29th Golden Globe Awards

29th Golden Globe Awards
29th Golden Globe Awards
Date	February 6, 1972
	← 28th; Golden Globes; 30th →;

The 29th Golden Globe Awards, honoring the best in film and television for 1971, were held on February 6, 1972.

Winners and nominees

Gene Hackman, Best Actor in a Motion Picture – Drama winner

Jane Fonda, Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Drama winner

Chaim Topol, Best Actor in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy winner

Twiggy, Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy winner

Ben Johnson, Best Supporting Actor in a Motion Picture, winner

Ann-Margret, Best Supporting Actress in a Motion Picture, winner

Robert Young, Best Actor in a Television Series, Drama winner

Patricia Neal, Best Actress in a Television Series, Drama winner

Carroll O'Connor, Best Actor in a Television Series, Comedy or Musical winner

Carol Burnett, Best Actress in a Television Series, Comedy or Musical winner

Film

Best Motion Picture
Drama	Comedy or Musical
The French Connection A Clockwork Orange The Last Picture Show Mary, Queen of Scots Summer of '42	Fiddler on the Roof The Boy Friend Kotch A New Leaf Plaza Suite
Best Performance in a Motion Picture – Drama
Actor	Actress
*Gene Hackman – The French Connection* as Det. Jimmy "Popeye" Doyle** Peter Finch – Sunday Bloody Sunday as Daniel Hirsh Malcolm McDowell – A Clockwork Orange as Alex DeLarge Jack Nicholson – Carnal Knowledge as Jonathan Fuerst George C. Scott – The Hospital as Dr. Herbert Bock	*Jane Fonda – Klute* as Bree Daniels** Dyan Cannon – Such Good Friends as Julie Messinger Glenda Jackson – Mary, Queen of Scots as Queen Elizabeth I Vanessa Redgrave – Mary, Queen of Scots as Mary, Queen of Scots Jessica Walter – Play Misty for Me as Evelyn Draper
Best Performance in a Motion Picture – Comedy or Musical
Actor	Actress
*Topol – Fiddler on the Roof* as Tevye** Bud Cort – Harold and Maude as Harold Chasen Dean Jones – The Million Dollar Duck as Professor Dooley Walter Matthau – Kotch as Joseph P. Kotcher Gene Wilder – Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory as Willy Wonka	*Twiggy – The Boy Friend* as Polly Browne** Sandy Duncan – Star Spangled Girl as Amy Cooper Ruth Gordon – Harold and Maude as Maude Chardin Angela Lansbury – Bedknobs and Broomsticks as Eglantine Price Elaine May – A New Leaf as Henrietta Lowell
Best Supporting Performance in a Motion Picture – Drama, Comedy or Musical
Supporting Actor	Supporting Actress
*Ben Johnson – The Last Picture Show* as Sam the Lion** Tom Baker – Nicholas and Alexandra as Rasputin Art Garfunkel – Carnal Knowledge as Sandy Paul Mann – Fiddler on the Roof as Lazar Wolf Jan-Michael Vincent – Going Home as Jimmy Graham	*Ann-Margret – Carnal Knowledge* as Bobbie** Ellen Burstyn – The Last Picture Show as Lois Farrow Cloris Leachman – The Last Picture Show as Ruth Popper Diana Rigg – The Hospital as Barbara Drummond Maureen Stapleton – Plaza Suite as Karen Nash
Other
Best Director	Best Screenplay
William Friedkin – The French Connection Peter Bogdanovich – The Last Picture Show Norman Jewison – Fiddler on the Roof Stanley Kubrick – A Clockwork Orange Robert Mulligan – Summer of '42	The Hospital – Paddy Chayefsky The French Connection – Ernest Tidyman Klute – Andy and Dave Lewis Kotch – John Paxton Mary, Queen of Scots – John Hale
Best Original Score	Best Original Song
Shaft – Isaac Hayes The Andromeda Strain – Gil Mellé Le Mans – Michel Legrand Mary, Queen of Scots – John Barry Summer of '42 – Michel Legrand	"Life Is What You Make It" (Marvin Hamlisch, Johnny Mercer) – Kotch "Long Ago Tomorrow" (Burt Bacharach, Hal David) – The Raging Moon "Rain Falls Anywhere It Wants To" (Laurence Rosenthal, Alan and Marilyn Bergman) – The African Elephant "Something More" (Quincy Jones) – Honky "Theme from Shaft" (Isaac Hayes) – Shaft
Best Foreign Film (English Language)	Best Foreign Film (Foreign Language)
Sunday Bloody Sunday (United Kingdom) The African Elephant (United Kingdom) Friends (United Kingdom) The Go-Between (United Kingdom) The Red Tent (Italy/USSR) The Raging Moon (United Kingdom)	The Policeman (Israel) Claire's Knee (France) The Conformist (Italy) Tchaikovsky (USSR) To Die of Love (France)
New Star of the Year – Actor	New Star of the Year – Actress
*Desi Arnaz Jr. – Red Sky at Morning* as William "Steenie" Stenopolous** Tom Baker – Nicholas and Alexandra as Rasputin Timothy Bottoms – Johnny Got His Gun as Joe Bonham Gary Grimes – Summer of '42 as Hermie Richard Roundtree – Shaft as John Shaft John Sarno – The Seven Minutes as Jerry Griffith	*Twiggy – The Boy Friend* as Polly Browne** Sandy Duncan – The Million Dollar Duck as Katie Dooley Cybill Shepherd – The Last Picture Show as Jacy Farrow Janet Suzman – Nicholas and Alexandra as Alexandra Delores Taylor – Billy Jack as Jean Roberts

The following films received multiple nominations:

Nominations	Title
6	The Last Picture Show
5	Mary, Queen of Scots
4	Fiddler on the Roof
	The French Connection
	Kotch
	Summer of '42
3	The Boy Friend
	Carnal Knowledge
	A Clockwork Orange
	The Hospital
	Nicholas and Alexandra
	Shaft
2	Harold and Maude
	Klute
	The Million Dollar Duck
	A New Leaf
	Plaza Suite
	The Raging Moon
	Sunday Bloody Sunday

The following films received multiple wins:

Wins	Title
3	The French Connection
2	The Boy Friend
	Fiddler on the Roof

Television

Best Television Series
Drama	Musical or Comedy
*Mannix* Marcus Welby, M.D. Medical Center The Mod Squad O'Hara, U.S. Treasury	*All in the Family* The Carol Burnett Show The Flip Wilson Show The Mary Tyler Moore Show The Partridge Family
Best Performance in a Television Series Drama
Actor	Actress
*Robert Young - Marcus Welby, M.D.* as Dr. Marcus Welby** Raymond Burr - Ironside as Robert T. Ironside Mike Connors - Mannix as Joe Mannix William Conrad - Cannon as Frank Cannon Peter Falk - Columbo as Lt. Columbo	*Patricia Neal - The Homecoming: A Christmas Story* as Olivia Walton** Lynda Day George - Mission: Impossible as Lisa Casey Peggy Lipton - The Mod Squad as Julie Barnes Denise Nicholas - Room 222 as Miss Liz McIntyre Susan Saint James - McMillan & Wife as Sally McMillan
Best Performance in a Television Series – Musical or Comedy
Actor	Actress
*Carroll O'Connor - All in the Family* as Archie Bunker** Herschel Bernardi - Arnie as Arnie Nuvo Jack Klugman - The Odd Couple as Oscar Madison Dick Van Dyke - The New Dick Van Dyke Show as Dick Preston Flip Wilson - The Flip Wilson Show as Various Characters	*Carol Burnett - The Carol Burnett Show* as Various Characters** Lucille Ball - Here's Lucy as Lucy Carter Shirley Jones - The Partridge Family as Shirley Partridge Mary Tyler Moore - The Mary Tyler Moore Show as Mary Richards Jean Stapleton - All in the Family as Edith Bunker
Best Supporting Performance in a Series, Miniseries or Television Film
Supporting Actor	Supporting Actress
*Ed Asner - The Mary Tyler Moore Show* as Lou Grant** James Brolin - Marcus Welby, M.D. as Dr. Steven Kiley Harvey Korman - The Carol Burnett Show as Various Characters Rob Reiner - All in the Family as Michael Stivic Milburn Stone - Gunsmoke as Dr. Galen "Doc" Adams	*Sue Ane Langdon - Arnie* as Lilian Nuvo** Amanda Blake - Gunsmoke as Miss Kitty Russell Gail Fisher - Mannix as Peggy Fair Sally Struthers - All in the Family as Gloria Stivic Lily Tomlin - Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In as Various Characters
Best Miniseries or Television Film
*The Snow Goose* Brian's Song Duel The Homecoming: A Christmas Story The Last Child

The following programs received multiple nominations:

Nominations	Title
5	All in the Family
3	The Carol Burnett Show
	Mannix
	Marcus Welby, M.D.
	The Mary Tyler Moore Show
2	Arnie
	The Flip Wilson Show
	Gunsmoke
	The Homecoming: A Christmas Story
	The Mod Squad
	The Partridge Family

The following programs received multiple wins:

Wins	Title
2	All in the Family

Cecil B. DeMille Award

Alfred Hitchcock

References

IMdb 1972 Golden Globe Awards

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