Golden Globe Awards — Hollywood Foreign Press Association

The 42nd Golden Globe Awards

January 27, 1985  •  Beverly Hilton, Beverly Hills  •  Cecil B. DeMille: Barbara Stanwyck

4
Out of Africa wins
3
Prizzi’s Honor wins
Out of Africa — Drama Film, Actress (Streep), Director (Pollack), Score
Prizzi’s Honor — Comedy/Musical Film • Barbara Stanwyck — Cecil B. DeMille
Film Awards
Best Motion Picture — Drama
Winner
Out of Africa
Sydney Pollack, dir. — Universal Pictures
The Color PurpleWatchRTIMDb
WitnessWatchRTIMDb
Kiss of the Spider WomanWatchRTIMDb
Best Motion Picture — Comedy or Musical
Winner
Prizzi’s Honor
John Huston, dir. — 20th Century Fox
Back to the FutureWatchRTIMDb
After HoursWatchRTIMDb
Best Director — Motion Picture
Winner
John Huston
Prizzi’s Honor
Sydney Pollack— Out of Africa
Steven Spielberg— The Color Purple
Best Actor — Drama Film
Winner
Jon Voight
Runaway Train — as Manny
William Hurt— Kiss of the Spider Woman
Harrison Ford— Witness
Richard Gere— Power
Best Actress — Drama Film
Winner
Whoopi Goldberg
The Color Purple — as Celie Harris
Meryl Streep— Out of Africa
Anne Bancroft— Agnes of God
Best Actor — Comedy or Musical Film
Winner
Jack Nicholson
Prizzi’s Honor — as Charley Partanna
Best Actress — Comedy or Musical Film
Winner
Kathleen Turner
Prizzi’s Honor — as Irene Walker
Best Supporting Actor — Film
Winner
Klaus Maria Brandauer
Out of Africa — as Baron Bror Blixen
Best Supporting Actress — Film
Winner
Meg Tilly
Agnes of God — as Sister Agnes
Best Original Score — Film
Winner
John Barry — Out of Africa
Best Original Song — Film
Winner
“Say You, Say Me” — White Nights
Lionel Richie
Best Foreign Language Film
Winner
The Official Story
Argentina — Luis Puenzo
Television Awards
Best TV Series — Drama
Winner
Crime Story
NBC
Best TV Series — Comedy or Musical
Winner
The Golden Girls
NBC
Best Actor — Drama TV Series
Winner
Edward James Olmos
Miami Vice — as Lt. Martin Castillo — NBC
Best Actress — Drama TV Series
Winner
Angela Lansbury
Murder, She Wrote — CBS
Best Actor — Comedy or Musical TV Series
Winner
Michael J. Fox
Family Ties — as Alex Keaton — NBC
Best Actress — Comedy or Musical TV Series
Winner
Cybill Shepherd
Moonlighting — ABC
Best Miniseries or Motion Picture Made for TV
Winner
Peter the Great
NBC