42nd Golden Globe Awards

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The 42nd Golden Globe Awards, honoring the best in film and television for 1984, were held on January 27, 1985.

Winners and nominees

Film

Best Actor - Drama

F. Murray Abraham - Amadeus

• Jeff Bridges - Starman
• Albert Finney - Under the Volcano
• Tom Hulce - Amadeus
• Sam Waterston - The Killing Fields

Best Actor - Musical or Comedy

Dudley Moore - Micki + Maude

• Steve Martin - All of Me
• Eddie Murphy - Beverly Hills Cop
• Bill Murray - Ghostbusters
• Robin Williams - Moscow on the Hudson

Best Actress - Drama

Sally Field - Places in the Heart

• Diane Keaton - Mrs. Soffel
• Jessica Lange - Country
• Vanessa Redgrave - The Bostonians
• Sissy Spacek - The River

Best Actress - Musical or Comedy

Kathleen Turner - Romancing the Stone

• Anne Bancroft - Garbo Talks
• Mia Farrow - Broadway Danny Rose
• Shelley Long - Irreconcilable Differences
• Lily Tomlin - All of Me

Best Director

Miloš Forman - Amadeus

• Francis Ford Coppola - The Cotton Club
• Roland Joffé - The Killing Fields
• David Lean - A Passage to India
• Sergio Leone - Once Upon a Time in America

Best Film - Drama

Amadeus

• The Cotton Club
• The Killing Fields
• Places in the Heart
• A Soldier's Story

Best Film - Musical or Comedy

Romancing the Stone

• Beverly Hills Cop
• Ghostbusters
• Micki + Maude
• Splash

Best Foreign Film

A Passage to India, UK

• Carmen, France
• Dangerous Moves (La diagonale du fou), Switzerland
• Paris, Texas, West Germany/France
• A Sunday in the Country (Un dimanche à la campagne), France

Best Original Score

"A Passage to India" - Maurice Jarre

• "The Killing Fields" - Mike Oldfield
• "Once Upon a Time in America" - Ennio Morricone
• "The River" - John Williams
• "Starman" - Jack Nitzsche

Best Original Song

"I Just Called to Say I Love You" performed by Stevie Wonder - The Woman in Red

• "Against All Odds (Take a Look at Me Now)" - Against All Odds
• "Footloose" - Footloose
• "Ghostbusters" - Ghostbusters
• "No More Lonely Nights" - Give My Regards to Broad Street
• "When Doves Cry" - Purple Rain

Best Screenplay

Amadeus - Peter Shaffer

• The Killing Fields - Bruce Robinson
• A Passage to India - David Lean
• Places in the Heart - Robert Benton
• A Soldier's Story - Charles Fuller

Best Supporting Actor

Haing S. Ngor - The Killing Fields

• Adolph Caesar - A Soldier's Story
• Richard Crenna - The Flamingo Kid
• Jeffrey Jones - Amadeus
• Pat Morita - The Karate Kid

Best Supporting Actress

Peggy Ashcroft - A Passage to India

• Drew Barrymore - Irreconcilable Differences
• Kim Basinger - The Natural
• Jacqueline Bisset - Under the Volcano
• Melanie Griffith - Body Double
• Christine Lahti - Swing Shift
• Lesley Ann Warren - Songwriter

Television

Best Actor - Drama Series

Tom Selleck - Magnum, P.I.

• James Brolin - Hotel
• John Forsythe - Dynasty
• Larry Hagman - Dallas
• Stacy Keach - Mike Hammer
• Daniel J. Travanti - Hill Street Blues

Best Actor - Musical or Comedy Series

Bill Cosby - The Cosby Show

• Ted Danson - Cheers
• Robert Guillaume - Benson
• Sherman Hemsley - The Jeffersons
• Bob Newhart - Newhart

Best Actor - Miniseries or TV Film

Ted Danson - Something About Amelia

• James Garner - Heartsounds
• Sam Neill - Reilly: Ace of Spies
• Jason Robards - Sakharov
• Treat Williams - A Streetcar Named Desire

Best Actress - Drama Series

Angela Lansbury - Murder, She Wrote

• Joan Collins - Dynasty
• Tyne Daly - Cagney & Lacey
• Linda Evans - Dynasty
• Sharon Gless - Cagney & Lacey
• Kate Jackson - Scarecrow and Mrs. King

Best Actress - Musical or Comedy Series

Shelley Long - Cheers

• Debbie Allen - Fame
• Nell Carter - Gimme a Break!
• Susan Clark - Webster
• Jane Curtin - Kate & Allie
• Isabel Sanford - The Jeffersons

Best Actress - Miniseries or TV Film

Ann-Margret - A Streetcar Named Desire

• Glenn Close - Something About Amelia
• Farrah Fawcett - The Burning Bed
• Jane Fonda - The Dollmaker
• Glenda Jackson - Sakharov

Best Series - Drama

Murder, She Wrote

• Cagney & Lacey
• Dynasty
• Hill Street Blues
• St. Elsewhere

Best Series - Musical or Comedy

The Cosby Show

• Cheers
• Fame
• The Jeffersons
• Kate & Allie

Best Miniseries or TV Film

Something About Amelia

• The Burning Bed
• The Dollmaker
• Sakharov
• A Streetcar Named Desire

Best Supporting Actor - Series, Miniseries or TV Film

Paul Le Mat - The Burning Bed

• Pierce Brosnan - Nancy Astor
• John Hillerman - Magnum, P.I.
• Ben Vereen - Ellis Island
• Bruce Weitz - Hill Street Blues

Best Supporting Actress - Series, Minseries or TV Film

Faye Dunaway - Ellis Island

• Selma Diamond - Night Court
• Marla Gibbs - The Jeffersons
• Gina Lollobrigida - Falcon Crest
• Rhea Perlman - Cheers
• Roxana Zal - Something About Amelia

See also

• 57th Academy Awards
• 5th Golden Raspberry Awards
• 36th Primetime Emmy Awards
• 37th Primetime Emmy Awards
• 38th British Academy Film Awards
• 39th Tony Awards
• 1984 in film
• 1984 in American television