title: 39th Golden Globe Awards
text: # 39th Golden Globe Awards
  
  The 39th Golden Globe Awards, honoring the best in film and television for 1981, were held on January 30, 1982.
  
  ## Winners and nominees
  
  ### 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 |
  | 7 | Reds |
  | 6 | On Golden Pond |
  | 5 | Arthur |
  | 4 | The Four Seasons |
  | 3 | Atlantic City |
  | 3 | Butterfly |
  | 3 | The French Lieutenant's Woman |
  | 3 | Only When I Laugh |
  | 3 | Pennies from Heaven |
  | 2 | Absence of Malice |
  | 2 | First Monday in October |
  | 2 | 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 |
  | 4 | Dynasty |
  | 4 | Taxi |
  | 3 | The Love Boat |
  | 3 | Masada |
  | 3 | M*A*S*H |
  | 3 | One Day at a Time |
  | 2 | Alice |
  | 2 | Barbara Mandrell and the Mandrell Sisters |
  | 2 | Bill |
  | 2 | East of Eden |
  | 2 | Hart to Hart |
  | 2 | Hill Street Blues |
  | 2 | A Long Way Home |
  | 2 | Lou Grant |
  | 2 | Magnum P.I. |
  | 2 | The Patricia Neal Story |
  | 2 | Private Benjamin |
  
  The following programs received multiple wins:
  
  | Wins | Title |
  | - | - |
  | 2 | Bill |
  | 2 | Hill Street Blues |
  | 2 | M*A*S*H |
  
  ## Ceremony
  
  ### Miss Golden Globe
  
  Laura Dern (daughter of Bruce Dern & Diane Ladd)
  
  