47th Golden Globe Awards

47th
Golden Globe Awards

January 20, 1990

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Picture - Drama:
Born on the Fourth of July

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Picture - Musical or Comedy:
Driving Miss Daisy

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TV Series - Drama:
China Beach

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TV Series - Musical or Comedy:
Murphy Brown

The 47th Golden Globe Awards, honoring the best in film and television for 1989, were held on January 20, 1990.

Winners and nominees

Film

Best Motion Picture
Drama	Musical or Comedy
Born on the Fourth of July Crimes and Misdemeanors Dead Poets Society Do the Right Thing Glory	Driving Miss Daisy The Little Mermaid Shirley Valentine The War of the Roses When Harry Met Sally...
Best Performance in a Motion Picture – Drama
Actor	Actress
Tom Cruise - Born on the Fourth of July Daniel Day-Lewis - My Left Foot: The Story of Christy Brown Jack Lemmon - Dad Al Pacino - Sea of Love Robin Williams - Dead Poets Society	Michelle Pfeiffer - The Fabulous Baker Boys Sally Field - Steel Magnolias Jessica Lange - Music Box Andie MacDowell - Sex, Lies, and Videotape Liv Ullmann - The Rose Garden
Best Performance in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy
Actor	Actress
Morgan Freeman - Driving Miss Daisy Billy Crystal - When Harry Met Sally... Michael Douglas - The War of the Roses Steve Martin - Parenthood Jack Nicholson - Batman	Jessica Tandy - Driving Miss Daisy Pauline Collins - Shirley Valentine Meg Ryan - When Harry Met Sally... Meryl Streep - She-Devil Kathleen Turner - The War of the Roses
Best Supporting Performance in a Motion Picture – Drama, Musical or Comedy
Supporting Actor	Supporting Actress
Denzel Washington - Glory Danny Aiello - Do the Right Thing Marlon Brando - A Dry White Season Sean Connery - Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade Ed Harris - Jacknife Bruce Willis - In Country	Julia Roberts - Steel Magnolias Laura San Giacomo - Sex, Lies, and Videotape Bridget Fonda - Scandal Brenda Fricker - My Left Foot: The Story of Christy Brown Dianne Wiest - Parenthood
Best Director	Best Screenplay
Oliver Stone - Born on the Fourth of July Spike Lee - Do the Right Thing Rob Reiner - When Harry Met Sally... Peter Weir - Dead Poets Society Edward Zwick - Glory	Ron Kovic and Oliver Stone - Born on the Fourth of July Tom Schulman - Dead Poets Society Spike Lee - Do the Right Thing Kevin Jarre - Glory Steven Soderbergh - Sex, Lies, and Videotape Nora Ephron - When Harry Met Sally...
Best Music, Original Score	Best Original Song
Alan Menken - The Little Mermaid John Williams - Born on the Fourth of July Ennio Morricone - Casualties of War Dave Grusin - The Fabulous Baker Boys James Horner - Glory	"Under the Sea" (Alan Menken and Howard Ashman) - The Little Mermaid "After All" (Tom Snow and Dean Pitchford) - Chances Are "Kiss the Girl" (Alan Menken and Howard Ashman) - The Little Mermaid "I Love to See You Smile" (Randy Newman) - Parenthood "The Girl Who Used to Be Me" (Marvin Hamlisch, Alan Bergman, and Marilyn Bergman) - Shirley Valentine
Best Foreign Language Film
Cinema Paradiso (Nuovo cinema Paradiso), Italy Camille Claudel, France Jesus of Montreal (Jésus de Montréal), Canada Story of Women (Une affaire de femmes), France My Uncle's Legacy (Zivot sa stricem), Yugoslavia

Television

Best Series
Drama	Musical or Comedy
China Beach In the Heat of the Night L.A. Law Murder, She Wrote thirtysomething Wiseguy	Murphy Brown Cheers Designing Women Empty Nest The Golden Girls The Wonder Years
Best Miniseries or Television Film
Lonesome Dove I Know My First Name is Steven My Name is Bill W. Roe vs. Wade Small Sacrifices
Best Performance in a Television Series – Drama
Actor	Actress
Ken Wahl - Wiseguy Corbin Bernsen - L.A. Law Harry Hamlin - L.A. Law Carroll O'Connor - In the Heat of the Night Ken Olin - thirtysomething	Angela Lansbury - Murder, She Wrote Dana Delany - China Beach Susan Dey - L.A. Law Jill Eikenberry - L.A. Law Mel Harris - Thirtysomething
Best Performance in a Television Series – Musical or Comedy
Actor	Actress
Ted Danson - Cheers John Goodman - Roseanne Judd Hirsch - Dear John Richard Mulligan - Empty Nest Fred Savage - The Wonder Years	Jamie Lee Curtis - Anything But Love Kirstie Alley - Cheers Stephanie Beacham - Sister Kate Candice Bergen - Murphy Brown Tracey Ullman - The Tracey Ullman Show
Best Performance in a Miniseries or Television Film
Actor	Actress
Robert Duvall - Lonesome Dove John Gielgud - War and Remembrance Ben Kingsley - Murderers Among Us: The Simon Wiesenthal Story Lane Smith - The Final Days James Woods - My Name is Bill W.	Christine Lahti - No Place Like Home Farrah Fawcett - Small Sacrifices Holly Hunter - Roe vs. Wade Jane Seymour - War and Remembrance Loretta Young - Lady in the Corner
Best Supporting Performance in a Series, Miniseries, or Television Film
Supporting Actor	Supporting Actress
Dean Stockwell - Quantum Leap Chris Burke - Life Goes On Larry Drake - L.A. Law Tommy Lee Jones - Lonesome Dove Michael Tucker - L.A. Law	Amy Madigan - Roe vs. Wade Anjelica Huston - Lonesome Dove Rhea Perlman - Cheers Susan Ruttan - L.A. Law Julie Sommars - Matlock

See also

• 62nd Academy Awards
• 10th Golden Raspberry Awards
• 41st Primetime Emmy Awards
• 42nd Primetime Emmy Awards
• 43rd British Academy Film Awards
• 44th Tony Awards
• 1989 in film
• 1989 in American television

References

• IMDb - 1990 Golden Globe Awards
• 4 Golden Globe Awards To 'Born on 4th of July'