41st Golden Globe Awards

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The 41st Golden Globe Awards, honoring the best in film and television for 1983, were held on January 28, 1984.

Winners and nominees

Film

Best Actor - Drama

Tom Courtenay - The Dresser
Robert Duvall - Tender Mercies

• Tom Conti - Reuben, Reuben
• Richard Farnsworth - The Grey Fox
• Albert Finney - The Dresser
• Al Pacino - Scarface
• Eric Roberts - Star 80

Best Actor - Musical or Comedy

Michael Caine - Educating Rita

• Woody Allen - Zelig
• Tom Cruise - Risky Business
• Eddie Murphy - Trading Places
• Mandy Patinkin - Yentl

Best Actress - Drama

Shirley MacLaine - Terms of Endearment

• Jane Alexander - Testament
• Bonnie Bedelia - Heart Like a Wheel
• Meryl Streep - Silkwood
• Debra Winger - Terms of Endearment

Best Actress - Musical or Comedy

Julie Walters - Educating Rita

• Anne Bancroft - To Be or Not to Be
• Jennifer Beals - Flashdance
• Linda Ronstadt - The Pirates of Penzance
• Barbra Streisand - Yentl

Best Director

Barbra Streisand - Yentl

• Bruce Beresford - Tender Mercies
• Ingmar Bergman - Fanny and Alexander (Fanny och Alexander)
• James L. Brooks - Terms of Endearment
• Mike Nichols - Silkwood
• Peter Yates - The Dresser

Best Film - Drama

Terms of Endearment

• Reuben, Reuben
• The Right Stuff
• Silkwood
• Tender Mercies

Best Film - Musical or Comedy

Yentl

• The Big Chill
• Flashdance
• Trading Places
• Zelig

Best Foreign Film

Fanny och Alexander (Fanny and Alexander), Sweden

• Carmen, Spain
• The Dresser, England
• Educating Rita, England
• The Grey Fox, Canada

Best Original Score

"Flashdance" - Giorgio Moroder

• "Rumble Fish" - Stewart Copeland
• "Scarface" - Giorgio Moroder
• "Under Fire" - Jerry Goldsmith
• "Yentl" - Alan Bergman, Marilyn Bergman and Michel Legrand

Best Original Song

"Flashdance... What a Feeling" performed by Irene Cara - Flashdance

• "Maniac" - Flashdance
• "Far from Over" - Staying Alive
• "Over You" - Tender Mercies
• "The Way He Makes Me Feel" - Yentl

Best Screenplay

Terms of Endearment - James L. Brooks

• The Big Chill - Barbara Benedek and Lawrence Kasdan
• The Dresser - Ronald Harwood
• Educating Rite - Willy Russell
• Reuben, Reuben - Julius J. Epstein

Best Supporting Actor

Jack Nicholson - Terms of Endearment

• Steven Bauer - Scarface
• Charles Durning - To Be or Not to Be
• Gene Hackman - Under Fire
• Kurt Russell - Silkwood

Best Supporting Actress

Cher - Silkwood

• Barbara Carrera - Never Say Never Again
• Tess Harper - Tender Mercies
• Linda Hunt - The Year of Living Dangerously
• Joanna Pacuła - Gorky Park

Television

Best Actor - Drama Series

John Forsythe - Dynasty

• James Brolin - Hotel
• Tom Selleck - Magnum, P.I.
• Daniel J. Travanti - Hill Street Blues
• Robert Wagner - Hart to Hart

Best Actor - Musical or Comedy Series

John Ritter - Three's Company

• Dabney Coleman - Buffalo Bill
• Ted Danson - Cheers
• Robert Guillaume - Benson
• Bob Newhart - Newhart

Best Actor - Miniseries or TV Film

Richard Chamberlain - The Thorn Birds

• Robert Blake - Blood Feud
• Louis Gossett, Jr. - Sadat
• Martin Sheen - Kennedy
• Peter Strauss - Heart of Steel

Best Actress - Drama Series

Jane Wyman - Falcon Crest

• Joan Collins - Dynasty
• Tyne Daly - Cagney & Lacey
• Linda Evans - Dynasty
• Stefanie Powers - Hart to Hart

Best Actress - Musical or Comedy Series

Joanna Cassidy - Buffalo Bill

• Debbie Allen - Fame
• Madeline Kahn - Oh Madeline
• Shelley Long - Cheers
• Isabel Sanford - The Jeffersons

Best Actress - Miniseries or TV Film

Ann-Margret - Who Will Love My Children?

• Susan Blakely - Will There Really Be a Morning?
• Blair Brown - Kennedy
• Gena Rowlands - Thursday's Child
• Rachel Ward - The Thorn Birds

Best Series - Drama

Dynasty

• Cagney & Lacey
• Dallas
• Hart to Hart
• Hill Street Blues

Best Series - Musical or Comedy

Fame

• Buffalo Bill
• Cheers
• Newhart
• Taxi

Best Miniseries or TV Film

The Thorn Birds

• Kennedy
• The Winds of War
• Heart of Steel
• Who Will Love My Children?

Best Supporting Actor - Series, Miniseries or TV Film

Richard Kiley - The Thorn Birds

• Bryan Brown - The Thorn Birds
• John Houseman - The Winds of War
• Perry King - The Hasty Heart
• Rob Lowe - Thursday's Child
• Jan-Michael Vincent - The Winds of War

Best Supporting Actress - Series, Miniseries or TV Film

Barbara Stanwyck - The Thorn Birds

• Polly Holliday - The Gift of Love: A Christmas Story
• Angela Lansbury - The Gift of Love: A Christmas Story
• Piper Laurie - The Thorn Birds
• Jean Simmons - The Thorn Birds
• Victoria Tennant - The Winds of War

Award breakdown

Television

4 / 8 The Thorn Birds: Best Actor - Miniseries or TV Film, Miniseries or TV Film & Supporting Actor and Actress

2 / 4 Dynasty: Best Actor and Series - Drama

1 / 1 Falcon Crest: Best Actress - Drama Series

1 / 1 Three's Company: Best Actor - Musical or Comedy Series

1 / 2 Fame: Best Series - Musical or Comedy

1 / 2 Who Will Love My Children?: Best Actress - Miniseries or TV Film

1 / 3 Buffalo Bill: Best Actress - Musical or Comedy Series

See also

• 56th Academy Awards
• 4th Golden Raspberry Awards
• 35th Primetime Emmy Awards
• 36th Primetime Emmy Awards
• 37th British Academy Film Awards
• 38th Tony Awards
• 1983 in film
• 1983 in American television