# 26th Golden Globe Awards

The 26th Golden Globe Awards, honoring the best in film and television for 1968, were held on February 24, 1969.

## Winners and nominees
### Film

Best Motion Picture :
| Drama | Comedy or Musical |
| The Lion in Winter Charly The Fixer The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter The Shoes of the Fisherman | Oliver! Finian's Rainbow Funny Girl The Odd Couple Yours, Mine and Ours |
| Best Performance in a Motion Picture – Drama ||
| Actor | Actress |
| Peter O'Toole - The Lion in Winter as King Henry II Alan Arkin - The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter as John Singer Alan Bates - The Fixer as Yakov Bok Tony Curtis - The Boston Strangler as Albert DeSalvo Cliff Robertson - Charly as Charlie Gordon | Joanne Woodward - Rachel, Rachel as Rachel Cameron Mia Farrow - Rosemary's Baby as Rosemary Woodhouse Katharine Hepburn - The Lion in Winter as Queen Eleanor of Aquitaine Vanessa Redgrave - Isadora as Isadora Duncan Beryl Reid - The Killing of Sister George as June "George" Buckridge |
| Best Performance in a Motion Picture – Comedy or Musical ||
| Actor | Actress |
| Ron Moody - Oliver! as Fagin Fred Astaire - Finian's Rainbow as Finian McLonergan Jack Lemmon - The Odd Couple as Felix Ungar Walter Matthau - The Odd Couple as Oscar Madison Zero Mostel - The Producers as Max Bialystock | Barbra Streisand - Funny Girl as Fanny Brice Julie Andrews - Star! as Gertrude Lawrence Lucille Ball - Yours, Mine and Ours as Helen North Petula Clark - Finian's Rainbow as Sharon McLongeran Gina Lollobrigida - Buona Sera, Mrs. Campbell as Carla Campbell |
| Best Supporting Performance in a Motion Picture – Drama, Comedy or Musical ||
| Supporting Actor | Supporting Actress |
| Daniel Massey - Star! as Noël Coward Beau Bridges - For Love of Ivy as Tim Austin Ossie Davis - The Scalphunters as Joseph Lee Hugh Griffith - Oliver! as the Magistrate Martin Sheen - The Subject Was Roses as Timmy Cleary | Ruth Gordon - Rosemary's Baby as Minnie Castevet Barbara Hancock - Finian's Rainbow as Susan the Silent Abbey Lincoln - For Love of Ivy as Ivy Moore Sondra Locke - The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter as Mick Kelly Jane Merrow - The Lion in Winter as Alais |
| Other ||
| Best Director | Best Screenplay |
| Paul Newman - Rachel, Rachel Anthony Harvey - The Lion in Winter Carol Reed - Oliver! William Wyler - Funny Girl Franco Zeffirelli - Romeo and Juliet | Charly - Stirling Silliphant The Fixer - Dalton Trumbo The Lion in Winter - James Goldman The Producers - Mel Brooks Rosemary's Baby - Roman Polanski |
| Best Original Score | Best Original Song |
| The Shoes of the Fisherman - Alex North Chitty Chitty Bang Bang - Sherman Brothers The Lion in Winter - John Barry Oliver! - Lionel Bart (declared ineligible and removed from ballot.) Romeo and Juliet - Nino Rota Rosemary's Baby - Krzysztof Komeda The Thomas Crown Affair - Michel Legrand | "The Windmills of Your Mind" (Alan and Marilyn Bergman, Michel Legrand) - The Thomas Crown Affair "Buona Sera, Mrs. Campbell" (Riz Ortolani, Melvin Frank) - Buona Sera, Mrs. Campbell "Chitty Chitty Bang Bang" (Sherman Brothers) - Chitty Chitty Bang Bang "Funny Girl" (Jule Styne, Bob Merrill) - Funny Girl "Star" (Michel Legrand, Jimmy Van Heusen, Sammy Cahn) - Star! |
| Best Foreign Film (English Language) | Best Foreign Film (Foreign Language) |
| Romeo and Juliet (Italy/United Kingdom) Benjamin (France) Buona Sera, Mrs. Campbell (United Kingdom) Joanna (United Kingdom) Poor Cow (United Kingdom) | War and Peace (USSR) The Bride Wore Black (France) I Even Met Happy Gypsies (Yugoslavia) Shame (Sweden) Stolen Kisses (France) |
| New Star of the Year – Actor | New Star of the Year – Actress |
| Leonard Whiting - Romeo and Juliet as Romeo Montague Alan Alda - Paper Lion as George Plimpton Daniel Massey - Star! as Noël Coward Michael Sarrazin - The Sweet Ride as Denny McGuire Jack Wild - Oliver! as The Artful Dodger | Olivia Hussey - Romeo and Juliet as Juliet Capulet Ewa Aulin - Candy as Candy Jacqueline Bisset - The Sweet Ride as Vickie Cartwright Barbara Hancock - Finian's Rainbow as Susan the Silent Sondra Locke - The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter as Mick Kelly Leigh Taylor-Young - I Love You, Alice B. Toklas as Nancy |
The following films received multiple nominations:
| Nominations | Title |
| 7 | The Lion in Winter |
| 5 | Finian's Rainbow |
| 5 | Oliver! |
| 5 | Romeo and Juliet |
| 4 | Funny Girl |
| 4 | The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter |
| 4 | Rosemary's Baby |
| 4 | Star! |
| 3 | Buona Sera, Mrs. Campbell |
| 3 | Charly |
| 3 | The Fixer |
| 3 | The Odd Couple |
| 2 | Chitty Chitty Bang Bang |
| 2 | For Love of Ivy |
| 2 | The Producers |
| 2 | Rachel, Rachel |
| 2 | The Shoes of the Fisherman |
| 2 | The Sweet Ride |
| 2 | The Thomas Crown Affair |
| 2 | Yours, Mine and Ours |
The following films received multiple wins:
| Wins | Title |
| 3 | Romeo and Juliet |
| 2 | The Lion in Winter |
| 2 | Oliver! |
| 2 | Rachel, Rachel |

### Television

Best Television Series :
| Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In The Carol Burnett Show The Doris Day Show Julia The Name of the Game ||
| Best Performance in a Television Series ||
| Actor | Actress |
| Carl Betz - Judd, for the Defense as Clinton Judd Raymond Burr - Ironside as Robert T. Ironside Peter Graves - Mission: Impossible as Jim Phelps Dean Martin - The Dean Martin Show as Himself Efrem Zimbalist Jr. - The F.B.I. as Lewis Erskine | Diahann Carroll - Julia as Julia Baker Doris Day - The Doris Day Show as Doris Martin Hope Lange - The Ghost & Mrs. Muir as Carolyn Muir Elizabeth Montgomery - Bewitched as Samantha Stephens Nancy Sinatra - The Nancy Sinatra Show as Various Characters |
The following programs received multiple nominations:
| Nominations | Title |
| 2 | The Doris Day Show |
| 2 | Julia |

### Cecil B. DeMille Award

Gregory Peck