Golden Globe Awards — Hollywood Foreign Press Association

The 36th Golden Globe Awards

January 26, 1979  •  Beverly Hilton, Beverly Hills  •  Cecil B. DeMille: Henry Fonda

4
Kramer vs. Kramer wins
2
Breaking Away wins
Kramer vs. Kramer — Drama Film, Actor (Hoffman), Actress (Streep), Director
Breaking Away — Comedy/Musical Film • Henry Fonda — Cecil B. DeMille
Film Awards
Best Motion Picture — Drama
Winner
Kramer vs. Kramer
Robert Benton, dir. — Columbia Pictures
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All That JazzWatchRTIMDb
Apocalypse NowWatchRTIMDb
Norma RaeWatchRTIMDb
Best Motion Picture — Comedy or Musical
Winner
Breaking Away
Peter Yates, dir. — 20th Century Fox
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The Muppet MovieWatchRTIMDb
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Best Director — Motion Picture
Winner
Francis Ford Coppola
Apocalypse Now
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Robert Benton— Kramer vs. Kramer
Bob Fosse— All That Jazz
Best Actor — Drama Film
Winner
Dustin Hoffman
Kramer vs. Kramer — as Ted Kramer
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Peter Sellers— Being There
Roy Scheider— All That Jazz
Martin Sheen— Apocalypse Now
Best Actress — Drama Film
Winner
Sally Field
Norma Rae — as Norma Rae Webster
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Meryl Streep— Kramer vs. Kramer
Jane Fonda— The China Syndrome
Best Actor — Comedy or Musical Film
Winner
Peter Sellers
Being There — as Chance the Gardener
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Best Actress — Comedy or Musical Film
Winner
Bette Midler
The Rose — as Rose
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Best Supporting Actor — Film
Winner
Melvyn Douglas
Being There
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Best Supporting Actress — Film
Winner
Meryl Streep
Kramer vs. Kramer — as Joanna Kramer
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Best Original Score — Film
Winner
Lalo Schifrin — The Amityville Horror
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Best Original Song — Film
Winner
“The Rose” — The Rose
Amanda McBroom
Best Foreign Language Film
Winner
La Cage aux Folles
Italy/France — Edouard Molinaro
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Television Awards
Best TV Series — Drama
Winner
Dallas
CBS
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Best TV Series — Comedy or Musical
Winner
Taxi
ABC
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Best Actor — Drama TV Series
Winner
Ed Asner
Lou Grant — CBS
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Best Actress — Drama TV Series
Winner
Audra Lindley
Three’s Company — ABC
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Best Actor — Comedy or Musical TV Series
Winner
Alan Alda
M*A*S*H — CBS
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Best Actress — Comedy or Musical TV Series
Winner
Katherine Helmond
Soap — ABC
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