43rd Golden Globe Awards

43rd
Golden Globe Awards

January 24, 1986

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Picture - Drama:
Out of Africa

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Picture - Musical or Comedy:
Prizzi's Honor

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TV Series - Drama:
Murder, She Wrote

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TV Series - Musical or Comedy:
The Golden Girls

The 43rd Golden Globe Awards, honoring the best in film and television for 1985, were held on January 24, 1986.

Winners

Film

Best Actor – Drama

Jon Voight - Runaway Train

• Harrison Ford - Witness
• Gene Hackman - Twice in a Lifetime
• William Hurt - Kiss of the Spider Woman
• Raúl Juliá - Kiss of the Spider Woman

Best Actor – Musical or Comedy

Jack Nicholson - Prizzi's Honor

• Jeff Daniels - The Purple Rose of Cairo
• Griffin Dunne - After Hours
• Michael J. Fox - Back to the Future
• James Garner - Murphy's Romance

Best Actress – Drama

Whoopi Goldberg - The Color Purple

• Anne Bancroft - Agnes of God
• Cher - Mask
• Geraldine Page - The Trip to Bountiful
• Meryl Streep - Out of Africa

Best Actress – Musical or Comedy

Kathleen Turner - Prizzi's Honor

• Rosanna Arquette - Desperately Seeking Susan
• Glenn Close - Maxie
• Mia Farrow - The Purple Rose of Cairo
• Sally Field - Murphy's Romance

Best Director

John Huston - Prizzi's Honor

• Richard Attenborough - A Chorus Line
• Sydney Pollack - Out of Africa
• Steven Spielberg - The Color Purple
• Peter Weir - Witness

Best Film – Drama

Out of Africa

• 'The Color Purple
• 'Kiss of the Spider Woman
• 'Runaway Train
• 'Witness

Best Film – Musical or Comedy

Prizzi's Honor

• 'Back to the Future
• 'A Chorus Line
• 'Cocoon
• 'The Purple Rose of Cairo

Best Foreign 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

Best Music, Original Score

Out of Africa - John Barry

• "The Color Purple" - Quincy Jones
• "White Nights" - Michel Colombier
• "Witness" - Maurice Jarre
• "Year of the Dragon" - David Mansfield

Best Original Song

"Say You, Say Me" performed by Lionel Richie - White Nights

• "The Power of Love" - Back to the Future
• "Rhythm of the Night" - The Last Dragon
• "A View to a Kill" - A View to a Kill
• "We Don't Need Another Hero" - Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome

Best Screenplay

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 Supporting Actor

Klaus Maria Brandauer - Out of Africa

• Joel Grey - Remo Williams: The Adventure Begins
• John Lone - Year of the Dragon
• Eric Roberts - Runaway Train
• Eric Stoltz - Mask

Best Supporting Actress

Meg Tilly - Agnes of God

• Sonia Braga - Kiss of the Spider Woman
• Anjelica Huston - Prizzi's Honor
• Amy Madigan - Twice in a Lifetime
• Kelly McGillis - Witness
• Oprah Winfrey - The Color Purple

Television

Best Actor – Drama Series

Don Johnson - Miami Vice

• John Forsythe - Dynasty
• Tom Selleck - Magnum, P.I.
• Philip Michael Thomas - Miami Vice
• Daniel J. Travanti - Hill Street Blues

Best Actor – Musical or Comedy Series

Bill Cosby - The Cosby Show

• Tony Danza - Who's the Boss?
• Michael J. Fox - Family Ties
• Bob Newhart - Newhart
• Bruce Willis - Moonlighting

Best Actor – Miniseries or TV Film

Dustin Hoffman - Death of a Salesman

• Richard Chamberlain - Wallenberg: A Hero's Story
• Richard Crenna - The Rape of Richard Beck
• Kirk Douglas - Amos
• Peter Strauss - Kane & Abel

Best Actress – Drama Series

Sharon Gless - Cagney & Lacey

• Joan Collins - Dynasty
• Tyne Daly - Cagney & Lacey
• Linda Evans - Dynasty
• Angela Lansbury - Murder, She Wrote

Best Actress – Musical or Comedy Series

Estelle Getty - The Golden Girls
Cybill Shepherd - Moonlighting

• Beatrice Arthur - The Golden Girls
• Rue McClanahan - The Golden Girls
• Betty White - The Golden Girls

Best Actress – Miniseries or TV Film

Liza Minnelli - A Time to Live

• Peggy Ashcroft - The Jewel in the Crown
• Gena Rowlands - An Early Frost
• Marlo Thomas - Consenting Adult
• Joanne Woodward - Do You Remember Love

Best Series – Drama

Murder, She Wrote

• 'Cagney & Lacey
• 'Dynasty
• 'Miami Vice
• 'St. Elsewhere

Best Series – Musical or Comedy

The Golden Girls

• 'The Cosby Show
• 'Family Ties
• 'Kate & Allie
• 'Moonlighting

Best Miniseries or TV Film

The Jewel in the Crown

• 'Amos
• 'Death of a Salesman
• 'Do You Remember Love
• 'An Early Frost

Best Supporting Actor – Series, Miniseries or TV Film

Edward James Olmos - Miami Vice

• Ed Begley Jr. - St. Elsewhere
• David Carradine - North and South
• Richard Farnsworth - Chase
• John James - Dynasty
• John Malkovich - Death of a Salesman
• Pat Morita - Amos
• Bruce Weitz - Hill Street Blues

Best Supporting Actress – Series, Miniseries or TV Film

Sylvia Sidney - An Early Frost

• Lesley-Anne Down - North and South
• Katherine Helmond - Who's the Boss?
• Kate Reid - Death of a Salesman
• Inga Swenson - Benson

See also

• 58th Academy Awards
• 6th Golden Raspberry Awards
• 37th Primetime Emmy Awards
• 38th Primetime Emmy Awards
• 39th British Academy Film Awards
• 40th Tony Awards
• 1985 in film
• 1985 in American television

References

• IMDb - 1986 Golden Globe Awards