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 PictureDramaComedy or MusicalThe French Connection A Clockwork Orange The Last Picture Show Mary, Queen of Scots Summer of '42Fiddler on the Roof The Boy Friend Kotch A New Leaf Plaza SuiteBest Performance in a Motion Picture – DramaActorActressGene 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 BockJane 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 DraperBest Performance in a Motion Picture – Comedy or MusicalActorActressTopol – 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 WonkaTwiggy – 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 LowellBest Supporting Performance in a Motion Picture – Drama, Comedy or MusicalSupporting ActorSupporting ActressBen 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 OtherBest DirectorBest ScreenplayWilliam 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 '42The Hospital – Paddy ChayefskyThe French Connection – Ernest Tidyman Klute – Andy and Dave Lewis Kotch – John Paxton Mary, Queen of Scots – John Hale |- !Best Original Score !Best Original Song |- | valign="top" |Shaft – Isaac HayesThe Andromeda Strain – Gil Mellé Le Mans – Michel Legrand Mary, Queen of Scots – John Barry Summer of '42 – Michel Legrand | valign="top" |"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) – ShaftBest 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 – ActorNew Star of the Year – ActressDesi 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 GriffithTwiggy – 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: NominationsTitle 6The Last Picture Show 5Mary, Queen of Scots4Fiddler on the RoofThe French ConnectionKotchSummer of '423The Boy FriendCarnal KnowledgeA Clockwork OrangeThe HospitalNicholas and AlexandraShaft2Harold and MaudeKluteThe Million Dollar DuckA New LeafPlaza SuiteThe Raging MoonSunday Bloody Sunday The following films received multiple wins: WinsTitle3The French Connection2The Boy FriendFiddler on the Roof
Television Best Television SeriesDramaMusical 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 FamilyBest Performance in a Television Series DramaActorActress 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 ComedyActorActress 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 BunkerBest Supporting Performance in a Series, Miniseries or Television FilmSupporting ActorSupporting 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 CharactersBest 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: NominationsTitle 5All in the Family3The Carol Burnett ShowMannixMarcus Welby, M.D.The Mary Tyler Moore Show2ArnieThe Flip Wilson ShowGunsmokeThe Homecoming: A Christmas StoryThe Mod SquadThe Partridge Family The following programs received multiple wins: WinsTitle 2All in the Family
Cecil B. DeMille Award Alfred Hitchcock
References IMdb 1972 Golden Globe Awards