28th Golden Globe Awards
# 28th Golden Globe Awards

The 28th Golden Globe Awards, honoring the best in film and television for 1970, were held on February 5, 1971.

## Winners and nominees

### Film

Best Motion Picture :

| Drama | Comedy or Musical |
| - | - |
| Love Story Airport Five Easy Pieces I Never Sang for My Father Patton | M*A*S*H Darling Lili Diary of a Mad Housewife Lovers and Other Strangers Scrooge |
| Best Performance in a Motion Picture – Drama ||
| Actor | Actress |
| George C. Scott – Patton as George S. Patton Melvyn Douglas – I Never Sang for My Father as Tom Garrison James Earl Jones – The Great White Hope as Jack Jefferson Jack Nicholson – Five Easy Pieces as Robert Eroica Dupea Ryan O'Neal – Love Story as Oliver Barret IV | Ali MacGraw – Love Story as Jennifer Cavalleri Faye Dunaway – Puzzle of a Downfall Child as Lou Andreas Sand Glenda Jackson – Women in Love as Gudrun Brangwen Melina Mercouri – Promise at Dawn as Nina Kacew Sarah Miles – Ryan's Daughter as Rosy Ryan |
| Best Performance in a Motion Picture – Comedy or Musical ||
| Actor | Actress |
| Albert Finney – Scrooge as Ebenezer Scrooge Richard Benjamin – Diary of a Mad Housewife as Jonathan Balser Elliott Gould – M*A*S*H as Captain John "Trapper" McIntyre Jack Lemmon – The Out-of-Towners as George Kellerman Donald Sutherland – M*A*S*H as Captain Benjamin "Hawkeye" Pierce | Carrie Snodgress – Diary of a Mad Housewife as Tina Balser Julie Andrews – Darling Lili as Lili Smith Sandy Dennis – The Out-of-Towners as Gwen Kellerman Angela Lansbury – Something for Everyone as Countess Erthe Van Orstein Barbra Streisand – The Owl and the Pussycat as Doris |
| Best Supporting Performance in a Motion Picture – Drama, Comedy or Musical ||
| Supporting Actor | Supporting Actress |
| John Mills – Ryan's Daughter as Michael Chief Dan George – Little Big Man as Old Lodge Skins Trevor Howard – Ryan's Daughter as Father Collins George Kennedy – Airport as Joe Patroni John Marley – Love Story as Phil Cavalleri | Karen Black – Five Easy Pieces as Rayette Dipesto Maureen Stapleton – Airport as Inez Guerrero Tina Chen – The Hawaiians as Nyuk Tsin Lee Grant – The Landlord as Joyce Enders Sally Kellerman – M*A*S*H as Margaret O'Houlihan |
| Other ||
| Best Director | Best Screenplay |
| Arthur Hiller – Love Story Robert Altman – M*A*S*H Bob Rafelson – Five Easy Pieces Ken Russell – Women in Love Franklin J. Schaffner – Patton | Love Story – Erich Segal Five Easy Pieces – Carole Eastman and Bob Rafelson Husbands – John Cassavetes M*A*S*H – Ring Lardner, Jr. Scrooge – Leslie Bricusse |
| Best Original Score | Best Original Song |
| Love Story – Francis Lai Airport – Alfred Newman Cromwell – Frank Cordell Scrooge – Leslie Bricusse, Ian Fraser and Herbert W. Spencer Wuthering Heights – Michel Legrand | "Whistling Away the Dark" (Henry Mancini, Johnny Mercer) – Darling Lili "Ballad of Little Fauss and Big Halsy" (Carl Perkins, Johnny Cash) – Little Fauss and Big Halsy "Pieces of Dreams" (Michel Legrand, Alan and Marilyn Bergman) – Pieces of Dreams "Thank You Very Much" (Leslie Bricusse) – Scrooge "Till Love Touches Your Life" (Riz Ortolani, Arthur Hamilton) – Madron |
| Best Foreign Film (English Language) | Best Foreign Film (Foreign Language) |
| Women in Love (United Kingdom) The Act of the Heart (Canada) Bloomfield (United Kingdom/Israel) One Soldier's Gamble (Japan) The Virgin and the Gypsy (United Kingdom) | Rider on the Rain (France) Borsalino (France/Italy) The Confession (France) Customer of the Off Season (France/Israel) Investigation of a Citizen Above Suspicion (Italy) |
| New Star of the Year – Actor | New Star of the Year – Actress |
| James Earl Jones – The Great White Hope as Jack Jefferson Assaf Dayan – Promise at Dawn as Romain (age 25) Frank Langella – Diary of a Mad Housewife as George Prager Joe Namath – Norwood as Joe Kenneth Nelson – The Boys in the Band as Michael | Carrie Snodgress – Diary of a Mad Housewife as Tina Balser Jane Alexander – The Great White Hope as Eleanor Bachman Anna Calder-Marshall – Pussycat, Pussycat, I Love You as Millie Marlo Thomas – Jenny as Jenny Angel Tompkins – I Love My Wife as Helene Donnelly |

The following films received multiple nominations:

| Nominations | Title |
| - | - |
| 7 | Love Story |
| 6 | M*A*S*H |
| 5 | Diary of a Mad Housewife |
| 5 | Five Easy Pieces |
| 5 | Scrooge |
| 4 | Airport |
| 3 | Darling Lili |
| 3 | Patton |
| 3 | Ryan's Daughter |
| 3 | Women in Love |
| 2 | The Great White Hope |
| 2 | I Never Sang for My Father |
| 2 | The Out-of-Towners |
| 2 | Promise at Dawn |

The following films received multiple wins:

| Wins | Title |
| - | - |
| 5 | Love Story |
| 2 | Diary of a Mad Housewife |

### Television

Best Television Series :

| Drama | Musical or Comedy |
| - | - |
| Medical Center The Bold Ones: The Senator Marcus Welby, M.D. The Mod Squad The Young Lawyers | The Carol Burnett Show The Courtship of Eddie's Father Family Affair The Glen Campbell Goodtime Hour The Partridge Family |
| Best Performance in a Television Series Drama ||
| Actor | Actress |
| Peter Graves - Mission: Impossible as Jim Phelps Mike Connors - Mannix as Joe Mannix Chad Everett - Medical Center as Dr. Joe Gannon Burt Reynolds - Dan August as Lt. Dan August Robert Young - Marcus Welby, M.D. as Dr. Marcus Welby | Peggy Lipton - The Mod Squad as Julie Barnes Amanda Blake - Gunsmoke as Miss Kitty Russell Linda Cristal - The High Chaparral as Victoria Montoya Yvette Mimieux - The Most Deadly Game as Vannessa Smith Denise Nicholas - Room 222 as Miss Liz McIntyre |
| Best Performance in a Television Series – Musical or Comedy ||
| Actor | Actress |
| Flip Wilson - The Flip Wilson Show as Various Characters Herschel Bernardi - Arnie as Arnie Nuvo David Frost - The David Frost Show as Himself Merv Griffin - The Merv Griffin Show as Himself Danny Thomas - Make Room for Granddaddy as Danny Williams | Mary Tyler Moore - The Mary Tyler Moore Show as Mary Richards Carol Burnett - The Carol Burnett Show as Various Characters Shirley Jones - The Partridge Family as Shirley Partridge Juliet Mills - Nanny and the Professor as Nanny Phoebe Figgalily Elizabeth Montgomery - Bewitched as Samantha Stephens |
| Best Supporting Performance in a Series, Miniseries or Television Film ||
| Supporting Actor | Supporting Actress |
| James Brolin - Marcus Welby, M.D. as Dr. Steven Kiley Tige Andrews - The Mod Squad as Captain Adam Greer Michael Constantine - Room 222 as Seymour Kaufman Henry Gibson - Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In as Various Characters Zalman King - The Young Lawyers as Aaron Silverman | Gail Fisher - Mannix as Peggy Fair Sue Ane Langdon - Arnie as Lilian Nuvo Miyoshi Umeki - The Courtship of Eddie's Father as Mrs. Livingston Karen Valentine - Room 222 as Miss Alice Johnson Lesley Ann Warren - Mission: Impossible as Dana Lambert |

The following programs received multiple nominations:

| Nominations | Title |
| - | - |
| 3 | Marcus Welby, M.D. |
| 3 | The Mod Squad |
| 3 | Room 222 |
| 2 | Arnie |
| 2 | The Carol Burnett Show |
| 2 | The Courtship of Eddie's Father |
| 2 | Mannix |
| 2 | Medical Center |
| 2 | Mission: Impossible |
| 2 | The Partridge Family |
| 2 | The Young Lawyers |

### Cecil B. DeMille Award

Frank Sinatra

