanberg | Sally Field – Places in the Heart as Edna Spalding Diane Keaton – Mrs. Soffel as Kate Soffel Jessica Lange – Country as Jewell Ivy Vanessa Redgrave – The Bostonians as Olive Chancellor Sissy Spacek – The River as Mae Garvey |
| Best Performance in a Motion Picture – Comedy or Musical ||
| Actor | Actress |
| Dudley Moore – Micki & Maude as Rob Salinger Steve Martin – All of Me as Roger Cobb Eddie Murphy – Beverly Hills Cop as Axel Foley Bill Murray – Ghostbusters as Peter Venkman Robin Williams – Moscow on the Hudson as Vladimir Ivanov | Kathleen Turner – Romancing the Stone as Joan Wilder Anne Bancroft – Garbo Talks as Estelle Rolfe Mia Farrow – Broadway Danny Rose as Tina Vitale Shelley Long – Irreconcilable Differences as Lucy Van Patten Brodsky Lily Tomlin – All of Me as Edwina Cutwater |
| Best Supporting Performance in a Motion Picture – Drama, Comedy or Musical ||
| Supporting Actor | Supporting Actress |
| Haing S. Ngor – The Killing Fields as Dith Pran Adolph Caesar – A Soldier's Story as Sgt. Waters Richard Crenna – The Flamingo Kid as Phil Brody Jeffrey Jones – Amadeus as Emperor Joseph II Pat Morita – The Karate Kid as Mr. Miyagi | Peggy Ashcroft – A Passage to India as Mrs. Moore Drew Barrymore – Irreconcilable Differences as Casey Brodsky Kim Basinger – The Natural as Memo Paris Jacqueline Bisset – Under the Volcano as Yvonne Firmin Melanie Griffith – Body Double as Holly Body Christine Lahti – Swing Shift as Hazel Zanussi Lesley Ann Warren – Songwriter as Gilda |
| Other ||
| Best Director | Best Screenplay |
| Miloš Forman – Amadeus Francis Ford Coppola – The Cotton Club Roland Joffé – The Killing Fields David Lean – A Passage to India Sergio Leone – Once Upon a Time in America | Amadeus – Peter Shaffer The Killing Fields – Bruce Robinson A Passage to India – David Lean Places in the Heart – Robert Benton A Soldier's Story – Charles Fuller |
| Best Original Score | Best Original Song |
| A Passage to India – Maurice Jarre The Killing Fields – Mike Oldfield Once Upon a Time in America – Ennio Morricone The River – John Williams Starman – Jack Nitzsche | "I Just Called to Say I Love You" (Stevie Wonder) – The Woman in Red "Against All Odds (Take a Look at Me Now)" (Phil Collins) – Against All Odds "Footloose" (Kenny Loggins, Dean Pitchford) – Footloose "Ghostbusters" (Ray Parker Jr.) – Ghostbusters "No More Lonely Nights" (Paul McCartney) – Give My Regards to Broad Street "When Doves Cry" (Prince) – Purple Rain |
| Best Foreign Film ||
| A Passage to India (UK) Carmen (France) Dangerous Moves (Switzerland) Paris, Texas (West Germany/France) A Sunday in the Country (France) ||
The following films received multiple nominations:
| Nominations | Title |
| 6 | The Killing Fields |
| 5 | Amadeus |
| 5 | A Passage to India |
| 3 | Ghostbusters |
| 3 | Places in the Heart |
| 3 | A Soldier's Story |
| 2 | All of Me |
| 2 | Beverly Hills Cop |
| 2 | The Cotton Club |
| 2 | Irreconcilable Differences |
| 2 | Micki & Maude |
| 2 | The River |
| 2 | Romancing the Stone |
| 2 | Starman |
| 2 | Under the Volcano |
The following films received multiple wins:
| Wins | Title |
| 4 | Amadeus |
| 3 | A Passage to India |
| 2 | Romancing the Stone |

### Television

Best Television Series :
| Drama | Musical or Comedy |
| Murder, She Wrote Cagney & Lacey Dynasty Hill Street Blues St. Elsewhere | The Cosby Show Cheers Fame The Jeffersons Kate & Allie |
| Best Performance in a Television Series – Drama ||
| Actor | Actress |
| Tom Selleck - Magnum, P.I. as Thomas Sullivan Magnum III James Brolin - Hotel as Peter McDermott John Forsythe - Dynasty as Blake Carrington Larry Hagman - Dallas as J.R. Ewing Stacy Keach - Mickey Spillane's Mike Hammer as Mike Hammer Daniel J. Travanti - Hill Street Blues as Captain Francis "Frank" Furillo | Angela Lansbury - Murder, She Wrote as Jessica Fletcher Joan Collins - Dynasty as Alexis Colby Tyne Daly - Cagney & Lacey as Det. Marry Beth Lacey Linda Evans - Dynasty as Krystle Carrington Sharon Gless - Cagney & Lacey as Det. Sgt. Christine Cagney Kate Jackson - Scarecrow and Mrs. King as Amanda King |
| Best Performance in a Television Series – Musical or Comedy ||
| Actor | Actress |
| Bill Cosby - The Cosby Show as Dr. Heathcliff "Cliff" Huxtable Ted Danson - Cheers as Sam Malone Robert Guillaume - Benson as Benson DuBois Sherman Hemsley - The Jeffersons as George Jefferson Bob Newhart - Newhart as Dick Loudon | Shelley Long - Cheers as Diane Chambers Debbie Allen - Fame as Lydia Grant Nell Carter - Gimme a Break! as Nellie "Nell" Ruth Harper Susan Clark - Webster as Katherine Calder-Young Papadopolis Jane Curtin - Kate & Allie as Allie Lowell Isabel Sanford - The Jeffersons as Louise Jefferson |
| Best Performance in a Miniseries or Television Film ||
| Actor | Actress |
| Ted Danson - Something About Amelia as Steven Bennett James Garner - Heartsounds as Harold Lear Sam Neill - Reilly: Ace of Spies as Sidney Reilly Jason Robards - Sakharov as Andrei Sakharov Treat Williams - A Streetcar Named Desire as Stanley Kowalski | Ann-Margret - A Streetcar Named Desire as Blanche DuBois Glenn Close - Something About Amelia as Gail Bennett Farrah Fawcett - The Burning Bed as Francine Hughes Jane Fonda - The Dollmaker as Gertie Glenda Jackson - Sakharov as Yelena Bonner |
| Best Supporting Performance in a Series, Miniseries or Television Film ||
| Supporting Actor | Supporting Actress |
| Paul Le Mat - The Burning Bed as James Berlin "Mickey" Hughes Pierce Brosnan - Nancy Astor as Robert Gould Shaw John Hillerman - Magnum, P.I. as Johnathan Quayle Higgins III Ben Vereen - Ellis Island as Roscoe Haines Bruce Weitz - Hill Street Blues as Det. Mick Belker | Faye Dunaway - Ellis Island as Maud Chareris Selma Diamond - Night Court as Selma Hacker Marla Gibbs - The Jeffersons as Florence Johnston Gina Lollobrigida - Falcon Crest as Francesca Gioberti Rhea Perlman - Cheers as Carla Tortelli Roxana Zal - Something About Amelia as Amelia Bennett |
| Best Miniseries or Television Film ||
| Something About Amelia The Burning Bed The Dollmaker Sakharov A Streetcar Named Desire ||
The following programs received multiple nominations:
| Nominations | Title |
| 4 | Cheers |
| 4 | The Jeffersons |
| 4 | Something About Amelia |
| 3 | The Burning Bed |
| 3 | Cagney & Lacey |
| 3 | Dynasty |
| 3 | Hill Street Blues |
| 3 | Sakharov |
| 3 | A Streetcar Named Desire |
| 2 | The Cosby Show |
| 2 | The Dollmaker |
| 2 | Fame |
| 2 | Kate & Allie |
| 2 | Magnum P.I. |
| 2 | Murder, She Wrote |
The following programs received multiple wins:
| Wins | Title |
| 2 | The Cosby Show |
| 2 | Murder, She Wrote |
| 2 | Something About Amelia |

## Ceremony
### Presenters

* Christopher Atkins
* Karen Black
* Bruce Boxleitner
* Sonia Braga
* Eileen Brennan
* Diahann Carroll
* Lynda Carter
* Nell Carter
* Joanna Cassidy
* Mary Crosby
* Jamie Lee Curtis
* Angie Dickinson
* Faye Dunaway
* Morgan Fairchild
* Peter Falk
* Peter Fonda
* Glenn Ford
* Elliott Gould
* Stewart Granger
* Engelbert Humperdinck
* Ann Jillian
* Howard Keel
* Kris Kristofferson
* Diane Lane
* Cloris Leachman
* Rich Little
* Tony Lo Bianco
* Rob Lowe
* Marilyn McCoo
* Donna Mills
* Liza Minnelli
* Michael Pare
* Nia Peeples
* George Peppard
* Alfonso Ribeiro
* Ricky Schroder
* William Shatner
* Brooke Shields
* Andrew Stevens
* Cicely Tyson

### Cecil B. DeMille Award

Elizabeth Taylor