42nd Golden Globe Awards

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The 42nd Golden Globe Awards, honoring the best in film and television for 1984, were held on January 27, 1985.

Winners and nominees

Peggy Ashcroft — Best Supporting Actress in a Motion Picture, winner

Film

Best Motion Picture
Drama	Comedy or Musical
*Amadeus* The Cotton Club The Killing Fields Places in the Heart A Soldier's Story	*Romancing the Stone* Beverly Hills Cop Ghostbusters Micki & Maude Splash
Best Performance in a Motion Picture – Drama
Actor	Actress
*F. Murray Abraham – Amadeus* as Antonio Salieri** Jeff Bridges – Starman as Starman/Scott Hayden Albert Finney – Under the Volcano as Geoffrey Firmin Tom Hulce – Amadeus as Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Sam Waterston – The Killing Fields as Sydney Schanberg	*Sally Field – Places in the Heart* as Edna Spalding** Diane Keaton – Mrs. Soffel as Kate Soffel Jessica Lange – Country as Jewell Ivy Vanessa Redgrave – The Bostonians as Olive Chancellor Sissy Spacek – The River as Mae Garvey
Best Performance in a Motion Picture – Comedy or Musical
Actor	Actress
*Dudley Moore – Micki & Maude* as Rob Salinger** Steve Martin – All of Me as Roger Cobb Eddie Murphy – Beverly Hills Cop as Axel Foley Bill Murray – Ghostbusters as Peter Venkman Robin Williams – Moscow on the Hudson as Vladimir Ivanov	*Kathleen Turner – Romancing the Stone* as Joan Wilder** Anne Bancroft – Garbo Talks as Estelle Rolfe Mia Farrow – Broadway Danny Rose as Tina Vitale Shelley Long – Irreconcilable Differences as Lucy Van Patten Brodsky Lily Tomlin – All of Me as Edwina Cutwater
Best Supporting Performance in a Motion Picture – Drama, Comedy or Musical
Supporting Actor	Supporting Actress
*Haing S. Ngor – The Killing Fields* as Dith Pran** Adolph Caesar – A Soldier's Story as Sgt. Waters Richard Crenna – The Flamingo Kid as Phil Brody Jeffrey Jones – Amadeus as Emperor Joseph II Pat Morita – The Karate Kid as Mr. Miyagi	*Peggy Ashcroft – A Passage to India* as Mrs. Moore** Drew Barrymore – Irreconcilable Differences as Casey Brodsky Kim Basinger – The Natural as Memo Paris Jacqueline Bisset – Under the Volcano as Yvonne Firmin Melanie Griffith – Body Double as Holly Body Christine Lahti – Swing Shift as Hazel Zanussi Lesley Ann Warren – Songwriter as Gilda
Other
Best Director	Best Screenplay
Miloš Forman – Amadeus Francis Ford Coppola – The Cotton Club Roland Joffé – The Killing Fields David Lean – A Passage to India Sergio Leone – Once Upon a Time in America	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	Best Original Song
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	"I Just Called to Say I Love You" (Stevie Wonder) – The Woman in Red "Against All Odds (Take a Look at Me Now)" (Phil Collins) – Against All Odds "Footloose" (Kenny Loggins, Dean Pitchford) – Footloose "Ghostbusters" (Ray Parker Jr.) – Ghostbusters "No More Lonely Nights" (Paul McCartney) – Give My Regards to Broad Street "When Doves Cry" (Prince) – Purple Rain
Best Foreign Film
A Passage to India (UK) Carmen (France) Dangerous Moves (Switzerland) Paris, Texas (West Germany/France) A Sunday in the Country (France)

The following films received multiple nominations:

Nominations	Title
6	The Killing Fields
5	Amadeus
5	A Passage to India
3	Ghostbusters
	Places in the Heart
	A Soldier's Story
2	All of Me
	Beverly Hills Cop
	The Cotton Club
	Irreconcilable Differences
	Micki & Maude
	The River
	Romancing the Stone
	Starman
	Under the Volcano

The following films received multiple wins:

Wins	Title
4	Amadeus
3	A Passage to India
2	Romancing the Stone

Television

Best Television Series
Drama	Musical or Comedy
*Murder, She Wrote* Cagney & Lacey Dynasty Hill Street Blues St. Elsewhere	*The Cosby Show* Cheers Fame The Jeffersons Kate & Allie
Best Performance in a Television Series – Drama
Actor	Actress
*Tom Selleck - Magnum, P.I.* as Thomas Sullivan Magnum III** James Brolin - Hotel as Peter McDermott John Forsythe - Dynasty as Blake Carrington Larry Hagman - Dallas as J.R. Ewing Stacy Keach - Mickey Spillane's Mike Hammer as Mike Hammer Daniel J. Travanti - Hill Street Blues as Captain Francis "Frank" Furillo	*Angela Lansbury - Murder, She Wrote* as Jessica Fletcher** Joan Collins - Dynasty as Alexis Colby Tyne Daly - Cagney & Lacey as Det. Marry Beth Lacey Linda Evans - Dynasty as Krystle Carrington Sharon Gless - Cagney & Lacey as Det. Sgt. Christine Cagney Kate Jackson - Scarecrow and Mrs. King as Amanda King
Best Performance in a Television Series – Musical or Comedy
Actor	Actress
*Bill Cosby - The Cosby Show* as Dr. Heathcliff "Cliff" Huxtable** Ted Danson - Cheers as Sam Malone Robert Guillaume - Benson as Benson DuBois Sherman Hemsley - The Jeffersons as George Jefferson Bob Newhart - Newhart as Dick Loudon	*Shelley Long - Cheers* as Diane Chambers** Debbie Allen - Fame as Lydia Grant Nell Carter - Gimme a Break! as Nellie "Nell" Ruth Harper Susan Clark - Webster as Katherine Calder-Young Papadopolis Jane Curtin - Kate & Allie as Allie Lowell Isabel Sanford - The Jeffersons as Louise Jefferson
Best Performance in a Miniseries or Television Film
Actor	Actress
*Ted Danson - Something About Amelia* as Steven Bennett** James Garner - Heartsounds as Harold Lear Sam Neill - Reilly: Ace of Spies as Sidney Reilly Jason Robards - Sakharov as Andrei Sakharov Treat Williams - A Streetcar Named Desire as Stanley Kowalski	*Ann-Margret - A Streetcar Named Desire* as Blanche DuBois** Glenn Close - Something About Amelia as Gail Bennett Farrah Fawcett - The Burning Bed as Francine Hughes Jane Fonda - The Dollmaker as Gertie Glenda Jackson - Sakharov as Yelena Bonner
Best Supporting Performance in a Series, Miniseries or Television Film
Supporting Actor	Supporting Actress
*Paul Le Mat - The Burning Bed* as James Berlin "Mickey" Hughes** Pierce Brosnan - Nancy Astor as Robert Gould Shaw John Hillerman - Magnum, P.I. as Johnathan Quayle Higgins III Ben Vereen - Ellis Island as Roscoe Haines Bruce Weitz - Hill Street Blues as Det. Mick Belker	*Faye Dunaway - Ellis Island* as Maud Chareris** Selma Diamond - Night Court as Selma Hacker Marla Gibbs - The Jeffersons as Florence Johnston Gina Lollobrigida - Falcon Crest as Francesca Gioberti Rhea Perlman - Cheers as Carla Tortelli Roxana Zal - Something About Amelia as Amelia Bennett
Best Miniseries or Television Film
*Something About Amelia* The Burning Bed The Dollmaker Sakharov A Streetcar Named Desire

The following programs received multiple nominations:

Nominations	Title
4	Cheers
	The Jeffersons
	Something About Amelia
3	The Burning Bed
	Cagney & Lacey
	Dynasty
	Hill Street Blues
	Sakharov
	A Streetcar Named Desire
2	The Cosby Show
	The Dollmaker
	Fame
	Kate & Allie
	Magnum P.I.
	Murder, She Wrote