# 37th Golden Globe Awards

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) ||
The following films received multiple nominations:
| Nominations | Title |
| 8 | Kramer vs. Kramer |
| 6 | Being There |
| 5 | The China Syndrome |
| 5 | The Rose |
| 5 | 10 |
| 4 | Apocalypse Now |
| 4 | Breaking Away |
| 4 | Starting Over |
| 3 | Norma Rae |
| 2 | The Champ |
| 2 | Chapter Two |
| 2 | Hair |
| 2 | Ice Castles |
| 2 | A Little Romance |
| 2 | Promises in the Dark |
| 2 | Yanks |
The following films received multiple wins:
| Wins | Title |
| 4 | Kramer vs. Kramer |
| 3 | Apocalypse Now |
| 3 | The Rose |
| 2 | Being There |

### Television

Best Television Series :
| Drama | Musical or Comedy |
| Lou Grant Backstairs at the White House Centennial Dallas The Rockford Files Roots: The Next Generations | Alice (TIE) Taxi (TIE) The Associates The Love Boat M*A*S*H |
| Best Performance in a Television Series Drama ||
| Actor | Actress |
| Ed Asner - Lou Grant as Lou Grant Richard Chamberlain - Centennial as Alexander McKeag Erik Estrada - CHiPs as Officer Francis Llewellyn 'Ponch' Poncherello James Garner - The Rockford Files as Jim Rockford John Houseman - The Paper Chase as Professor Charles W. Kingsfield, Jr. Martin Sheen - Blind Ambition as John Dean Robert Urich - Vega$ as Dan Tanna Robert Wagner - Hart to Hart as Jonathan Hart | Natalie Wood - From Here to Eternity as Karen Holmes Barbara Bel Geddes - Dallas as Miss Ellie Ewing Kate Mulgrew - Mrs. Columbo as Kate Columbo Stefanie Powers - Hart to Hart as Jennifer Hart Sada Thompson - Family as Kate Lawrence |
| Best Performance in a Television Series – Musical or Comedy ||
| Actor | Actress |
| Alan Alda - M*A*S*H as Benjamin Franklin "Hawkeye" Pierce Judd Hirsch - Taxi as Alex Reiger Wilfrid Hyde-White - The Associates as Emerson Marshall John Ritter - Three's Company as Jack Tripper Robin Williams - Mork & Mindy as Mork | Linda Lavin - Alice as Alice Hyatt Penny Marshall - Laverne & Shirley as Laverne DeFazio Donna Pescow - Angie as Angie Falco Jean Stapleton - All in the Family as Edith Bunker Loretta Swit - M*A*S*H as Margaret "Hot Lips" Houlihan (Penobscott) |
| Best Supporting Performance in a Series, Miniseries or Television Film ||
| Supporting Actor | Supporting Actress |
| Danny DeVito - Taxi as Louie De Palma (TIE) Vic Tayback - Alice as Mel Sharples (TIE) Jeff Conaway - Taxi as Bobby Wheeler Andy Kaufman - Taxi as Latka Gravas David Doyle - Charlie's Angels as John Bosley | Polly Holliday - Alice as Florence "Flo" Castleberry Loni Anderson - WKRP in Cincinnati as Jennifer Marlowe Marilu Henner - Taxi as Elaine O'Connor Nardo Beth Howland - Alice as Vera Gorman Novak Linda Kelsey - Lou Grant as Billie Newman |
| Best Miniseries or Television Film ||
| All Quiet on the Western Front Elvis Friendly Fire Like Normal People The Miracle Worker ||
The following programs received multiple nominations:
| Nominations | Title |
| 6 | Taxi |
| 5 | Alice |
| 3 | Lou Grant |
| 3 | M*A*S*H |
| 2 | Centennial |
| 2 | Dallas |
| 2 | Hart to Hart |
| 2 | The Rockford Files |
The following programs received multiple wins:
| Wins | Title |
| 4 | Alice |
| 2 | Lou Grant |
| 2 | Taxi |

### Cecil B. DeMille Award

Henry Fonda