39th Golden Globe Awards

39th Golden Globe Awards
Date	January 30, 1982
Site	Beverly Hilton Hotel Beverly Hills, Los Angeles, California
Hosted by	Robert Preston Linda Gray
Highlights
Best Film: Drama	On Golden Pond
Best Film: Musical or Comedy	Arthur
Best Drama Series	Hill Street Blues
Best Musical or Comedy Series	M*A*S*H
Most awards	(4) Arthur
Most nominations	(7) Ragtime Reds

The 39th Golden Globe Awards, honoring the best in film and television for 1981, were held on January 30, 1982.

Winners and nominees

Warren Beatty — Best Director, winner

Henry Fonda — Best Actor in a Motion Picture, Drama winner

Meryl Streep — Best Actress in a Motion Picture, Drama winner

Dudley Moore — Best Actor in a Motion Picture, Comedy or Musical winner

Bernadette Peters — Best Actress in a Motion Picture, Comedy or Musical winner

John Gielgud — Best Supporting Actor in a Motion Picture, winner

Joan Hackett — Best Supporting Actress in a Motion Picture, winner

Linda Evans — Best Actress in a Television Series, Drama co-winner

Barbara Bel Geddes — Best Actress in a Television Series, Drama co-winner

Alan Alda — Best Actor in a Television Series, Comedy or Musical winner

Eileen Brennan — Best Actress in a Television Series, Comedy or Musical winner

Mickey Rooney — Best Actor in a Miniseries or Television Film, winner

Jane Seymour — Best Actress in a Miniseries or Television Film, winner

John Hillerman — Best Supporting Actor in a Series, Miniseries or Television Film, winner

Valerie Bertinelli — Best Supporting Actress in a Series, Miniseries or Television Film, winner

Film

Best Motion Picture
Drama	Comedy or Musical
On Golden Pond The French Lieutenant's Woman Prince of the City Ragtime Reds	Arthur The Four Seasons Pennies from Heaven S.O.B. Zoot Suit
Best Performance in a Motion Picture – Drama
Actor	Actress
Henry Fonda – On Golden Pond as Norman Thayer Warren Beatty – Reds as John Reed Timothy Hutton – Taps as Brian Moreland Burt Lancaster – Atlantic City as Lou Pascal Treat Williams – Prince of the City as Daniel Ciello	Meryl Streep – The French Lieutenant's Woman as Sarah Woodruff / Anna Sally Field – Absence of Malice as Megan Carter Katharine Hepburn – On Golden Pond as Ethel Thayer Diane Keaton – Reds as Louise Bryant Sissy Spacek – Raggedy Man as Nita Longley
Best Performance in a Motion Picture – Comedy or Musical
Actor	Actress
Dudley Moore – Arthur as Arthur Bach Alan Alda – The Four Seasons as Jack Burroughs George Hamilton – Zorro, The Gay Blade as Don Diego Vega / Zorro / Wigglesworth / Ramon Vega Steve Martin – Pennies from Heaven as Arthur Parker Walter Matthau – First Monday in October as Dan Snow	Bernadette Peters – Pennies from Heaven as Eileen Everson Blair Brown – Continental Divide as Dr. Nell Porter Carol Burnett – The Four Seasons as Kate Burroughs Jill Clayburgh – First Monday in October as Ruth Loomis Liza Minnelli – Arthur as Linda Marolla
Best Supporting Performance in a Motion Picture – Drama, Comedy or Musical
Supporting Actor	Supporting Actress
John Gielgud – Arthur as Hobson James Coco – Only When I Laugh as Jimmy Jack Nicholson – Reds as Eugene O'Neill Howard E. Rollins, Jr. – Ragtime as Coalhouse Walker, Jr. Orson Welles – Butterfly as Judge Rauch	Joan Hackett – Only When I Laugh as Toby Landau Jane Fonda – On Golden Pond as Chelsea Thayer Wayne Kristy McNichol – Only When I Laugh as Polly Hines Maureen Stapleton – Reds as Emma Goldman Mary Steenburgen – Ragtime as Mother
Other
Best Director	Best Screenplay
Warren Beatty – Reds Miloš Forman – Ragtime Sidney Lumet – Prince of the City Louis Malle – Atlantic City Mark Rydell – On Golden Pond Steven Spielberg – Raiders of the Lost Ark	On Golden Pond – Ernest Thompson Absence of Malice – Kurt Luedtke The Four Seasons – Alan Alda The French Lieutenant's Woman – Harold Pinter Reds – Warren Beatty and Trevor Griffiths
Best Original Song
"Arthur's Theme (Best That You Can Do)" (Carole Bayer Sager, Burt Bacharach, Peter Allen, Christopher Cross) – Arthur "Endless Love" (Lionel Richie) – Endless Love "For Your Eyes Only" (Bill Conti, Mick Leeson) – For Your Eyes Only "It's Wrong for Me to Love You" (Ennio Morricone, Carol Connors) – Butterfly "One More Hour" (Randy Newman, Jennifer Warnes) – Ragtime
Best Foreign Film	New Star of the Year
Chariots of Fire (UK) Atlantic City (Canada/France) Das Boot (West Germany) Gallipoli (Australia) Pixote (Brazil)	Pia Zadora – Butterfly as Kady Tyler Elizabeth McGovern – Ragtime as Evelyn Nesbit Howard E. Rollins, Jr. – Ragtime as Coalhouse Walker, Jr. Kathleen Turner – Body Heat as Matty Tyler Walker Rachel Ward – Sharky's Machine as Dominoe Craig Wasson – Four Friends as Danilo Prozor

The following films received multiple nominations:

Nominations	Title
7	Ragtime
	Reds
6	On Golden Pond
5	Arthur
4	The Four Seasons
3	Atlantic City
	Butterfly
	The French Lieutenant's Woman
	Only When I Laugh
	Pennies from Heaven
2	Absence of Malice
	First Monday in October
	Prince of the City

The following films received multiple wins:

Wins	Title
4	Arthur
3	On Golden Pond

Television

Best Television Series
Drama	Musical or Comedy
Hill Street Blues Dallas Dynasty Hart to Hart Lou Grant	M*A*S*H Barbara Mandrell and the Mandrell Sisters The Love Boat Private Benjamin Taxi
Best Performance in a Television Series – Drama
Actor	Actress
Daniel J. Travanti - Hill Street Blues as Capt. Francis "Frank" Furillo Edward Asner - Lou Grant as Lou Grant John Forsythe - Dynasty as Blake Carrington Larry Hagman - Dallas as J.R. Ewing Tom Selleck - Magnum, P.I. as Thomas Magnum IV	Barbara Bel Geddes - Dallas (tie) as Ellie Ewing Linda Evans - Dynasty (tie) as Krystle Carrington Joan Collins - Dynasty as Alexis Colby Morgan Fairchild - Flamingo Road as Constance Weldon Carlyle Linda Gray - Dallas as Sue Ellen Ewing Stefanie Powers - Hart to Hart as Jennifer Hart
Best Performance in a Television Series — Musical or Comedy
Actor	Actress
Alan Alda - M*A*S*H as Capt. Benjamin "Hawkeye" Pierce James Garner - Bret Maverick as Bret Maverick Judd Hirsch - Taxi as Alex Reiger Gavin MacLeod - The Love Boat as Capt. Merrill Stubing Tony Randall - Love, Sidney as Sidney Shorr	Eileen Brennan - Private Benjamin as Cpt. Doreen Lewis Loni Anderson - WKRP in Cincinnati as Jennifer Marlowe Bonnie Franklin - One Day at a Time as Ann Romano Barbara Mandrell - Barbara Mandrell and the Mandrell Sisters as herself Loretta Swit - M*A*S*H as Margaret "Hot Lips" Houlihan Penobscott
Best Performance in a Miniseries or Television Film
Actor	Actress
Mickey Rooney - Bill as Bill Sackter Dirk Bogarde - The Patricia Neal Story as Roald Dahl Timothy Hutton - A Long Way Home as Donald Burch Booth Danny Kaye - Skokie as Max Feldman Peter O'Toole - Masada as Lucius Flavius Silva Ray Sharkey - The Ordeal of Bill Carney as Bill Carney Peter Strauss - Masada as Eleazar Ben Yair	Jane Seymour - East of Eden as Cathy Ames/Kate Albey Ellen Burstyn - The People vs. Jean Harris as Jean Harris Glenda Jackson - The Patricia Neal Story as Patricia Neal Jaclyn Smith - Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy as Jacqueline "Jackie" Kennedy Joanne Woodward - Crisis at Central High as Elizabeth Huckaby
Best Supporting Performance in a Series, Miniseries or Television Film
Supporting Actor	Supporting Actress
John Hillerman - Magnum, P.I. as Jonathan Higgins III Danny DeVito - Taxi as Louie De Palma Pat Harrington Jr. - One Day at a Time as Dwayne Schneider Vic Tayback - Alice as Mel Sharples Hervé Villechaize - Fantasy Island as Tattoo	Valerie Bertinelli - One Day at a Time as Barbara Cooper Royer Danielle Brisebois - Archie Bunker's Place as Stephanie Mills Beth Howland - Alice as Vera Louise Gorman Novak Marilu Henner - Taxi as Elaine O'Connor Nardo Lauren Tewes - The Love Boat as Julie McCoy
Best Miniseries or Television Film
Bill East of Eden Masada A Long Way Home Murder in Texas

The following programs received multiple nominations:

Nominations	Title
4	Dallas
	Dynasty
	Taxi
3	The Love Boat
	Masada
	M*A*S*H
	One Day at a Time
2	Alice
	Barbara Mandrell and the Mandrell Sisters
	Bill
	East of Eden
	Hart to Hart
	Hill Street Blues
	A Long Way Home
	Lou Grant
	Magnum P.I.
	The Patricia Neal Story
	Private Benjamin

The following programs received multiple wins:

Wins	Title
2	Bill
	Hill Street Blues
	M*A*S*H

Ceremony

Miss Golden Globe

Laura Dern (daughter of Bruce Dern & Diane Ladd)

See also

• 54th Academy Awards
• 2nd Golden Raspberry Awards
• 33rd Primetime Emmy Awards
• 34th Primetime Emmy Awards
• 35th British Academy Film Awards
• 36th Tony Awards
• 1981 in film
• 1981 in American television

References

• IMdb 1982 Golden Globe Awards