47th Golden Globe Awards

The 47th Golden Globe Awards, honoring the best in film and television for 1989, were held on January 20, 1990.

Winners and nominees

Film

Best Actor - Drama

Tom Cruise - Born on the Fourth of July

• Daniel Day-Lewis - My Left Foot: The Story of Christy Brown
• Jack Lemmon - Dad
• Al Pacino - Sea of Love
• Robin Williams - Dead Poets Society

Best Actor - Musical or Comedy

Morgan Freeman - Driving Miss Daisy

• Billy Crystal - When Harry Met Sally...
• Michael Douglas - The War of the Roses
• Steve Martin - Parenthood
• Jack Nicholson - Batman

Best Actress - Drama

Michelle Pfeiffer - The Fabulous Baker Boys

• Sally Field - Steel Magnolias
• Jessica Lange - Music Box
• Andie MacDowell - Sex, Lies, and Videotape
• Liv Ullmann - The Rose Garden

Best Actress - Musical or Comedy

Jessica Tandy - Driving Miss Daisy

• Pauline Collins - Shirley Valentine
• Meg Ryan - When Harry Met Sally...
• Meryl Streep - She-Devil
• Kathleen Turner - The War of the Roses

Best Director

Oliver Stone - Born on the Fourth of July

• Spike Lee - Do the Right Thing
• Rob Reiner - When Harry Met Sally...
• Peter Weir - Dead Poets Society
• Edward Zwick - Glory

Best Film - Drama

Born on the Fourth of July

• Crimes and Misdemeanors
• Dead Poets Society
• Do the Right Thing
• Glory

Best Film - Musical or Comedy

Driving Miss Daisy

• The Little Mermaid
• Shirley Valentine
• The War of the Roses
• When Harry Met Sally...

Best Foreign Language Film

Cinema Paradiso (Nuovo cinema Paradiso), Italy

• Camille Claudel, France
• Jesus of Montreal (Jésus de Montréal), Canada
• Story of Women (Une affaire de femmes), France
• My Uncle's Legacy (Zivot sa stricem), Yugoslavia

Best Original Score

"The Little Mermaid" - Alan Menken

• "Born on the Fourth of July" - John Williams
• "Casualties of War" - Ennio Morricone
• "The Fabulous Baker Boys" - Dave Grusin
• "Glory" - James Horner

Best Original Song

"Under the Sea" performed by Samuel E. Wright - The Little Mermaid

• "After All" - Chances Are
• "Kiss the Girl" - The Little Mermaid
• "I Love to See You Smile" - Parenthood
• "The Girl Who Used to Be Me" - Shirley Valentine

Best Screenplay

Born on the Fourth of July - Oliver Stone and Ron Kovic

• Dead Poets Society - Tom Schulman
• Do the Right Thing - Spike Lee
• Glory - Kevin Jarre
• Sex, Lies, and Videotape - Steven Soderbergh
• When Harry Met Sally... - Nora Ephron

Best Supporting Actor

Denzel Washington - Glory

• Danny Aiello - Do the Right Thing
• Marlon Brando - A Dry White Season
• Sean Connery - Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade
• Ed Harris - Jacknife
• Bruce Willis - In Country

Best Supporting Actress

Julia Roberts - Steel Magnolias

• Laura San Giacomo - Sex, Lies, and Videotape
• Bridget Fonda - Scandal
• Brenda Fricker - My Left Foot: The Story of Christy Brown
• Dianne Wiest - Parenthood

Television

Best Actor - Drama Series

Ken Wahl - Wiseguy

• Corbin Bernsen - L.A. Law
• Harry Hamlin - L.A. Law
• Carroll O'Connor - In the Heat of the Night
• Ken Olin - thirtysomething

Best Actor - Musical or Comedy Series

Ted Danson - Cheers

• John Goodman - Roseanne
• Judd Hirsch - Dear John
• Richard Mulligan - Empty Nest
• Fred Savage - The Wonder Years

Best Actor - Miniseries or TV Film

Robert Duvall - Lonesome Dove

• John Gielgud - War and Remembrance
• Ben Kingsley - Murderers Among Us: The Simon Wiesenthal Story
• Lane Smith - The Final Days
• James Woods - My Name is Bill W.

Best Actress - Drama Series

Angela Lansbury - Murder, She Wrote

• Dana Delany - China Beach
• Susan Dey - L.A. Law
• Jill Eikenberry - L.A. Law
• Mel Harris - thirtysomething

Best Actress - Musical or Comedy Series

Jamie Lee Curtis - Anything But Love

• Kirstie Alley - Cheers
• Stephanie Beacham - Sister Kate
• Candice Bergen - Murphy Brown
• Tracey Ullman - The Tracey Ullman Show

Best Actress - Miniseries or TV Film

Christine Lahti - No Place Like Home

• Farrah Fawcett - Small Sacrifices
• Holly Hunter - Roe vs. Wade
• Jane Seymour - War and Remembrance
• Loretta Young - Lady in the Corner

Best Series - Drama

China Beach

• In the Heat of the Night
• L.A. Law
• Murder, She Wrote
• thirtysomething
• Wiseguy

Best Series - Musical or Comedy

Murphy Brown

• Cheers
• Designing Women
• Empty Nest
• The Golden Girls
• The Wonder Years

Best Miniseries or TV Film

Lonesome Dove

• I Know My First Name is Steven
• My Name is Bill W.
• Roe vs. Wade
• Small Sacrifices

Best Supporting Actor - Series, Miniseries or TV Film

Dean Stockwell - Quantum Leap

• Chris Burke - Life Goes On
• Larry Drake - L.A. Law
• Tommy Lee Jones - Lonesome Dove
• Michael Tucker - L.A. Law

Best Supporting Actress - Series, Miniseries or TV Film

Amy Madigan - Roe vs. Wade

• Anjelica Huston - Lonesome Dove
• Rhea Perlman - Cheers
• Susan Ruttan - L.A. Law
• Julie Sommars - Matlock

See also

• 62nd Academy Awards
• 10th Golden Raspberry Awards
• 41st Primetime Emmy Awards
• 42nd Primetime Emmy Awards
• 43rd British Academy Film Awards
• 44th Tony Awards
• 1989 in film
• 1989 in American television

References

• 4 Golden Globe Awards To 'Born on 4th of July'