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Highlights
Best Film: Drama
Out of Africa
Best Film: Musical or Comedy
Prizzi's Honor
Best Drama Series
Murder, She Wrote
Best Musical or Comedy Series
The Golden Girls
Most awards
(4) Prizzi's Honor
Most nominations
(6) Out of Africa Prizzi's Honor Witness
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Golden Globes
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The 43rd Golden Globe Awards, honoring the best in film and television for 1985, were held on January 24, 1986.
Winners and nominees
Jon Voight — Best Actor in a Motion Picture, Drama winner
Whoopi Goldberg — Best Actress in a Motion Picture, Drama winner
Jack Nicholson — Best Actor in a Motion Picture, Comedy or Musical winner
Kathleen Turner — Best Actress in a Motion Picture, Comedy or Musical winner
Klaus Maria Brandauer — Best Supporting Actor in a Motion Picture, winner
Meg Tilly — Best Supporting Actress in a Motion Picture, winner
Woody Allen — Best Screenplay, winner
Don Johnson — Best Actor in a Television Series, Drama winner
Sharon Gless — Best Actress in a Television Series, Drama winner
Bill Cosby — Best Actor in a Television Series, Comedy or Musical winner
Estelle Getty — Best Actress in a Television Series, Comedy or Musical winner
Cybill Shepherd — Best Actress in a Television Series, Comedy or Musical winner
Dustin Hoffman — Best Actor in a Miniseries or Television Movie, winner
Liza Minnelli — Best Actress in a Miniseries or Television Movie, winner
Edward James Olmos — Best Supporting Actor in a Series, Miniseries or Motion Picture Made for Television, winner
Sylvia Sidney — Best Supporting Actress in a Series, Miniseries or Motion Picture Made for Television, winner
Film
Best Motion Picture
Drama
Comedy or Musical
Out of Africa
The Color Purple
Kiss of the Spider Woman
Runaway Train
Witness
Prizzi's Honor
Back to the Future
A Chorus Line
Cocoon
The Purple Rose of Cairo
Best Performance in a Motion Picture – Drama
Actor
Actress
Jon Voight – Runaway Train as Oscar "Manny" Manheim
Harrison Ford – Witness as Detective Captain John Book
Gene Hackman – Twice in a Lifetime as Harry Mackenzie
William Hurt – Kiss of the Spider Woman as Luis Molina
Raúl Juliá – Kiss of the Spider Woman as Valentin Arregui
Whoopi Goldberg – The Color Purple as Celie Harris Johnson
Anne Bancroft – Agnes of God as Miriam Ruth
Cher – Mask as Florence "Rusty" Dennis
Geraldine Page – The Trip to Bountiful as Carrie Watts
Meryl Streep – Out of Africa as Karen Blixen
Best Performance in a Motion Picture – Comedy or Musical
Actor
Actress
Jack Nicholson – Prizzi's Honor as Charley Partanna
Jeff Daniels – The Purple Rose of Cairo as Tom Baxter/Gil Shepherd
Griffin Dunne – After Hours as Paul Hackatt
Michael J. Fox – Back to the Future as Marty McFly
James Garner – Murphy's Romance as Murphy Jones
Kathleen Turner – Prizzi's Honor as Irene Walker
Rosanna Arquette – Desperately Seeking Susan as Roberta Glass
Glenn Close – Maxie as Jan/Maxie
Mia Farrow – The Purple Rose of Cairo as Cecelia
Sally Field – Murphy's Romance as Emma Moriarty
Best Supporting Performance in a Motion Picture – Drama, Comedy or Musical
Supporting Actor
Supporting Actress
Klaus Maria Brandauer – Out of Africa as Baron Bror von Blixen-Finecke
Joel Grey – Remo Williams: The Adventure Begins as Chiun
John Lone – Year of the Dragon as Joey Tai
Eric Roberts – Runaway Train as Buck
Eric Stoltz – Mask as Roy L. "Rocky" Dennis
Meg Tilly - Agnes of God as Sister Agnes
Sônia Braga - Kiss of the Spider Woman as Leni Lamaison/Marta/Spider Woman
Anjelica Huston - Prizzi's Honor as Maerose Prizzi
Amy Madigan - Twice in a Lifetime as Sunny Sobel
Kelly McGillis - Witness as Rachel Lapp
Oprah Winfrey - The Color Purple as Sofia Johnson
Other
Best Director
Best Screenplay
John Huston – Prizzi's Honor
Richard Attenborough – A Chorus Line
Sydney Pollack – Out of Africa
Steven Spielberg – The Color Purple
Peter Weir – Witness
The Purple Rose of Cairo – Woody Allen
Back to the Future – Bob Gale and Robert Zemeckis
Out of Africa – Kurt Luedtke
Prizzi's Honor – Richard Condon and Janet Roach
Witness – William Kelley and Earl W. Wallace
Best Original Score
Best Original Song
Out of Africa – John Barry
The Color Purple – Quincy Jones
White Nights – Michel Colombier
Witness – Maurice Jarre
Year of the Dragon – David Mansfield
"Say You, Say Me" (Lionel Richie) – White Nights
"The Power of Love" (Huey Lewis and Chris Hayes) – Back to the Future
"Rhythm of the Night" (Diane Warren) – The Last Dragon
"A View to a Kill" (John Barry, Duran Duran and Bernard Edwards) – A View to a Kill
"We Don't Need Another Hero (Thunderdome)" (Terry Britten and Graham Lyle) – Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome
Best Foreign Language Film
The Official Story (La historia oficial) (Argentina)
Colonel Redl (Oberst Redl) (Hungary)
Ran (Japan)
When Father Was Away on Business (Otac na sluzbenom putu) (Yugoslavia)
The Year of the Quiet Sun (Rok spokojnego slonca) (Poland)
The following films received multiple nominations:
Nominations
Title
6
Out of Africa
Prizzi's Honor
Witness
5
The Color Purple
4
Kiss of the Spider Woman
The Purple Rose of Cairo
Back to the Future
3
Runaway Train
2
Agnes of God
A Chorus Line
Mask
Murphy's Romance
Twice in a Lifetime
White Nights
Year of the Dragon
The following films received multiple wins:
Wins
Title
4
Prizzi's Honor
3
Out of Africa
Television
Best Television Series
Drama
Comedy or Musical
Murder, She Wrote
Cagney & Lacey
Dynasty
Miami Vice
St. Elsewhere
The Golden Girls
The Cosby Show
Family Ties
Kate & Allie
Moonlighting
Best Performance in a Television Series – Drama
Actor
Actress
Don Johnson – Miami Vice as Sonny Crockett
John Forsythe – Dynasty as Blake Carrington
Tom Selleck – Magnum, P.I. as Thomas Magnum
Philip Michael Thomas – Miami Vice as Ricardo Tubbs
Daniel J. Travanti – Hill Street Blues as Captain Frank Furillo
Sharon Gless – Cagney & Lacey as Christine Cagney
Joan Collins – Dynasty as Alexis Carrington
Tyne Daly – Cagney & Lacey as Mary Beth Lacey
Linda Evans – Dynasty as Krystle Carrington
Angela Lansbury – Murder, She Wrote as Jessica Fletcher
Best Performance in a Television Series – Comedy or Musical
Actor
Actress
Bill Cosby – The Cosby Show as Cliff Huxtable
Tony Danza – Who's the Boss? as Tony Micelli
Michael J. Fox – Family Ties as Alex P. Keaton
Bob Newhart – Newhart as Dick Loudon
Bruce Willis – Moonlighting as David Addison
Estelle Getty – The Golden Girls as Sophia Petrillo
Cybill Shepherd – Moonlighting as Maddie Hayes
Beatrice Arthur – The Golden Girls as Dorothy Zbornak
Rue McClanahan – The Golden Girls as Blanche Devereaux
Betty White – The Golden Girls as Rose Nylund
Best Performance in a Miniseries or Television Film
Actor
Actress
Dustin Hoffman – Death of a Salesman as Willy Loman
Richard Chamberlain – Wallenberg: A Hero's Story as Raoul Wallenberg
Richard Crenna – The Rape of Richard Beck as Richard Beck
Kirk Douglas – Amos as Amos Lasher
Peter Strauss – Kane & Abel as Abel Rosnovski
Liza Minnelli – A Time to Live as Mary-Lou Weisman
Peggy Ashcroft – The Jewel in the Crown as Barbara Batchelor
Gena Rowlands – An Early Frost as Katherine Pierson
Marlo Thomas – Consenting Adult as Tess Lynd
Joanne Woodward – Do You Remember Love as Barbara Wyatt-Hollis
Best Supporting Performance - TV Series, Miniseries or Television Film
Supporting Actor
Supporting Actress
Edward James Olmos – Miami Vice as Lieutenant Martin Castillo
Ed Begley Jr. – St. Elsewhere as Dr. Victor Ehrlich
David Carradine – North and South as Justin LaMotte
Richard Farnsworth – Chase as Jude Grand Pettitt
John James – Dynasty as Jeff Colby
John Malkovich – Death of a Salesman as Biff Loman
Pat Morita – Amos as Tommy Tanaka
Bruce Weitz – Hill Street Blues as Sergeant Michael "Mick" Belker
Sylvia Sidney – An Early Frost as Beatrice McKenna
Lesley-Anne Down – North and South as Madeline Fabray
Katherine Helmond – Who's the Boss? as Mona Robinson
Kate Reid – Death of a Salesman as Linda Loman
Inga Swenson – Benson as Gretchen Kraus
Best Miniseries or Television Film
The Jewel in the Crown
Amos
Death of a Salesman
Do You Remember Love
An Early Frost
The following programs received multiple nominations:
