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

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