51st Golden Globes

51st Golden Globe Awards
51st Golden Globe Awards
Date	January 22, 1994
Site	Beverly Hilton Hotel, Beverly Hills, California
Hosted by	Tim Curry; Faye Dunaway
Highlights
Best Film: Drama	Schindler's List
Best Film: Musical or Comedy	Mrs. Doubtfire
Best Drama Series	NYPD Blue
Best Musical or Comedy Series	Seinfeld
Most awards	(3) Schindler's List
Most nominations	(6) The Piano ; Schindler's List
Television coverage
Network	TBS
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The 51st Golden Globe Awards, honoring the best in film and television for 1993, were held on January 22, 1994, at the Beverly Hilton Hotel in Beverly Hills, California.^[1]^[2]^[3] The nominations were announced on December 22, 1993.^[4]^[5]^[6]

Winners and nominees

Helen Hunt — Best Actress in a Television Series, Musical or Comedy winner

Film

Best Motion Picture
Drama	Musical or Comedy
Schindler's List The Age of Innocence In the Name of the Father The Piano The Remains of the Day	*Mrs. Doubtfire* Dave Much Ado About Nothing Sleepless in Seattle Strictly Ballroom
Best Performance in a Motion Picture – Drama
Actor	Actress
*Tom Hanks – Philadelphia* as Andrew Beckett** Daniel Day-Lewis – In the Name of the Father as Gerard "Gerry" Conlon Harrison Ford – The Fugitive as Dr. Richard Kimble Anthony Hopkins – The Remains of the Day as James Stevens Liam Neeson – Schindler's List as Oskar Schindler	*Holly Hunter – The Piano* as Ada McGrath** Juliette Binoche – Three Colors: Blue (Trois Couleurs: Bleu) as Julie de Courcy Michelle Pfeiffer – The Age of Innocence as Countess Ellen Olenska Emma Thompson – The Remains of the Day as Sarah "Sally" Kenton Debra Winger – A Dangerous Woman as Martha Horgan
Best Performance in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy
Actor	Actress
*Robin Williams – Mrs. Doubtfire* as Daniel Hillard / Euphegenia Doubtfire** Johnny Depp – Benny & Joon as Sam Tom Hanks – Sleepless in Seattle as Sam Baldwin Kevin Kline – Dave as Dave Kovic / President William Harrison Mitchell Colm Meaney – The Snapper as Des Curley	*Angela Bassett – What's Love Got to Do with It* as Tina Turner** Stockard Channing – Six Degrees of Separation as Louisa "Ouisa" Kittredge Anjelica Huston – Addams Family Values as Morticia Addams Diane Keaton – Manhattan Murder Mystery as Carol Lipton Meg Ryan – Sleepless in Seattle as Annie Reed
Best Supporting Performance in a Motion Picture – Drama, Musical or Comedy
Supporting Actor	Supporting Actress
Tommy Lee Jones – The Fugitive as Samuel Gerard Leonardo DiCaprio – What's Eating Gilbert Grape as Arnold "Arnie" Grape Ralph Fiennes – Schindler's List as Amon Göth John Malkovich – In the Line of Fire as Mitch Leary Sean Penn – Carlito's Way as David "Dave" Kleinfeld	Winona Ryder – The Age of Innocence as May Welland Penelope Ann Miller – Carlito's Way as Gail Rosie Perez – Fearless as Carla Rodrigo Anna Paquin – The Piano as Flora McGrath Emma Thompson – In the Name of the Father as Gareth Peirce
Best Director	Best Screenplay
Steven Spielberg – Schindler's List Jane Campion – The Piano Andrew Davis – The Fugitive James Ivory – The Remains of the Day Martin Scorsese – The Age of Innocence	Schindler's List – Steven Zaillian Philadelphia – Ron Nyswaner The Piano – Jane Campion The Remains of the Day – Ruth Prawer Jhabvala Short Cuts – Robert Altman and Frank Barhydt
Best Original Score	Best Original Song
Heaven & Earth – Kitaro Three Colors: Blue – Zbigniew Preisner The Nightmare Before Christmas – Danny Elfman The Piano – Michael Nyman Schindler's List – John Williams	"Streets of Philadelphia" performed by Bruce Springsteen – Philadelphia "Again" – Poetic Justice "The Day I Fall in Love" – Beethoven's 2nd "Stay (Faraway, So Close!)" – Faraway, So Close! "You Made Me the Thief of Your Heart" – In the Name of the Father
Best Foreign Language Film
Farewell My Concubine (Ba wang bie ji) • Hong Kong Flight of the Innocent (La corsa dell'innocente) • Italy Justice (Justiz) • Germany Three Colours: Blue (Trois couleurs: Bleu) • France The Wedding Banquet (Xi yan) • Taiwan

The following films received multiple nominations:

Nominations	Title
6	The Piano
6	Schindler's List
5	The Remains of the Day
4	The Age of Innocence
3	The Fugitive
	In the Name of the Father
	Philadelphia
	Sleepless in Seattle
	Three Colors: Blue (Trois Couleurs: Bleu)
2	Carlito's Way
	Dave
	Mrs. Doubtfire

The following films received multiple wins:

Wins	Film
3	Schindler's List
2	Philadelphia
2	Mrs. Doubtfire

Television

Best Television Series
Best Series – Drama	Best Series – Comedy or Musical
*NYPD Blue* Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman Law & Order Northern Exposure Picket Fences The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles	Seinfeld Coach Frasier Home Improvement Roseanne
Best Lead Actor in a Television Series
Best Actor – Drama Series	Best Actor – Comedy or Musical Series
David Caruso – NYPD Blue Michael Moriarty – Law & Order Rob Morrow – Northern Exposure Carroll O'Connor – In the Heat of the Night Tom Skerritt – Picket Fences	Jerry Seinfeld – Seinfeld Tim Allen – Home Improvement Kelsey Grammer – Frasier Craig T. Nelson – Coach Will Smith – The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air
Best Lead Actress in a Television Series
Best Actress – Drama Series	Best Actress – Comedy or Musical Series
Kathy Baker – Picket Fences Heather Locklear – Melrose Place Jane Seymour – Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman Janine Turner – Northern Exposure Sela Ward – Sisters	Helen Hunt – Mad About You Candice Bergen – Murphy Brown Patricia Richardson – Home Improvement Roseanne Barr – Roseanne Katey Sagal – Married... with Children
Best Supporting Performance – Series, Miniseries or Television Film
Best Supporting Actor – Series, Miniseries or Television Film	Best Supporting Actress – Series, Miniseries or Television Movie
Beau Bridges – The Positively True Adventures of the Alleged Texas Cheerleader-Murdering Mom Jason Alexander – Seinfeld Dennis Franz – NYPD Blue John Mahoney – Frasier Jonathan Pryce – Barbarians at the Gate	Julia Louis-Dreyfus – Seinfeld Ann-Margret – Alex Haley's Queen Cynthia Gibb – Gypsy Cecilia Peck – The Portrait Theresa Saldana – The Commish
Best Actor – Miniseries or Television Film	Best Actress – Miniseries or Television Film
James Garner – Barbarians at the Gate Peter Falk – Columbo: It's All in the Game Jack Lemmon – A Life in the Theatre Matthew Modine – And the Band Played On Peter Strauss – Men Don't Tell	Bette Midler – Gypsy Helena Bonham Carter – Fatal Deception: Mrs. Lee Harvey Oswald Faye Dunaway – Columbo: It's All in the Game Holly Hunter – The Positively True Adventures of the Alleged Texas Cheerleader-Murdering Mom Anjelica Huston – Family Pictures
Best Miniseries or Television Film
*Barbarians at the Gate* And the Band Played On Columbo: It's All in the Game Gypsy Heidi

The following programs received multiple nominations:

Nominations	Title
4	Seinfeld
3	Barbarians at the Gate
	Columbo: It's All in the Game
	Frasier
	Gypsy
	Home Improvement
	Northern Exposure
	NYPD Blue
2	Coach
	Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman
	Law & Order
	Picket Fences
	The Positively True Adventures of the Alleged Texas Cheerleader-Murdering Mom
	Roseanne

The following films and programs received multiple wins:

Wins	Series
3	Seinfeld
2	NYPD Blue
2	Barbarians at the Gate

Ceremony

Presenters

Alan Alda
Clint Black
Pierce Brosnan
Carol Burnett
Kate Capshaw
Tia Carrere
Joan Chen
Jeff Conaway
John Corbett
Tim Daly
Laura Dern
William Devane
Morgan Freeman
Andy Garcia
Teri Garr
Jeff Goldblum
Lisa Hartman
Charlton Heston
Val Kilmer
Angela Lansbury
Juliette Lewis
Marlee Matlin
Al Pacino
Gregory Peck
Stefanie Powers
Jason Priestley
Maximilian Schell
Christian Slater
Wes Studi
Courtney Thorne-Smith
Jennifer Tilly
Lindsay Wagner
Robert Wagner
Lesley Ann Warren
Sam Waterston
Alfre Woodard
Vivian Wu
Sean Young

Awards breakdown

The following networks received multiple nominations:

Nominations	Network
16	ABC
14	CBS
13	NBC
7	HBO
2	TNT

The following network received multiple wins:

Wins	Network
3	NBC
2	ABC
2	HBO

References

^ Fox, David (January 24, 1994). "'Schindler's List' Breaks the Jinx for Spielberg". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved January 14, 2018.
^ "Complete list of 1994 Golden Globe winners". Variety. January 23, 1994. Retrieved January 14, 2018.
^ "Spielberg wins best director award for 'Schindler's List'". The Victoria Advocate. January 24, 1994. Retrieved January 14, 2018 – via Google News Archive.
^ Frook, John (December 6, 1993). "Golden Globe noms announcement set". Variety. Retrieved January 14, 2018.
^ Fox, David (December 23, 1993). "'Schindler,' 'Piano' Head Globe List". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved January 14, 2018.
^ "Golden Globe nominations". Variety. December 22, 1993. Retrieved January 14, 2018.

[1] Fox, David (January 24, 1994). "'Schindler's List' Breaks the Jinx for Spielberg". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved January 14, 2018.

[2] "Complete list of 1994 Golden Globe winners". Variety. January 23, 1994. Retrieved January 14, 2018.

[3] "Spielberg wins best director award for 'Schindler's List'". The Victoria Advocate. January 24, 1994. Retrieved January 14, 2018 – via Google News Archive.

[4] Frook, John (December 6, 1993). "Golden Globe noms announcement set". Variety. Retrieved January 14, 2018.

[5] Fox, David (December 23, 1993). "'Schindler,' 'Piano' Head Globe List". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved January 14, 2018.

[6] "Golden Globe nominations". Variety. December 22, 1993. Retrieved January 14, 2018.

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