36th Annual Golden Globe Awards Results and Commentary (1979)

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  • Date of Ceremony: Saturday, January 27, 1979
  • For films released in: 1978
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Here is the complete list of winners for the 36th Annual Golden Globe Awards.

Results

Best Motion Picture - Drama

  • Midnight Express

Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Drama

  • Coming Home
    Jon Voight

Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture - Drama

  • Coming Home
    Jane Fonda

Best Motion Picture - Musical/Comedy

  • Heaven Can Wait

Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Musical/Comedy

  • Heaven Can Wait
    Warren Beatty

Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture - Musical/Comedy

  • California Suite
    Maggie Smith
  • Same Time, Next Year
    Ellen Burstyn

Best Directing

  • The Deer Hunter
    Michael Cimino

Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Motion Picture

  • Midnight Express
    John Hurt

Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in a Motion Picture

  • Heaven Can Wait
    Dyan Cannon

Best Foreign Film

  • Autumn Sonata

Best Original Score - Motion Picture

  • Midnight Express
    Giorgio Moroder

Best Original Song - Motion Picture

  • Thank God It's Friday "Last Dance"
    Paul Jabara

Best Screenplay

  • Midnight Express
    Oliver Stone

Best Acting Debut in a Motion Picture - Male

  • Midnight Express
    Brad Davis

Best Acting Debut in a Motion Picture - Female

  • Midnight Express
    Irene Miracle

Henrietta Award (World Film Favorites) - Male

Henrietta Award (World Film Favorites) - Female

  • Jane Fonda

Best Television Series - Drama

  • 60 Minutes

Best Performance by an Actor in a Television Series - Drama

  • Holocaust
    Michael Moriarty

Best Performance by an Actress in a Television Series - Drama

  • Holocaust
    Rosemary Harris

Best Television Series - Musical or Comedy

  • Taxi

Best Performance by an Actor in a Television Series - Musical or Comedy

  • Mork & Mindy
    Robin Williams

Best Performance by an Actress in a Television Series - Musical or Comedy

  • Alice
    Linda Lavin

Best Motion Picture Made for Television

  • A Family Upside Down

Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Series, Mini-Series or Motion Picture made for Television

  • Three's Company
    Norman Fell

Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in a Series, Mini-Series or Motion Picture made for Television

  • Alice
    Polly Holliday

Cecil B. DeMille Award

  • Lucille Ball