38th Annual Golden Globe Awards Results and Commentary (1981)

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  • Date of Ceremony: Saturday, January 31, 1981
  • For films released in: 1980
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Here is the complete list of winners for the 38th Annual Golden Globe Awards.

Results

Best Motion Picture - Drama

  • Ordinary People

Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Drama

Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture - Drama

  • Ordinary People
    Mary Tyler Moore

Best Motion Picture - Musical/Comedy

  • Coal Miner's Daughter

Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Musical/Comedy

  • The Idolmaker
    Ray Sharkey

Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture - Musical/Comedy

  • Coal Miner's Daughter
    Sissy Spacek

Best Directing

  • Ordinary People
    Robert Redford

Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Motion Picture

  • Ordinary People
    Timothy Hutton

Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in a Motion Picture

  • Melvin and Howard
    Mary Steenburgen

Best Foreign Film

  • Tess

Best Original Score - Motion Picture

  • The Stunt Man
    Dominic Frontiere

Best Original Song - Motion Picture

  • Fame "Fame"
    Michael Gore [Music by] and Dean Pitchford [Lyrics by]

Best Screenplay

  • The Ninth Configuration
    William Peter Blatty

New Star of the Year in a Motion Picture - Male

  • Ordinary People
    Timothy Hutton

New Star of the Year in a Motion Picture - Female

  • Tess
    Nastassja Kinski

Best Television Series - Drama

  • Shogun

Best Performance by an Actor in a Television Series - Drama

  • Shogun
    Richard Chamberlain

Best Performance by an Actress in a Television Series - Drama

  • Shogun
    YĆ“ko Shimada

Best Television Series - Musical or Comedy

  • Taxi

Best Performance by an Actor in a Television Series - Musical or Comedy

Best Performance by an Actress in a Television Series - Musical or Comedy

  • Soap
    Katherine Helmond

Best Mini-Series or Motion Picture made for Television

  • The Shadow Box

Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Series, Mini-Series or Motion Picture made for Television

  • Alice
    Vic Tayback
  • One Day at a Time
    Pat Harrington Jr.

Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in a Series, Mini-Series or Motion Picture made for Television

  • Alice
    Diane Ladd
  • One Day at a Time
    Valerie Bertinelli

Cecil B. DeMille Award

  • Gene Kelly