37th Golden Globe Awards

37th Golden Globe Awards

January 26, 1980

----Best Film - Drama:
Kramer vs. Kramer ----Best Film - Musical or Comedy:
Breaking Away ----Best TV Series - Drama:
----Best TV Series - Musical or Comedy:

The 37th Golden Globe Awards, honoring the best in film and television for 1979, were held on 26 January, 1980.

Winners

Film

*Best Actor - Drama:
**Dustin Hoffman - "Kramer vs. Kramer"
*Best Actor - Musical or Comedy:
**Peter Sellers - "Being There"
*Best Actress - Drama:
**Sally Field - "Norma Rae"
*Best Actress - Musical or Comedy:
**Bette Midler - "The Rose"
*Best Director:
**Francis Ford Coppola -"Apocalypse Now"
*Best Film - Drama:
**"Kramer vs. Kramer"
*Best Film - Musical or Comedy:
**"Breaking Away"
*Best Foreign Language Film:
**"La cage aux folles (Birds of a Feather)", France/Italy
*Best Original Score:
**"Apocalypse Now" - Carmine and Francis Ford Coppola
*Best Original Song:
**"The Rose" performed by Bette Midler - "The Rose"
*Best Screenplay:
**"Kramer vs. Kramer" - Robert Benton
*Best Supporting Actor (tie):
**Melvyn Douglas - "Being There"
**Robert Duvall - "Apocalypse Now"
*Best Supporting Actress:
**Meryl Streep - "Kramer vs. Kramer"

Other:
*New Star of the Year in a Motion Picture - Male:
**Rick Schroder - "The Champ"
*New Star of the Year in a Motion Picture - Female:
**Bette Midler - "The Rose"

Television

Nominees

*37th Golden Globe Awards nominees