# 29th Golden Globe Awards

The 29th Golden Globe Awards, honoring the best in film and television for 1971, were held on February 6, 1972.

## Winners and nominees
### Film

Best Motion Picture :
| Drama | Comedy or Musical |
| The French Connection A Clockwork Orange The Last Picture Show Mary, Queen of Scots Summer of '42 | Fiddler on the Roof The Boy Friend Kotch A New Leaf Plaza Suite |
| Best Performance in a Motion Picture – Drama ||
| Actor | Actress |
| Gene Hackman – The French Connection as Det. Jimmy "Popeye" Doyle Peter Finch – Sunday Bloody Sunday as Daniel Hirsh Malcolm McDowell – A Clockwork Orange as Alex DeLarge Jack Nicholson – Carnal Knowledge as Jonathan Fuerst George C. Scott – The Hospital as Dr. Herbert Bock | Jane Fonda – Klute as Bree Daniels Dyan Cannon – Such Good Friends as Julie Messinger Glenda Jackson – Mary, Queen of Scots as Queen Elizabeth I Vanessa Redgrave – Mary, Queen of Scots as Mary, Queen of Scots Jessica Walter – Play Misty for Me as Evelyn Draper |
| Best Performance in a Motion Picture – Comedy or Musical ||
| Actor | Actress |
| Topol – Fiddler on the Roof as Tevye Bud Cort – Harold and Maude as Harold Chasen Dean Jones – The Million Dollar Duck as Professor Dooley Walter Matthau – Kotch as Joseph P. Kotcher Gene Wilder – Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory as Willy Wonka | Twiggy – The Boy Friend as Polly Browne Sandy Duncan – Star Spangled Girl as Amy Cooper Ruth Gordon – Harold and Maude as Maude Chardin Angela Lansbury – Bedknobs and Broomsticks as Eglantine Price Elaine May – A New Leaf as Henrietta Lowell |
| Best Supporting Performance in a Motion Picture – Drama, Comedy or Musical ||
| Supporting Actor | Supporting Actress |
| Ben Johnson – The Last Picture Show as Sam the Lion Tom Baker – Nicholas and Alexandra as Rasputin Art Garfunkel – Carnal Knowledge as Sandy Paul Mann – Fiddler on the Roof as Lazar Wolf Jan-Michael Vincent – Going Home as Jimmy Graham | Ann-Margret – Carnal Knowledge as Bobbie Ellen Burstyn – The Last Picture Show as Lois Farrow Cloris Leachman – The Last Picture Show as Ruth Popper Diana Rigg – The Hospital as Barbara Drummond Maureen Stapleton – Plaza Suite as Karen Nash |
| Other ||
| Best Director | Best Screenplay |
| William Friedkin – The French Connection Peter Bogdanovich – The Last Picture Show Norman Jewison – Fiddler on the Roof Stanley Kubrick – A Clockwork Orange Robert Mulligan – Summer of '42 | The Hospital – Paddy Chayefsky The French Connection – Ernest Tidyman Klute – Andy and Dave Lewis Kotch – John Paxton Mary, Queen of Scots – John Hale |
| Best Original Score | Best Original Song |
| Shaft – Isaac Hayes The Andromeda Strain – Gil Mellé Le Mans – Michel Legrand Mary, Queen of Scots – John Barry Summer of '42 – Michel Legrand | "Life Is What You Make It" (Marvin Hamlisch, Johnny Mercer) – Kotch "Long Ago Tomorrow" (Burt Bacharach, Hal David) – The Raging Moon "Rain Falls Anywhere It Wants To" (Laurence Rosenthal, Alan and Marilyn Bergman) – The African Elephant "Something More" (Quincy Jones) – Honky "Theme from Shaft" (Isaac Hayes) – Shaft |
| Best Foreign Film (English Language) | Best Foreign Film (Foreign Language) |
| Sunday Bloody Sunday (United Kingdom) The African Elephant (United Kingdom) Friends (United Kingdom) The Go-Between (United Kingdom) The Red Tent (Italy/USSR) The Raging Moon (United Kingdom) | The Policeman (Israel) Claire's Knee (France) The Conformist (Italy) Tchaikovsky (USSR) To Die of Love (France) |
| New Star of the Year – Actor | New Star of the Year – Actress |
| Desi Arnaz Jr. – Red Sky at Morning as William "Steenie" Stenopolous Tom Baker – Nicholas and Alexandra as Rasputin Timothy Bottoms – Johnny Got His Gun as Joe Bonham Gary Grimes – Summer of '42 as Hermie Richard Roundtree – Shaft as John Shaft John Sarno – The Seven Minutes as Jerry Griffith | Twiggy – The Boy Friend as Polly Browne Sandy Duncan – The Million Dollar Duck as Katie Dooley Cybill Shepherd – The Last Picture Show as Jacy Farrow Janet Suzman – Nicholas and Alexandra as Alexandra Delores Taylor – Billy Jack as Jean Roberts |
The following films received multiple nominations:
| Nominations | Title |
| 6 | The Last Picture Show |
| 5 | Mary, Queen of Scots |
| 4 | Fiddler on the Roof |
| 4 | The French Connection |
| 4 | Kotch |
| 4 | Summer of '42 |
| 3 | The Boy Friend |
| 3 | Carnal Knowledge |
| 3 | A Clockwork Orange |
| 3 | The Hospital |
| 3 | Nicholas and Alexandra |
| 3 | Shaft |
| 2 | Harold and Maude |
| 2 | Klute |
| 2 | The Million Dollar Duck |
| 2 | A New Leaf |
| 2 | Plaza Suite |
| 2 | The Raging Moon |
| 2 | Sunday Bloody Sunday |
The following films received multiple wins:
| Wins | Title |
| 3 | The French Connection |
| 2 | The Boy Friend |
| 2 | Fiddler on the Roof |

### Television

Best Television Series :
| Drama | Musical or Comedy |
| Mannix Marcus Welby, M.D. Medical Center The Mod Squad O'Hara, U.S. Treasury | All in the Family The Carol Burnett Show The Flip Wilson Show The Mary Tyler Moore Show The Partridge Family |
| Best Performance in a Television Series Drama ||
| Actor | Actress |
| Robert Young - Marcus Welby, M.D. as Dr. Marcus Welby Raymond Burr - Ironside as Robert T. Ironside Mike Connors - Mannix as Joe Mannix William Conrad - Cannon as Frank Cannon Peter Falk - Columbo as Lt. Columbo | Patricia Neal - The Homecoming: A Christmas Story as Olivia Walton Lynda Day George - Mission: Impossible as Lisa Casey Peggy Lipton - The Mod Squad as Julie Barnes Denise Nicholas - Room 222 as Miss Liz McIntyre Susan Saint James - McMillan & Wife as Sally McMillan |
| Best Performance in a Television Series – Musical or Comedy ||
| Actor | Actress |
| Carroll O'Connor - All in the Family as Archie Bunker Herschel Bernardi - Arnie as Arnie Nuvo Jack Klugman - The Odd Couple as Oscar Madison Dick Van Dyke - The New Dick Van Dyke Show as Dick Preston Flip Wilson - The Flip Wilson Show as Various Characters | Carol Burnett - The Carol Burnett Show as Various Characters Lucille Ball - Here's Lucy as Lucy Carter Shirley Jones - The Partridge Family as Shirley Partridge Mary Tyler Moore - The Mary Tyler Moore Show as Mary Richards Jean Stapleton - All in the Family as Edith Bunker |
| Best Supporting Performance in a Series, Miniseries or Television Film ||
| Supporting Actor | Supporting Actress |
| Ed Asner - The Mary Tyler Moore Show as Lou Grant James Brolin - Marcus Welby, M.D. as Dr. Steven Kiley Harvey Korman - The Carol Burnett Show as Various Characters Rob Reiner - All in the Family as Michael Stivic Milburn Stone - Gunsmoke as Dr. Galen "Doc" Adams | Sue Ane Langdon - Arnie as Lilian Nuvo Amanda Blake - Gunsmoke as Miss Kitty Russell Gail Fisher - Mannix as Peggy Fair Sally Struthers - All in the Family as Gloria Stivic Lily Tomlin - Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In as Various Characters |
| Best Miniseries or Television Film ||
| The Snow Goose Brian's Song Duel The Homecoming: A Christmas Story The Last Child ||
The following programs received multiple nominations:
| Nominations | Title |
| 5 | All in the Family |
| 3 | The Carol Burnett Show |
| 3 | Mannix |
| 3 | Marcus Welby, M.D. |
| 3 | The Mary Tyler Moore Show |
| 2 | Arnie |
| 2 | The Flip Wilson Show |
| 2 | Gunsmoke |
| 2 | The Homecoming: A Christmas Story |
| 2 | The Mod Squad |
| 2 | The Partridge Family |
The following programs received multiple wins:
| Wins | Title |
| 2 | All in the Family |

### Cecil B. DeMille Award

Alfred Hitchcock