42nd Golden Globe Awards (1985)

Highlights of 42nd Golden Globes Awards ceremony

The 42nd Golden Globe Awards honored the best in film and television of 1984.
The award ceremony was held on 27th January 1985.
Amadeus won the Best Motion Picture - Drama award.
Romancing the Stone won the Best Motion Picture - Musical or Comedy award.
- WINNER

Best Motion Picture - Drama

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

Best Actress in a Motion Picture - Drama

Places in the Heart - Sally Field
Mrs. Soffel - Diane Keaton
Country - Jessica Lange
The Bostonians - Vanessa Redgrave
The River - Sissy Spacek

Best Actor in a Motion Picture - Drama

Amadeus - F. Murray Abraham
Starman - Jeff Bridges
Under the Volcano - Albert Finney
Amadeus - Tom Hulce
The Killing Fields - Sam Waterston

Best Motion Picture - Comedy Or Musical

Romancing the Stone
Beverly Hills Cop
Ghostbusters
Micki + Maude
Splash

Best Actress in a Motion Picture - Comedy Or Musical

Romancing the Stone - Kathleen Turner
Garbo Talks - Anne Bancroft
Broadway Danny Rose - Mia Farrow
Irreconcilable Differences - Shelley Long
All of Me - Lily Tomlin

Best Actor in a Motion Picture - Comedy Or Musical

Micki + Maude - Dudley Moore
All of Me - Steve Martin
Beverly Hills Cop - Eddie Murphy
Ghostbusters - Bill Murray
Moscow on the Hudson - Robin Williams

Best Supporting Actress in a Motion Picture

A Passage to India - Peggy Ashcroft
Irreconcilable Differences - Drew Barrymore
The Natural - Kim Basinger
Under the Volcano - Jacqueline Bisset
Body Double - Melanie Griffith
Swing Shift - Christine Lahti
Songwriter - Lesley Ann Warren

Best Supporting Actor in a Motion Picture

The Killing Fields - Haing S. Ngor
A Soldier's Story - Adolph Caesar
The Flamingo Kid - Richard Crenna
Amadeus - Jeffrey Jones
The Karate Kid - Pat Morita

Best Foreign Language Film

A Passage to India
Carmen
Dangerous Moves
Paris, Texas
A Sunday in the Country

Best Director - Motion Picture

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

Best Screenplay - Motion Picture

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 Original Score - Motion Picture

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 - Motion Picture

The Woman in Red - Stevie Wonder for "I Just Called to Say I Love You"
Against All Odds for "Against All Odds"
Footloose for "Footloose"
Ghostbusters for "Ghostbusters"
Give My Regards to Broad Street for "No More Lonely Nights"
Purple Rain for "When Doves Cry"

Best Television Series - Drama

Murder, She Wrote
Cagney And Lacey
Dynasty
Hill Street Blues
St. Elsewhere

Best Actress in a Television Series - Drama

Murder, She Wrote - Angela Lansbury
Dynasty - Joan Collins
Cagney And Lacey - Tyne Daly
Dynasty - Linda Evans
Cagney And Lacey - Sharon Gless
Scarecrow and Mrs. King - Kate Jackson

Best Actor in a Television Series - Drama

Magnum, P.I. - Tom Selleck
Hotel - James Brolin
Dynasty - John Forsythe
Dallas - Larry Hagman
Mike Hammer - Stacy Keach
Hill Street Blues - Daniel J Travanti

Best Television Series - Comedy Or Musical

The Cosby Show
Cheers
Fame
The Jeffersons
Kate And Allie

Best Actress in a Television Series - Comedy Or Musical

Cheers - Shelley Long
Fame - Debbie Allen
Gimme a Break! - Nell Carter
Webster - Susan Clark
Kate And Allie - Jane Curtin
The Jeffersons - Isabel Sanford

Best Actor in a Television Series - Comedy Or Musical

The Cosby Show - Bill Cosby
Cheers - Ted Danson
Benson - Robert Guillaume
The Jeffersons - Sherman Hemsley
Newhart - Bob Newhart

Best Mini-Series Or Motion Picture Made for Television

Something About Amelia
The Burning Bed
The Dollmaker
Sakharov
A Streetcar Named Desire

Best Actress In A Mini-series or Motion Picture (TV)

A Streetcar Named Desire - Ann-Margret
Something About Amelia - Glenn Close
The Burning Bed - Farrah Fawcett
The Dollmaker - Jane Fonda
Sakharov - Glenda Jackson

Best Actor In A Mini-series or Motion Picture (TV)

Something About Amelia - Ted Danson
Heartsounds - James Garner
Reilly - Ace of Spies - Sam Neill
Sakharov - Jason Robards
A Streetcar Named Desire - Treat Williams

Best Supporting Actress In A Mini-series or Motion Picture (TV)

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

Best Supporting Actor In A Mini-series or Motion Picture (TV)

The Burning Bed - Paul Le Mat
Nancy Astor - Pierce Brosnan
Magnum, P.I. - John Hillerman
Ellis Island - Ben Vereen
Hill Street Blues - Bruce Weitz
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