43rd Golden Globe Awards

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The 43rd Golden Globe Awards, honoring the best in film and television for 1985, were held on January 24, 1986.

Winners

Film

Best Actor - Drama

Jon Voight - Runaway Train

• Harrison Ford - Witness
• Gene Hackman - Twice in a Lifetime
• William Hurt - Kiss of the Spider Woman
• Raul Julia - Kiss of the Spider Woman

Best Actor - Musical or Comedy

Jack Nicholson - Prizzi's Honor

• Jeff Daniels - The Purple Rose of Cairo
• Griffin Dunne - After Hours
• Michael J. Fox - Back to the Future
• James Garner - Murphy's Romance

Best Actress - Drama

Whoopi Goldberg - The Color Purple

• Anne Bancroft - Agnes of God
• Cher - Mask
• Geraldine Page - The Trip to Bountiful
• Meryl Streep - Out of Africa

Best Actress - Musical or Comedy

Kathleen Turner - Prizzi's Honor

• Rosanna Arquette - Desperately Seeking Susan
• Glenn Close - Maxie
• Mia Farrow - The Purple Rose of Cairo
• Sally Field - Murphy's Romance

Best Director

John Huston - Prizzi's Honor

• Richard Attenborough - A Chorus Line
• Sydney Pollack - Out of Africa
• Steven Spielberg - The Color Purple
• Peter Weir - Witness

Best Film - Drama

Out of Africa

• The Color Purple
• Kiss of the Spider Woman
• Runaway Train
• Witness

Best Film - Musical or Comedy

Prizzi's Honor

• Back to the Future
• A Chorus Line
• Cocoon
• The Purple Rose of Cairo

Best Foreign Film

The Official Story (La historia oficial), Argentina

• Colonel Redl (Oberst Redl), Hungary
• Ran, Japan
• When Father Was Away on Business (Otac na sluzbenom putu), Yugoslavia
• The Year of the Quiet Sun (Rok spokojnego slonca), Poland

Best Original Score

Out of Africa - John Barry

• "Color Purple" - Quincy Jones
• "White Nights" - Michel Colombier
• "Witness" - Maurice Jarre
• "Year of the Dragon" - David Mansfield

Best Original Song

"Say You, Say Me" performed by Lionel Richie - White Nights

• "The Power of Love" - Back to the Future
• "Rhythm of the Night" - The Last Dragon
• "A View to a Kill" - A View to a Kill
• "We Don't Need Another Hero" - Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome

Best Screenplay

The Purple Rose of Cairo - Woody Allen

• Back to the Future - Bob Gale and Robert Zemeckis
• Out of Africa - Kurt Luedtke
• Prizzi's Honor - Richard Condon and Janet Roach
• Witness - William Kelley and Earl W. Wallace

Best Supporting Actor

Klaus Maria Brandauer - Out of Africa

• Joel Grey - Remo Williams: The Adventure Begins
• John Lone - Year of the Dragon
• Eric Roberts - Runaway Train
• Eric Stoltz - Mask

Best Supporting Actress

Meg Tilly - Agnes of God

• Sonia Braga - Kiss of the Spider Woman
• Anjelica Huston - Prizzi's Honor
• Amy Madigan - Twice in a Lifetime
• Kelly McGillis - Witness
• Oprah Winfrey - The Color Purple

Television

Best Actor - Drama Series

Don Johnson - Miami Vice

• John Forsythe - Dynasty
• Tom Selleck - Magnum, P.I.
• Philip Michael Thomas - Miami Vice
• Daniel J. Travanti - Hill Street Blues

Best Actor - Musical or Comedy Series

Bill Cosby - The Cosby Show

• Tony Danza - Who's the Boss?
• Michael J. Fox - Family Ties
• Bob Newhart - Newhart
• Bruce Willis - Moonlighting

Best Actor - Miniseries or TV Film

Dustin Hoffman - Death of a Salesman

• Richard Chamberlain - Wallenberg: A Hero's Story
• Richard Crenna - The Rape of Richard Beck
• Kirk Douglas - Amos
• Peter Strauss - Kane & Abel

Best Actress - Drama Series

Sharon Gless - Cagney & Lacey

• Joan Collins - Dynasty
• Tyne Daly - Cagney & Lacey
• Linda Evans - Dynasty
• Angela Lansbury - Murder, She Wrote

Best Actress - Musical or Comedy Series

Estelle Getty - The Golden Girls
Cybill Shepherd - Moonlighting

• Beatrice Arthur - The Golden Girls
• Rue McClanahan - The Golden Girls
• Betty White - The Golden Girls

Best Actress - Miniseries or TV Film

Liza Minnelli - A Time to Live

• Peggy Ashcroft - The Jewel in the Crown
• Gena Rowlands - An Early Frost
• Marlo Thomas - Consenting Adult
• Joanne Woodward - Do You Remember Love

Best Series - Drama

Murder, She Wrote

• Cagney & Lacey
• Dynasty
• Miami Vice
• St. Elsewhere

Best Series - Musical or Comedy

The Golden Girls

• The Cosby Show
• Family Ties
• Kate & Allie
• Moonlighting

Best Miniseries or TV Film

The Jewel in the Crown

• Amos
• Death of a Salesman
• Do You Remember Love
• An Early Frost

Best Supporting Actor - Series, Miniseries or TV Film

Edward James Olmos - Miami Vice

• Ed Begley, Jr. - St. Elsewhere
• David Carradine - North and South
• Richard Farnsworth - Chase
• John James - Dynasty
• John Malkovich - Death of a Salesman
• Pat Morita - Amos
• Bruce Weitz - Hill Street Blues

Best Supporting Actress - Series, Miniseries or TV Film

Sylvia Sidney - An Early Frost

• Lesley-Anne Down - North and South
• Katherine Helmond - Who's the Boss?
• Kate Reid - Death of a Salesman
• Inga Swenson - Benson

See also

• 58th Academy Awards
• 6th Golden Raspberry Awards
• 37th Primetime Emmy Awards
• 38th Primetime Emmy Awards
• 39th British Academy Film Awards
• 40th Tony Awards
• 1985 in film
• 1985 in American television