The Golden Globe Awards - the 1980's

Here is a continuing look at the Golden Globe Awards, this time looking at the decade of the 1980's.

1980 - As with the Academy Awards, the evening belonged to Robert Redford. His directorial debut, "Ordinary People," was the big winner taking honors for Best Picture (Drama); Director; Actress - Drama (Mary Tyler Moore); Supporting Actor (Timothy Hutton). All but Moore would win the Academy Award as Best Actress in a Musical/Comedy, Sissy Spacek in "Coal Miner's Daughter," would win the Academy Award. Three of the Best Supporting Actress nominees (Lucie Arnaz "The Jazz Singer"; Beverly D'Angelo "Coal Miner's Daughter"; Debra Winger "Urban Cowboy") would not be nominated for the Academy Award. Gene Kelly was the recipient of the DeMille Award.

1981 - One of the sleeper hits of the year would be the big winner at the Globe's this year. "Arthur," starring Dudley Moore as a free wheeling alcoholic millionaire would win 4 awards (Best Picture - Comedy; Best Actor - Comedy (Moore); Best Supporting Actor (John Gielgud); Best Song) but, predictably, the more serious minded members of the Academy would only honor Gielgud and the song (Arthur's Theme "The Best That You Can Do") though Moore would receive a nomination. The eventual Academy Award winning Best Picture, "Chariots of Fire," would receive no Globe nominations. Only Gielgud and Henry Fonda ("On Golden Pond") would carry their Globe victory to Oscar gold. Sidney Poitier would receive the DeMille award this year.

1982 - "Gandhi" and "E.T." were the big Globe winners this year though "Gandhi," which would win the Academy Award for Best Picture was not even nominated in the Globe category despite its victories for Best Director and Best Screenplay. All four Academy Award winning performances (Ben Kingsley "Gandhi"; Meryl Streep "Sophie's Choice" Louis Gossett, Jr. "An Officer and a Gentleman" Jessica Lange "Tootsie") would first win the Globe - an unusual occurrence. Laurence Olivier would receive the DeMille award this year.