Golden Globe Awards — Hollywood Foreign Press Association

The 38th Golden Globe Awards

January 30, 1981  •  Beverly Hilton, Beverly Hills  •  Cecil B. DeMille: Sidney Poitier

3
On Golden Pond wins
3
Arthur wins
On Golden Pond — Drama Film, Actor (Fonda), Actress (Hepburn)
Arthur — Comedy/Musical Film, Actor (Moore), Song • Sidney Poitier — Cecil B. DeMille
Film Awards
Best Motion Picture — Drama
Winner
On Golden Pond
Mark Rydell, dir. — Universal Pictures
Raiders of the Lost ArkWatchRTIMDb
RedsWatchRTIMDb
Best Motion Picture — Comedy or Musical
Winner
Arthur
Steve Gordon, dir. — Orion Pictures
Four SeasonsIMDb
Pennies from HeavenWatchRTIMDb
Best Director — Motion Picture
Winner
Warren Beatty
Reds
Mark Rydell— On Golden Pond
Steven Spielberg— Raiders of the Lost Ark
Best Actor — Drama Film
Winner
Henry Fonda
On Golden Pond — as Norman Thayer Jr.
Warren Beatty— Reds
Burt Lancaster— Atlantic City
Best Actress — Drama Film
Winner
Meryl Streep
The French Lieutenant’s Woman — as Sarah/Anna
Katharine Hepburn— On Golden Pond
Diane Keaton— Reds
Best Actor — Comedy or Musical Film
Winner
Dudley Moore
Arthur — as Arthur Bach
Best Actress — Comedy or Musical Film
Winner
Bernadette Peters
Pennies from Heaven
Best Supporting Actor — Film
Winner
John Gielgud
Arthur — as Hobson
Best Supporting Actress — Film
Winner
Joan Hackett
Only When I Laugh
Best Original Score — Film
Winner
Vangelis — Chariots of Fire
Best Original Song — Film
Winner
“Arthur’s Theme (Best That You Can Do)” — Arthur
Burt Bacharach, Carole Bayer Sager, Christopher Cross & Peter Allen
Best Foreign Language Film
Winner
Chariots of Fire
United Kingdom — Hugh Hudson
Television Awards
Best TV Series — Drama
Winner
Hill Street Blues
NBC
Best TV Series — Comedy or Musical
Winner
Taxi
ABC
Best Actor — Drama TV Series
Winner
Daniel J. Travanti
Hill Street Blues — NBC
Best Actress — Drama TV Series
Winner
Linda Evans
Dynasty — as Krystle Carrington — ABC
Best Actor — Comedy or Musical TV Series
Winner
Alan Alda
M*A*S*H — CBS
Best Actress — Comedy or Musical TV Series
Winner
Shelley Long
Cheers — as Diane Chambers — NBC