37th Annual Golden Globe Awards Nominations (1980)

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  • Date of Ceremony: Saturday, January 26, 1980
  • For films released in: 1979
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Here is the complete list of nominations for the 37th Annual Golden Globe Awards.

And the nominees are:

Best Motion Picture - Drama

  • Apocalypse Now
  • The China Syndrome
  • Kramer vs. Kramer
  • Manhattan
  • Norma Rae

Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Drama

  • ...And Justice for All
    Al Pacino
  • The Champ
    Jon Voight
  • The China Syndrome
    Jack Lemmon
  • Kramer vs. Kramer
    Dustin Hoffman
  • The Onion Field
    James Woods

Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture - Drama

  • The China Syndrome
    Jane Fonda
  • Luna
    Jill Clayburgh
  • Norma Rae
    Sally Field
  • Promises in the Dark
    Marsha Mason
  • Yanks
    Lisa Eichhorn

Best Motion Picture - Musical/Comedy

  • 10
  • Being There
  • Breaking Away
  • Hair
  • The Rose

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

  • 10
    Dudley Moore
  • All That Jazz
    Roy Scheider
  • Being There
    Peter Sellers
  • Love at First Bite
    George Hamilton
  • Starting Over
    Burt Reynolds

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

  • 10
    Julie Andrews
  • Being There
    Shirley MacLaine
  • Chapter Two
    Marsha Mason
  • The Rose
    Bette Midler
  • Starting Over
    Jill Clayburgh

Best Directing

  • Apocalypse Now
    Francis Ford Coppola
  • Being There
    Hal Ashby
  • Breaking Away
    Peter Yates
  • The China Syndrome
    James Bridges
  • Kramer vs. Kramer
    Robert Benton

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

  • Apocalypse Now
    Robert Duvall
  • Being There
    Melvyn Douglas
  • Kramer vs. Kramer
    Justin Henry
  • A Little Romance
    Laurence Olivier
  • The Rose
    Frederic Forrest

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

  • Chapter Two
    Valerie Harper
  • Kramer vs. Kramer
    Meryl Streep
  • Kramer vs. Kramer
    Jane Alexander
  • Promises in the Dark
    Kathleen Beller
  • Starting Over
    Candice Bergen

Best Foreign Film

  • The Europeans
  • La Cage aux Folles
  • The Marriage of Maria Braun
  • Mio Dio come sono caduta in basso!
  • Soldier of Orange

Best Original Score - Motion Picture

  • 10
    Henry Mancini
  • Alien
    Jerry Goldsmith
  • The Amityville Horror
    Lalo Schifrin
  • Apocalypse Now
    Carmine Coppola and Francis Ford Coppola
  • The Black Stallion
    Carmine Coppola
  • A Little Romance
    Georges Delerue
  • Star Trek - The Motion Picture
    Jerry Goldsmith

Best Original Song - Motion Picture

  • Ice Castles "Theme from Ice Castles (Through the Eyes of Love)"
    Marvin Hamlisch [Music by] and Carole Bayer Sager [Lyrics by]
  • The Main Event "The Main Event"
    Paul Jabara and Bruce Roberts
  • The Muppet Movie "Rainbow Connection"
    Paul Williams and Kenny Ascher
  • The Rose "The Rose"
    Amanda McBroom
  • Starting Over "Better Than Ever"
    Marvin Hamlisch [Music by] and Carole Bayer Sager [Lyrics by]

Best Screenplay

  • Being There
    Jerzy Kosinski
  • Breaking Away
    Steve Tesich
  • The China Syndrome
    Mike Gray, T.S. Cook and James Bridges
  • Kramer vs. Kramer
    Robert Benton
  • Norma Rae
    Irving Ravetch and Harriet Frank Jr

New Star of the Year in a Motion Picture - Male

  • Breaking Away
    Dennis Christopher
  • The Champ
    Rick Schroder
  • Hair
    Treat Williams
  • Kramer vs. Kramer
    Justin Henry
  • Players
    Dean Paul Martin

New Star of the Year in a Motion Picture - Female

  • 10
    Bo Derek
  • Goldengirl
    Susan Anton
  • Ice Castles
    Lynn-Holly Johnson
  • The Rose
    Bette Midler
  • Yanks
    Lisa Eichhorn

Henrietta Award (World Film Favorites) - Male

  • Roger Moore

Henrietta Award (World Film Favorites) - Female

  • Jane Fonda

Best Television Series - Drama

  • Backstairs at the White House
  • Centennial
  • Dallas
  • Lou Grant
  • The Rockford Files
  • Roots: The Next Generations

Best Performance by an Actor in a Television Series - Drama

  • Blind Ambition
    Martin Sheen
  • Centennial
    Richard Chamberlain
  • CHiPs
    Erik Estrada
  • Hart to Hart
    Robert Wagner
  • Lou Grant
    Edward Asner
  • The Paper Chase
    John Houseman
  • The Rockford Files
    James Garner
  • Vega$
    Robert Urich

Best Performance by an Actress in a Television Series - Drama

  • Dallas
    Barbara Bel Geddes
  • Family
    Sada Thompson
  • From Here to Eternity
    Natalie Wood
  • Hart to Hart
    Stefanie Powers
  • Mrs. Columbo
    Kate Mulgrew

Best Television Series - Musical or Comedy

  • Alice
  • The Associates
  • The Love Boat
  • M*A*S*H
  • Taxi

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

  • The Associates
    Wilfrid Hyde-White
  • 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
  • Angie
    Donna Pescow
  • Laverne & Shirley
    Penny Marshall
  • M*A*S*H
    Loretta Swit

Best Motion Picture Made for Television

  • Elvis
  • Friendly Fire
  • Hallmark Hall of Fame
    Note: For episode All Quiet on the Western Front.
  • Like Normal People
  • The Miracle Worker

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

  • Alice
    Vic Tayback
  • Charlie's Angels
    David Doyle
  • Taxi
    Danny DeVito
  • Taxi
    Tony Danza
  • Taxi
    Jeff Conaway

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

  • Alice
    Polly Holliday
  • Alice
    Beth Howland
  • Lou Grant
    Linda Kelsey
  • Taxi
    Marilu Henner
  • WKRP in Cincinnati
    Loni Anderson