28th Golden Globe Awards
Date	February 5, 1971
← 27th Golden Globes 29th →

The 28th Golden Globe Awards, honoring the best in film and television for 1970, were held on 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	*MASH** 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 – MASH* as Captain John "Trapper" McIntyre Jack Lemmon – The Out-of-Towners as George Kellerman Donald Sutherland – MASH* 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 – MASH* as Margaret O'Houlihan
Other
Best Director	Best Screenplay
Arthur Hiller – Love Story Robert Altman – MASH* 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 MASH* – 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

The following films received multiple nominations:

Nominations	Title
7	Love Story
6	MASH*
5	Diary of a Mad Housewife
	Five Easy Pieces
	Scrooge
4	Airport
3	Darling Lili
	Patton
	Ryan's Daughter
	Women in Love
2	The Great White Hope
	I Never Sang for My Father
	The Out-of-Towners
	Promise at Dawn

The following films received multiple wins:

Wins	Title
5	Love Story
2	Diary of a Mad Housewife

Television

Best Television Series
Drama	Musical or Comedy
*Medical Center* The Bold Ones: The Senator Marcus Welby, M.D. The Mod Squad The Young Lawyers	*The Carol Burnett Show* The Courtship of Eddie's Father Family Affair The Glen Campbell Goodtime Hour The Partridge Family
Best Performance in a Television Series Drama
Actor	Actress
*Peter Graves - Mission: Impossible* as Jim Phelps** Mike Connors - Mannix as Joe Mannix Chad Everett - Medical Center as Dr. Joe Gannon Burt Reynolds - Dan August as Lt. Dan August Robert Young - Marcus Welby, M.D. as Dr. Marcus Welby	*Peggy Lipton - The Mod Squad* as Julie Barnes** Amanda Blake - Gunsmoke as Miss Kitty Russell Linda Cristal - The High Chaparral as Victoria Montoya Yvette Mimieux - The Most Deadly Game as Vannessa Smith Denise Nicholas - Room 222 as Miss Liz McIntyre
Best Performance in a Television Series – Musical or Comedy
Actor	Actress
*Flip Wilson - The Flip Wilson Show* as Various Characters** Herschel Bernardi - Arnie as Arnie Nuvo David Frost - The David Frost Show as Himself Merv Griffin - The Merv Griffin Show as Himself Danny Thomas - Make Room for Granddaddy as Danny Williams	*Mary Tyler Moore - The Mary Tyler Moore Show* as Mary Richards** Carol Burnett - The Carol Burnett Show as Various Characters Shirley Jones - The Partridge Family as Shirley Partridge Juliet Mills - Nanny and the Professor as Nanny Phoebe Figgalily Elizabeth Montgomery - Bewitched as Samantha Stephens
Best Supporting Performance in a Series, Miniseries or Television Film
Supporting Actor	Supporting Actress
*James Brolin - Marcus Welby, M.D.* as Dr. Steven Kiley** Tige Andrews - The Mod Squad as Captain Adam Greer Michael Constantine - Room 222 as Seymour Kaufman Henry Gibson - Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In as Various Characters Zalman King - The Young Lawyers as Aaron Silverman	*Gail Fisher - Mannix* as Peggy Fair** Sue Ane Langdon - Arnie as Lilian Nuvo Miyoshi Umeki - The Courtship of Eddie's Father as Mrs. Livingston Karen Valentine - Room 222 as Miss Alice Johnson Lesley Ann Warren - Mission: Impossible as Dana Lambert

The following programs received multiple nominations:

Nominations	Title
3	Marcus Welby, M.D.
	The Mod Squad
	Room 222
2	Arnie
	The Carol Burnett Show
	The Courtship of Eddie's Father
	Mannix
	Medical Center
	Mission: Impossible
	The Partridge Family
	The Young Lawyers

Cecil B. DeMille Award

Frank Sinatra

References

IMdb 1971 Golden Globe Awards

v t e Golden Globe Awards
Current awards (Film)	Film: Drama Film: Musical or Comedy Actor: Drama Actor: Musical or Comedy Actress: Drama Actress: Musical or Comedy Supporting Actor Supporting Actress Animated Feature Director Foreign Language Film Original Score Original Song Screenplay Cinematic and Box Office Achievement
Current awards (Television)	TV Series: Drama TV Series: Musical or Comedy Limited or Anthology Series or Television Film Actor: Drama Series Actor: Musical or Comedy Series Actor: Limited Series or TV Film Actress: Drama Series Actress: Musical or Comedy Series Actress: Limited Series or TV Film Supporting Actor Supporting Actress
Retired awards	New Star of the Year – Actor New Star of the Year – Actress Documentary Film English-Language Foreign Film
Ceremonies	1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020–21 2021 2022 2023 (years are of film release; ceremonies are following year)
Miscellaneous	Cecil B. DeMille Award Carol Burnett Award Golden Globe Ambassador Hollywood Foreign Press Association