43rd Golden Globe Awards
Date	January 24, 1986
Site	Beverly Hilton Hotel Beverly Hills, Los Angeles, California
Hosted by	Charlton Heston Donna Mills
Highlights
Best Film: Drama	Out of Africa
Best Film: Musical or Comedy	Prizzi's Honor
Best Drama Series	Murder, She Wrote
Best Musical or Comedy Series	The Golden Girls
Most awards	(4) Prizzi's Honor
Most nominations	(6) Out of Africa Prizzi's Honor Witness
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The 43rd Golden Globe Awards, honoring the best in film and television for 1985, were held on January 24, 1986.

Winners and nominees

Estelle Getty — Best Actress in a Television Series, Comedy or Musical winner

Sylvia Sidney — Best Supporting Actress in a Series, Miniseries or Motion Picture Made for Television, winner

Film

Best Motion Picture
Drama	Comedy or Musical
*Out of Africa* The Color Purple Kiss of the Spider Woman Runaway Train Witness	*Prizzi's Honor* Back to the Future A Chorus Line Cocoon The Purple Rose of Cairo
Best Performance in a Motion Picture – Drama
Actor	Actress
*Jon Voight – Runaway Train* as Oscar "Manny" Manheim** Harrison Ford – Witness as Detective Captain John Book Gene Hackman – Twice in a Lifetime as Harry Mackenzie William Hurt – Kiss of the Spider Woman as Luis Molina Raúl Juliá – Kiss of the Spider Woman as Valentin Arregui	*Whoopi Goldberg – The Color Purple* as Celie Harris Johnson** Anne Bancroft – Agnes of God as Miriam Ruth Cher – Mask as Florence "Rusty" Dennis Geraldine Page – The Trip to Bountiful as Carrie Watts Meryl Streep – Out of Africa as Karen Blixen
Best Performance in a Motion Picture – Comedy or Musical
Actor	Actress
*Jack Nicholson – Prizzi's Honor* as Charley Partanna** Jeff Daniels – The Purple Rose of Cairo as Tom Baxter/Gil Shepherd Griffin Dunne – After Hours as Paul Hackatt Michael J. Fox – Back to the Future as Marty McFly James Garner – Murphy's Romance as Murphy Jones	*Kathleen Turner – Prizzi's Honor* as Irene Walker** Rosanna Arquette – Desperately Seeking Susan as Roberta Glass Glenn Close – Maxie as Jan/Maxie Mia Farrow – The Purple Rose of Cairo as Cecelia Sally Field – Murphy's Romance as Emma Moriarty
Best Supporting Performance in a Motion Picture – Drama, Comedy or Musical
Supporting Actor	Supporting Actress
*Klaus Maria Brandauer – Out of Africa* as Baron Bror von Blixen-Finecke** Joel Grey – Remo Williams: The Adventure Begins as Chiun John Lone – Year of the Dragon as Joey Tai Eric Roberts – Runaway Train as Buck Eric Stoltz – Mask as Roy L. "Rocky" Dennis	*Meg Tilly - Agnes of God* as Sister Agnes** Sônia Braga - Kiss of the Spider Woman as Leni Lamaison/Marta/Spider Woman Anjelica Huston - Prizzi's Honor as Maerose Prizzi Amy Madigan - Twice in a Lifetime as Sunny Sobel Kelly McGillis - Witness as Rachel Lapp Oprah Winfrey - The Color Purple as Sofia Johnson
Other
Best Director	Best Screenplay
John Huston – Prizzi's Honor Richard Attenborough – A Chorus Line Sydney Pollack – Out of Africa Steven Spielberg – The Color Purple Peter Weir – Witness	The Purple Rose of Cairo – Woody Allen Back to the Future – Bob Gale and Robert Zemeckis Out of Africa – Kurt Luedtke Prizzi's Honor – Richard Condon and Janet Roach Witness – William Kelley and Earl W. Wallace
Best Original Score	Best Original Song
Out of Africa – John Barry The Color Purple – Quincy Jones White Nights – Michel Colombier Witness – Maurice Jarre Year of the Dragon – David Mansfield	"Say You, Say Me" (Lionel Richie) – White Nights "The Power of Love" (Huey Lewis and Chris Hayes) – Back to the Future "Rhythm of the Night" (Diane Warren) – The Last Dragon "A View to a Kill" (John Barry, Duran Duran and Bernard Edwards) – A View to a Kill "We Don't Need Another Hero (Thunderdome)" (Terry Britten and Graham Lyle) – Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome
Best Foreign Language Film
The Official Story (La historia oficial) (Argentina) Colonel Redl (Oberst Redl) (Hungary) Ran (Japan) When Father Was Away on Business (Otac na sluzbenom putu) (Yugoslavia) The Year of the Quiet Sun (Rok spokojnego slonca) (Poland)

The following films received multiple nominations:

Nominations	Title
6	Out of Africa
	Prizzi's Honor
	Witness
5	The Color Purple
4	Kiss of the Spider Woman
4	The Purple Rose of Cairo
3	Back to the Future
3	Runaway Train
2	Agnes of God
	A Chorus Line
	Mask
	Murphy's Romance
	Twice in a Lifetime
	White Nights
	Year of the Dragon

The following films received multiple wins:

Wins	Title
4	Prizzi's Honor
3	Out of Africa

Television

Best Television Series
Drama	Comedy or Musical
*Murder, She Wrote* Cagney & Lacey Dynasty Miami Vice St. Elsewhere	*The Golden Girls* The Cosby Show Family Ties Kate & Allie Moonlighting
Best Performance in a Television Series – Drama
Actor	Actress
*Don Johnson – Miami Vice* as Sonny Crockett** John Forsythe – Dynasty as Blake Carrington Tom Selleck – Magnum, P.I. as Thomas Magnum Philip Michael Thomas – Miami Vice as Ricardo Tubbs Daniel J. Travanti – Hill Street Blues as Captain Frank Furillo	*Sharon Gless – Cagney & Lacey* as Christine Cagney** Joan Collins – Dynasty as Alexis Carrington Tyne Daly – Cagney & Lacey as Mary Beth Lacey Linda Evans – Dynasty as Krystle Carrington Angela Lansbury – Murder, She Wrote as Jessica Fletcher
Best Performance in a Television Series – Comedy or Musical
Actor	Actress
*Bill Cosby – The Cosby Show* as Cliff Huxtable** Tony Danza – Who's the Boss? as Tony Micelli Michael J. Fox – Family Ties as Alex P. Keaton Bob Newhart – Newhart as Dick Loudon Bruce Willis – Moonlighting as David Addison	*Estelle Getty – The Golden Girls* as Sophia Petrillo Cybill Shepherd – Moonlighting as Maddie Hayes** Beatrice Arthur – The Golden Girls as Dorothy Zbornak Rue McClanahan – The Golden Girls as Blanche Devereaux Betty White – The Golden Girls as Rose Nylund
Best Performance in a Miniseries or Television Film
Actor	Actress
*Dustin Hoffman – Death of a Salesman* as Willy Loman** Richard Chamberlain – Wallenberg: A Hero's Story as Raoul Wallenberg Richard Crenna – The Rape of Richard Beck as Richard Beck Kirk Douglas – Amos as Amos Lasher Peter Strauss – Kane & Abel as Abel Rosnovski	*Liza Minnelli – A Time to Live* as Mary-Lou Weisman** Peggy Ashcroft – The Jewel in the Crown as Barbara Batchelor Gena Rowlands – An Early Frost as Katherine Pierson Marlo Thomas – Consenting Adult as Tess Lynd Joanne Woodward – Do You Remember Love as Barbara Wyatt-Hollis
Best Supporting Performance - TV Series, Miniseries or Television Film
Supporting Actor	Supporting Actress
*Edward James Olmos – Miami Vice* as Lieutenant Martin Castillo** Ed Begley Jr. – St. Elsewhere as Dr. Victor Ehrlich David Carradine – North and South as Justin LaMotte Richard Farnsworth – Chase as Jude Grand Pettitt John James – Dynasty as Jeff Colby John Malkovich – Death of a Salesman as Biff Loman Pat Morita – Amos as Tommy Tanaka Bruce Weitz – Hill Street Blues as Sergeant Michael "Mick" Belker	*Sylvia Sidney – An Early Frost* as Beatrice McKenna** Lesley-Anne Down – North and South as Madeline Fabray Katherine Helmond – Who's the Boss? as Mona Robinson Kate Reid – Death of a Salesman as Linda Loman Inga Swenson – Benson as Gretchen Kraus
Best Miniseries or Television Film
*The Jewel in the Crown* Amos Death of a Salesman Do You Remember Love An Early Frost

The following programs received multiple nominations:

Nominations	Title
5	The Golden Girls
4	Death of a Salesman
4	Dynasty
3	Amos
	Cagney & Lacey
	An Early Frost
	Miami Vice
	Moonlighting
2	The Cosby Show
	Do You Remember Love
	Family Ties
	Hill Street Blues
	The Jewel in the Crown
	Murder, She Wrote
	North and South
	St. Elsewhere
	Who's the Boss?

The following programs received multiple wins:

Wins	Title
2	The Golden Girls

Ceremony

Presenters

References

IMDb - 1986 Golden Globe Awards

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