36th Annual Golden Globe Awards Nominations (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 nominations for the 36th Annual Golden Globe Awards.

And the nominees are:

Best Motion Picture - Drama

  • Coming Home
  • Days of Heaven
  • The Deer Hunter
  • Midnight Express
  • An Unmarried Woman

Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Drama

  • The Boys from Brazil
    Gregory Peck
  • Coming Home
    Jon Voight
  • The Deer Hunter
    Robert De Niro
  • Magic
    Anthony Hopkins
  • Midnight Express
    Brad Davis

Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture - Drama

  • Autumn Sonata
    Ingrid Bergman
  • Coming Home
    Jane Fonda
  • Interiors
    Geraldine Page
  • Stevie
    Glenda Jackson
  • An Unmarried Woman
    Jill Clayburgh

Best Motion Picture - Musical/Comedy

  • California Suite
  • Foul Play
  • Grease
  • Heaven Can Wait
  • Movie Movie

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

  • The Buddy Holly Story
    Gary Busey
  • Foul Play
    Chevy Chase
  • Grease
    John Travolta
  • Heaven Can Wait
    Warren Beatty
  • Movie Movie
    George C. Scott
  • Same Time, Next Year
    Alan Alda

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

  • California Suite
    Maggie Smith
  • Foul Play
    Goldie Hawn
  • Grease
    Olivia Newton-John
  • Same Time, Next Year
    Ellen Burstyn
  • Who Is Killing the Great Chefs of Europe?
    Jacqueline Bisset

Best Directing

  • Coming Home
    Hal Ashby
  • Days of Heaven
    Terrence Malick
  • The Deer Hunter
    Michael Cimino
  • Interiors
    Woody Allen
  • Midnight Express
    Alan Parker
  • An Unmarried Woman
    Paul Mazursky

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

  • Coming Home
    Bruce Dern
  • The Deer Hunter
    Christopher Walken
  • Foul Play
    Dudley Moore
  • Midnight Express
    John Hurt
  • Who Is Killing the Great Chefs of Europe?
    Robert Morley

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

  • The Deer Hunter
    Meryl Streep
  • Heaven Can Wait
    Dyan Cannon
  • Interiors
    Maureen Stapleton
  • Stevie
    Mona Washbourne
  • A Wedding
    Carol Burnett

Best Foreign Film

  • Autumn Sonata
  • Death on the Nile
  • Dona Flor and Her Two Husbands
  • A Dream of Passion
  • Get Out Your Handkerchiefs
  • Lemon Popsicle

Best Original Score - Motion Picture

  • The Children of Sanchez
    Chuck Mangione
  • The Lord of the Rings
    Leonard Rosenman
  • Midnight Express
    Giorgio Moroder
  • Superman
    John Williams
  • An Unmarried Woman
    Bill Conti

Best Original Song - Motion Picture

  • Foul Play "Ready To Take a Chance Again"
    Charles Fox [Music by] and Norman Gimbel [Lyrics by]
  • Grease "Grease"
    Barry Gibb
  • Grease "You're the One That I Want"
    John Farrar
  • Same Time, Next Year "The Last Time I Felt Like This"
    Marvin Hamlisch [Music by], Alan Bergman [Lyrics by] and Marilyn Bergman [Lyrics by]
  • Thank God It's Friday "Last Dance"
    Paul Jabara

Best Screenplay

  • Coming Home
    Waldo Salt and Robert C. Jones
  • The Deer Hunter
    Deric Washburn
  • Foul Play
    Colin Higgins
  • Interiors
    Woody Allen
  • Midnight Express
    Oliver Stone
  • An Unmarried Woman
    Paul Mazursky

Best Acting Debut in a Motion Picture - Male

  • The Boys in Company C
    Andrew Stevens
  • Foul Play
    Chevy Chase
  • King of the Gypsies
    Eric Roberts
  • Midnight Express
    Brad Davis
  • Movie Movie
    Harry Hamlin
  • Uncle Joe Shannon
    Doug McKeon

Best Acting Debut in a Motion Picture - Female

  • Corvette Summer
    Annie Potts
  • Girlfriends
    Anita Skinner
  • Goin' South
    Mary Steenburgen
  • Midnight Express
    Irene Miracle
  • Slow Dancing in the Big City
    Anne Ditchburn

Henrietta Award (World Film Favorites) - Male

Henrietta Award (World Film Favorites) - Female

  • Jane Fonda

Best Television Series - Drama

  • 60 Minutes
  • Battlestar Galactica
  • Family
  • Holocaust
  • Lou Grant

Best Performance by an Actor in a Television Series - Drama

  • Battlestar Galactica
    Richard Hatch
  • Holocaust
    Michael Moriarty
  • Little House on the Prairie
    Michael Landon
  • Lou Grant
    Edward Asner
  • The Paper Chase
    John Houseman
  • The Rockford Files
    James Garner

Best Performance by an Actress in a Television Series - Drama

  • Charlie's Angels
    Kate Jackson
  • Family
    Sada Thompson
  • Family
    Kristy McNichol
  • Holocaust
    Rosemary Harris
  • Wheels
    Lee Remick

Best Television Series - Musical or Comedy

  • Alice
  • All in the Family
  • The Love Boat
  • Taxi
  • Three's Company

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

  • The Love Boat
    Gavin MacLeod
  • M*A*S*H
    Alan Alda
  • Mork & Mindy
    Robin Williams
  • Taxi
    Judd Hirsch
  • Three's Company
    John Ritter

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

  • Alice
    Linda Lavin
  • All in the Family
    Jean Stapleton
  • The Carol Burnett Show
    Carol Burnett
  • Laverne & Shirley
    Penny Marshall
  • Three's Company
    Suzanne Somers

Best Motion Picture Made for Television

  • The Bastard
  • A Family Upside Down
  • First, You Cry
  • The Immigrants
  • Little Women
  • A Question of Love
  • Ziegfeld: The Man and His Women

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

  • One Day at a Time
    Pat Harrington Jr.
  • Taxi
    Jeff Conaway
  • Taxi
    Andy Kaufman
  • Taxi
    Danny DeVito
  • 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
  • Lou Grant
    Linda Kelsey
  • Rhoda
    Julie Kavner
  • Rhoda
    Nancy Walker
  • Taxi
    Marilu Henner
  • Three's Company
    Audra Lindley