46th Golden Globe Awards

46th Golden Globe Awards
46th Golden Globe Awards
Date	January 28, 1989
Site	Beverly Hilton Hotel; Beverly Hills, Los Angeles, California
Hosted by	George Hamilton; Joan Collins
Highlights
Best Film: Drama	Rain Man
Best Film: Musical or Comedy	Working Girl
Best Drama Series	Thirtysomething
Best Musical or Comedy Series	The Wonder Years
Most awards	(4) Working Girl
Most nominations	(6) Working Girl
Television coverage
Network	SuperStation TBS
	← 45th; Golden Globes; 47th →;

The 46th Golden Globe Awards, honoring the best in film and television for 1988, were held on January 28, 1989, at the Beverly Hilton and was televised in the United States by SuperStation TBS. This marked the first time the awards show aired exclusively on cable after six years on broadcast syndication.^[1]^[2] The nominations were announced on January 4, 1989.^[3]

Winners and nominees

Clint Eastwood — Best Director

Dustin Hoffman — Best Actor in a Motion Picture, Drama

Jodie Foster — Best Actress in a Motion Picture, Drama

Tom Hanks — Best Actor in a Motion Picture, Musical or Comedy

Sigourney Weaver — Best Actress and Best Supporting Actress in a Motion Picture Drama, Musical or Comedy (first actress to win two Globes in same year)

Melanie Griffith — Best Actress in a Motion Picture, Musical or Comedy

Martin Landau — Best Supporting Actor in a Motion Picture Drama, Musical or Comedy

Ron Perlman — Best Actor in a Television Series, Drama

Jill Eikenberry — Best Actress in a Television Series, Drama

Michael J. Fox — Best Actor in a Television Series, Musical or Comedy

Judd Hirsch — Best Actor in a Television Series, Musical or Comedy

Richard Mulligan — Best Actor in a Television Series, Musical or Comedy

Candice Bergen — Best Actress in a Television Series, Musical or Comedy

Michael Caine — Best Actor in a Miniseries or Television Film

Stacy Keach — Best Actor in a Miniseries or Television Film

Ann Jillian — Best Actress in a Miniseries or Television Film

Barry Bostwick — Best Supporting Actor in a Series, Miniseries or Motion Picture Made for Television

John Gielgud — Best Supporting Actor in a Series, Miniseries or Motion Picture Made for Television

Katherine Helmond — Best Supporting Actress in a Series, Miniseries or Motion Picture Made for Television

Film

Best Motion Picture
Drama	Comedy or Musical
Rain Man The Accidental Tourist Evil Angels (A Cry in the Dark) Gorillas in the Mist Mississippi Burning Running on Empty The Unbearable Lightness of Being	Working Girl Big A Fish Called Wanda Midnight Run Who Framed Roger Rabbit
Best Performance in a Motion Picture – Drama
Actor	Actress
*Dustin Hoffman – Rain Man* as Raymond Babbit** Gene Hackman – Mississippi Burning as Agent Rupert Anderson Tom Hulce – Dominick and Eugene as Dominick Luciano Edward James Olmos – Stand and Deliver as Jaime Escalante Forest Whitaker – Bird as Charlie "Bird" Parker	Unusually, there was a three-way tie for this award. *Jodie Foster – The Accused* as Sarah Tobias Shirley MacLaine – Madame Sousatzka as Madame Sousatzka Sigourney Weaver – Gorillas in the Mist as Dian Fossey** Christine Lahti – Running on Empty as Annie Pope Meryl Streep – Evil Angels (A Cry in the Dark) as Lindy Chamberlain
Best Performance in a Motion Picture – Comedy or Musical
Actor	Actress
*Tom Hanks – Big* as Josh Baskin** Michael Caine – Dirty Rotten Scoundrels as Lawrence Jamieson John Cleese – A Fish Called Wanda as Archie Leach Robert De Niro – Midnight Run as Jack Walsh Bob Hoskins – Who Framed Roger Rabbit as Eddie Valiant	*Melanie Griffith – Working Girl* as Tess McGill** Jamie Lee Curtis – A Fish Called Wanda as Wanda Gershwitz Amy Irving – Crossing Delancey as Isabelle Grossman Michelle Pfeiffer – Married to the Mob as Angela de Marco Susan Sarandon – Bull Durham as Annie Savoy
Best Supporting Performance in a Motion Picture
Supporting Actor	Supporting Actress
*Martin Landau – Tucker: The Man and His Dream* as Abe Karatz** Alec Guinness – Little Dorrit as William Dorrit Neil Patrick Harris – Clara's Heart as David Hart Raul Julia – Moon over Parador as Roberto Strausmann Lou Diamond Phillips – Stand and Deliver as Angel Guzman River Phoenix – Running on Empty as Danny Pope	*Sigourney Weaver – Working Girl* as Katharine Parker** Sônia Braga – Moon over Parador as Madonna Mendez Barbara Hershey – The Last Temptation of Christ as Mary Magdalene Lena Olin – The Unbearable Lightness of Being as Sabina Diane Venora – Bird as Chan Parker
Other
Best Director	Best Screenplay
Clint Eastwood – Bird Barry Levinson – Rain Man Sidney Lumet – Running on Empty Mike Nichols – Working Girl Alan Parker – Mississippi Burning Fred Schepisi – Evil Angels (A Cry in the Dark)	Running on Empty – Naomi Foner Evil Angels (A Cry in the Dark) – Robert Caswell and Fred Schepisi Mississippi Burning – Chris Gerolmo Rain Man – Ronald Bass and Barry Morrow Working Girl – Kevin Wade
Best Original Score	Best Original Song
Gorillas in the Mist – Maurice Jarre The Accidental Tourist – John Williams The Last Temptation of Christ – Peter Gabriel Madame Sousatzka – Gerald Gouriet The Milagro Beanfield War – Dave Grusin	"Two Hearts" (Phil Collins and Lamont Dozier) – Buster "Let the River Run" (Carly Simon) – Working Girl "When a Woman Loves a Man" (Bernard Hanighen, Gordon Jenkins and Johnny Mercer) – Bull Durham "Kokomo" (Mike Love, Terry Melcher, John Phillips and Scott McKenzie) – Cocktail "Why Should I Worry?" (Dan Hartman and Charlie Midnight) – Oliver & Company "Twins" (Skip Scarborough and Lorrin Bates) – Twins
Best Foreign Language Film
Pelle the Conqueror (Pelle erobreren) (Denmark) Babette's Feast (Babettes gæstebud) (Denmark) Hanussen (West Germany) Salaam Bombay! (India) Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown (Mujeres al borde de un ataque de nervios) (Spain)

The following films received multiple nominations:

Nominations	Title
6	Working Girl
4	Evil Angels (A Cry in the Dark)
	Mississippi Burning
	Rain Man
	Running on Empty
3	Bird
	A Fish Called Wanda
	Gorillas in the Mist
2	The Accidental Tourist
	Big
	Bull Durham
	The Last Temptation of Christ
	Madame Sousatzka
	Midnight Run
	Moon over Parador
	Stand and Deliver
	The Unbearable Lightness of Being
	Who Framed Roger Rabbit

The following films received multiple wins:

Wins	Title
4	Working Girl
2	Gorillas in the Mist
2	Rain Man

Television

Best Television Series
Drama	Musical or Comedy
thirtysomething Beauty and the Beast L.A. Law Murder, She Wrote Wiseguy	The Wonder Years Cheers The Golden Girls Murphy Brown Roseanne
Best Performance in a Television Series – Drama
Actor	Actress
*Ron Perlman – Beauty and the Beast* as Vincent** Corbin Bernsen – L.A. Law as Arnie Becker Harry Hamlin – L.A. Law as Michael Kuzak Carroll O'Connor – In the Heat of the Night as William O. "Bill" Gillespie Ken Wahl – Wiseguy as Vinnie Terranova	*Jill Eikenberry – L.A. Law* as Ann Kelsey** Susan Dey – L.A. Law as Grace Van Owen Sharon Gless – Cagney & Lacey as Christine Cagney Linda Hamilton – Beauty and the Beast as Catherine Chandler Angela Lansbury – Murder, She Wrote as Jessica Fletcher
Best Performance in a Television Series – Musical or Comedy
Actor	Actress
*Michael J. Fox – Family Ties* as Alex P. Keaton Judd Hirsch – Dear John as John Lacey Richard Mulligan – Empty Nest as Dr. Harry Weston** Ted Danson – Cheers as Sam Malone Tony Danza – Who's the Boss? as Tony Micelli John Goodman – Roseanne as Dan Conner	*Candice Bergen – Murphy Brown* as Murphy Brown** Beatrice Arthur – The Golden Girls as Dorothy Zbornak Roseanne – Roseanne as Roseanne Conner Tracey Ullman – The Tracey Ullman Show as various characters Betty White – The Golden Girls as Rose Nylund
Best Performance in a Miniseries or Television Film
Actor	Actress
*Michael Caine – Jack the Ripper* as Frederick Abberline Stacy Keach – Hemingway as Ernest Hemingway** Richard Chamberlain – The Bourne Identity as Jason Bourne Anthony Hopkins – The Tenth Man as Chavel Jack Lemmon – The Murder of Mary Phagan as Gov. John M. Slaton	*Ann Jillian – The Ann Jillian Story* as herself** Vanessa Redgrave – A Man for All Seasons as Alice More Jane Seymour – War and Remembrance as Natalie Henry Jane Seymour – The Woman He Loved as Wallis Simpson JoBeth Williams – Baby M as Mary Beth Whitehead
Best Supporting Performance - Series, Miniseries or Television Film
Supporting Actor	Supporting Actress
*Barry Bostwick – War and Remembrance* as Carter "Lady" Aster John Gielgud – War and Remembrance as Aaron Jastrow** Armand Assante – Jack the Ripper as Richard Mansfield Kirk Cameron – Growing Pains as Michael Aaron "Mike" Seaver Larry Drake – L.A. Law as Benny Stulwicz Derek Jacobi – The Tenth Man as The Imposter Edward James Olmos – Miami Vice as Martin "Marty" Castillo	*Katherine Helmond – Who's the Boss?* as Mona Robinson** Jackée Harry – 227 as Sandra Clark Swoosie Kurtz – Baja Oklahoma as Doris Steadman Rhea Perlman – Cheers as Carla Tortelli Susan Ruttan – L.A. Law as Roxanne Melman
Best Miniseries or Television Film
*War and Remembrance* Hemingway Jack the Ripper The Murder of Mary Phagan The Tenth Man

The following programs received multiple nominations:

Nominations	Title
7	L.A. Law
4	War and Remembrance
3	Beauty and the Beast
	Cheers
	The Golden Girls
	Jack the Ripper
	Roseanne
	The Tenth Man
2	Hemingway
	The Murder of Mary Phagan
	Murder, She Wrote
	Who's the Boss?
	Wiseguy

The following programs received multiple wins:

Wins	Title
3	War and Remembrance

Ceremony

Presenters

Cecil B. DeMille Award

Doris Day

Miss Golden Globe

Kyle Atletter (daughter to Frank Aletter & Lee Meriwether)

References

^ "Golden Globes Honor 'Working Girl,' 'War' Series". Los Angeles Times. 29 January 1989. Retrieved 17 January 2018.
^ "'Working Girl' Receives 4 Golden Globe Awards". The New York Times. 30 January 1989. Retrieved 17 January 2018.
^ Voland, John (5 January 1989). "'Working Girl', 'L.A. Law' Top Globe Choices". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 17 January 2018.

[1] "Golden Globes Honor 'Working Girl,' 'War' Series". Los Angeles Times. 29 January 1989. Retrieved 17 January 2018.

[2] "'Working Girl' Receives 4 Golden Globe Awards". The New York Times. 30 January 1989. Retrieved 17 January 2018.

[3] Voland, John (5 January 1989). "'Working Girl', 'L.A. Law' Top Globe Choices". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 17 January 2018.

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