28th Golden Globe Awards

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

28th Golden Globe Awards
Date	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

Television

Best Show – Drama

Medical Center

• The Bold Ones: The Senator
• Marcus Welby, M.D.
• The Mod Squad
• The Young Lawyers

Best Show – Comedy or Musical

The Carol Burnett Show

• The Courtship of Eddie's Father
• Family Affair
• The Glen Campbell Goodtime Hour
• The Partridge Family

Best Actor – Drama Series

Peter Graves – Mission: Impossible

• Mike Connors – Mannix
• Chad Everett – Medical Center
• Burt Reynolds – Dan August
• Robert Young – Marcus Welby, M.D.

Best Actress – Drama Series

Peggy Lipton – The Mod Squad

• Amanda Blake – Gunsmoke
• Linda Cristal – The High Chaparral
• Yvette Mimieux – The Most Deadly Game
• Denise Nicholas – Room 222

Best Actor – Comedy or Musical Series

Flip Wilson – The Flip Wilson Show

• Herschel Bernardi – Arnie
• David Frost – The David Frost Show
• Merv Griffin – The Merv Griffin Show
• Danny Thomas – Make Room for Granddaddy

Best Actress – Comedy or Musical Series

Mary Tyler Moore – The Mary Tyler Moore Show

• Carol Burnett – The Carol Burnett Show
• Shirley Jones – The Partridge Family
• Juliet Mills – Nanny and the Professor
• Elizabeth Montgomery – Bewitched

Best Supporting Actor

James Brolin – Marcus Welby, M.D.

• Tige Andrews – The Mod Squad
• Michael Constantine – Room 222
• Henry Gibson – Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In
• Zalman King – The Young Lawyers

Best Supporting Actress

Gail Fisher – Mannix

• Sue Ane Langdon – Arnie
• Miyoshi Umeki – The Courtship of Eddie's Father
• Karen Valentine – Room 222
• Lesley Ann Warren – Mission: Impossible

References

• IMdb 1971 Golden Globe Awards