# 43rd Golden Globe Awards

The 43rd Golden Globe Awards, honoring the best in film and television for 1985, were held on January 24, 1986.

## Winners and nominees
### Film

Best Motion Picture :
| Drama | Comedy or Musical |
| Out of Africa The Color Purple Kiss of the Spider Woman Runaway Train Witness | Prizzi's Honor Back to the Future A Chorus Line Cocoon The Purple Rose of Cairo |
| Best Performance in a Motion Picture – Drama ||
| Actor | Actress |
| Jon Voight – Runaway Train as Oscar "Manny" Manheim Harrison Ford – Witness as Detective Captain John Book Gene Hackman – Twice in a Lifetime as Harry Mackenzie William Hurt – Kiss of the Spider Woman as Luis Molina Raúl Juliá – Kiss of the Spider Woman as Valentin Arregui | Whoopi Goldberg – The Color Purple as Celie Harris Johnson Anne Bancroft – Agnes of God as Miriam Ruth Cher – Mask as Florence "Rusty" Dennis Geraldine Page – The Trip to Bountiful as Carrie Watts Meryl Streep – Out of Africa as Karen Blixen |
| Best Performance in a Motion Picture – Comedy or Musical ||
| Actor | Actress |
| Jack Nicholson – Prizzi's Honor as Charley Partanna Jeff Daniels – The Purple Rose of Cairo as Tom Baxter/Gil Shepherd Griffin Dunne – After Hours as Paul Hackatt Michael J. Fox – Back to the Future as Marty McFly James Garner – Murphy's Romance as Murphy Jones | Kathleen Turner – Prizzi's Honor as Irene Walker Rosanna Arquette – Desperately Seeking Susan as Roberta Glass Glenn Close – Maxie as Jan/Maxie Mia Farrow – The Purple Rose of Cairo as Cecelia Sally Field – Murphy's Romance as Emma Moriarty |
| Best Supporting Performance in a Motion Picture – Drama, Comedy or Musical ||
| Supporting Actor | Supporting Actress |
| Klaus Maria Brandauer – Out of Africa as Baron Bror von Blixen-Finecke Joel Grey – Remo Williams: The Adventure Begins as Chiun John Lone – Year of the Dragon as Joey Tai Eric Roberts – Runaway Train as Buck Eric Stoltz – Mask as Roy L. "Rocky" Dennis | Meg Tilly - Agnes of God as Sister Agnes Sônia Braga - Kiss of the Spider Woman as Leni Lamaison/Marta/Spider Woman Anjelica Huston - Prizzi's Honor as Maerose Prizzi Amy Madigan - Twice in a Lifetime as Sunny Sobel Kelly McGillis - Witness as Rachel Lapp Oprah Winfrey - The Color Purple as Sofia Johnson |
| Other ||
| Best Director | Best Screenplay |
| John Huston – Prizzi's Honor Richard Attenborough – A Chorus Line Sydney Pollack – Out of Africa Steven Spielberg – The Color Purple Peter Weir – Witness | The Purple Rose of Cairo – Woody Allen Back to the Future – Bob Gale and Robert Zemeckis Out of Africa – Kurt Luedtke Prizzi's Honor – Richard Condon and Janet Roach Witness – William Kelley and Earl W. Wallace |
| Best Original Score | Best Original Song |
| Out of Africa – John Barry The Color Purple – Quincy Jones White Nights – Michel Colombier Witness – Maurice Jarre Year of the Dragon – David Mansfield | "Say You, Say Me" (Lionel Richie) – White Nights "The Power of Love" (Huey Lewis and Chris Hayes) – Back to the Future "Rhythm of the Night" (Diane Warren) – The Last Dragon "A View to a Kill" (John Barry, Duran Duran and Bernard Edwards) – A View to a Kill "We Don't Need Another Hero (Thunderdome)" (Terry Britten and Graham Lyle) – Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome |
| Best Foreign Language Film ||
| The Official Story (La historia oficial) (Argentina) Colonel Redl (Oberst Redl) (Hungary) Ran (Japan) When Father Was Away on Business (Otac na sluzbenom putu) (Yugoslavia) The Year of the Quiet Sun (Rok spokojnego slonca) (Poland) ||
The following films received multiple nominations:
| Nominations | Title |
| 6 | Out of Africa |
| 6 | Prizzi's Honor |
| 6 | Witness |
| 5 | The Color Purple |
| 4 | Kiss of the Spider Woman |
| 4 | The Purple Rose of Cairo |
| 3 | Back to the Future |
| 3 | Runaway Train |
| 2 | Agnes of God |
| 2 | A Chorus Line |
| 2 | Mask |
| 2 | Murphy's Romance |
| 2 | Twice in a Lifetime |
| 2 | White Nights |
| 2 | Year of the Dragon |
The following films received multiple wins:
| Wins | Title |
| 4 | Prizzi's Honor |
| 3 | Out of Africa |

### Television

Best Television Series :
| Drama | Comedy or Musical |
| Murder, She Wrote Cagney & Lacey Dynasty Miami Vice St. Elsewhere | The Golden Girls The Cosby Show Family Ties Kate & Allie Moonlighting |
| Best Performance in a Television Series – Drama ||
| Actor | Actress |
| Don Johnson – Miami Vice as Sonny Crockett John Forsythe – Dynasty as Blake Carrington Tom Selleck – Magnum, P.I. as Thomas Magnum Philip Michael Thomas – Miami Vice as Ricardo Tubbs Daniel J. Travanti – Hill Street Blues as Captain Frank Furillo | Sharon Gless – Cagney & Lacey as Christine Cagney Joan Collins – Dynasty as Alexis Carrington Tyne Daly – Cagney & Lacey as Mary Beth Lacey Linda Evans – Dynasty as Krystle Carrington Angela Lansbury – Murder, She Wrote as Jessica Fletcher |
| Best Performance in a Television Series – Comedy or Musical ||
| Actor | Actress |
| Bill Cosby – The Cosby Show as Cliff Huxtable Tony Danza – Who's the Boss? as Tony Micelli Michael J. Fox – Family Ties as Alex P. Keaton Bob Newhart – Newhart as Dick Loudon Bruce Willis – Moonlighting as David Addison | Estelle Getty – The Golden Girls as Sophia Petrillo Cybill Shepherd – Moonlighting as Maddie Hayes Beatrice Arthur – The Golden Girls as Dorothy Zbornak Rue McClanahan – The Golden Girls as Blanche Devereaux Betty White – The Golden Girls as Rose Nylund |
| Best Performance in a Miniseries or Television Film ||
| Actor | Actress |
| Dustin Hoffman – Death of a Salesman as Willy Loman Richard Chamberlain – Wallenberg: A Hero's Story as Raoul Wallenberg Richard Crenna – The Rape of Richard Beck as Richard Beck Kirk Douglas – Amos as Amos Lasher Peter Strauss – Kane & Abel as Abel Rosnovski | Liza Minnelli – A Time to Live as Mary-Lou Weisman Peggy Ashcroft – The Jewel in the Crown as Barbara Batchelor Gena Rowlands – An Early Frost as Katherine Pierson Marlo Thomas – Consenting Adult as Tess Lynd Joanne Woodward – Do You Remember Love as Barbara Wyatt-Hollis |
| Best Supporting Performance - TV Series, Miniseries or Television Film ||
| Supporting Actor | Supporting Actress |
| Edward James Olmos – Miami Vice as Lieutenant Martin Castillo Ed Begley Jr. – St. Elsewhere as Dr. Victor Ehrlich David Carradine – North and South as Justin LaMotte Richard Farnsworth – Chase as Jude Grand Pettitt John James – Dynasty as Jeff Colby John Malkovich – Death of a Salesman as Biff Loman Pat Morita – Amos as Tommy Tanaka Bruce Weitz – Hill Street Blues as Sergeant Michael "Mick" Belker | Sylvia Sidney – An Early Frost as Beatrice McKenna Lesley-Anne Down – North and South as Madeline Fabray Katherine Helmond – Who's the Boss? as Mona Robinson Kate Reid – Death of a Salesman as Linda Loman Inga Swenson – Benson as Gretchen Kraus |
| Best Miniseries or Television Film ||
| The Jewel in the Crown Amos Death of a Salesman Do You Remember Love An Early Frost ||
The following programs received multiple nominations:
| Nominations | Title |
| 5 | The Golden Girls |
| 4 | Death of a Salesman |
| 4 | Dynasty |
| 3 | Amos |
| 3 | Cagney & Lacey |
| 3 | An Early Frost |
| 3 | Miami Vice |
| 3 | Moonlighting |
| 2 | The Cosby Show |
| 2 | Do You Remember Love |
| 2 | Family Ties |
| 2 | Hill Street Blues |
| 2 | The Jewel in the Crown |
| 2 | Murder, She Wrote |
| 2 | North and South |
| 2 | St. Elsewhere |
| 2 | Who's the Boss? |
The following programs received multiple wins:
| Wins | Title |
| 2 | The Golden Girls |

## Ceremony
### Presenters

* June Allyson
* Shari Belafonte
* Gary Busey
* Barbara Carrera
* Diahann Carroll
* Richard Chamberlain
* Natalie Cole
* Bette Davis
* William Devane
* Kirk Douglas
* Patty Duke
* Faye Dunaway
* Janie Fricke
* Louis Gossett, Jr.
* Raul Julia
* Gladys Knight
* Shelley Long
* Howie Mandel
* Kristy McNichol
* Julia Migenes
* Chuck Norris
* Jennifer O'Neill
* Lou Rawls
* Carl Reiner
* Cesar Romero
* Robert Stack
* Peter Strauss