30th Golden Globes

30th Golden Globe Awards
30th Golden Globe Awards
Date	January 28, 1973
	← 29th; Golden Globes; 31st →;

The 30th Golden Globe Awards, honoring the best in film and television for 1972, were held on January 28, 1973.

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Best Motion Picture
Drama^[2]	Comedy or Musical^[3]
The Godfather Deliverance Frenzy The Poseidon Adventure Sleuth	Cabaret Avanti! Butterflies Are Free 1776 Travels with My Aunt
Best Performance in a Motion Picture – Drama
Actor^[1]	Actress^[1]
*Marlon Brando – The Godfather* as Vito Corleone** Michael Caine – Sleuth as Milo Tindle Laurence Olivier – Sleuth as Andrew Wyke Al Pacino – The Godfather as Michael Corleone Jon Voight – Deliverance as Ed	*Liv Ullmann – The Emigrants* as Kristina** Diana Ross – Lady Sings the Blues as Billie Holiday Cicely Tyson – Sounder as Rebecca Morgan Trish Van Devere – One Is a Lonely Number as Aimee Brower Tuesday Weld – Play It as It Lays as Maria Wyeth Joanne Woodward – The Effect of Gamma Rays on Man-in-the-Moon Marigolds as Beatric Hunsdorfer
Best Performance in a Motion Picture – Comedy or Musical
Actor^[4]	Actress^[5]
*Jack Lemmon – Avanti!* as Wendell Armbruster** Edward Albert – Butterflies Are Free as Don Baker Charles Grodin – The Heartbreak Kid as Lenny Cantrow Walter Matthau – Pete 'n' Tillie as Pete Peter O'Toole – Man of La Mancha as Don Quixote de la Mancha / Miguel de Cervantes	*Liza Minnelli – Cabaret* as Sally Bowles** Carol Burnett – Pete 'n' Tillie as Tillie Goldie Hawn – Butterflies Are Free as Jill Tanner Juliet Mills – Avanti! as Pamela Piggott Maggie Smith – Travels with My Aunt as Augusta Bertram
Best Supporting Performance in a Motion Picture – Drama, Comedy or Musical
Supporting Actor^[6]	Supporting Actress^[7]
*Joel Grey – Cabaret* as Master of Ceremonies** James Caan – The Godfather as Sonny Corleone James Coco – Man of La Mancha as Sancho Panza Alec McCowen – Travels with My Aunt as Henry Pulling Clive Revill – Avanti! as Carlo Carlucci	*Shelley Winters – The Poseidon Adventure* as Belle Rosen** Marisa Berenson – Cabaret as Natalia Landauer Jeannie Berlin – The Heartbreak Kid as Lila Kolodny Helena Kallianiotes – Kansas City Bomber as Jackie Burdette Geraldine Page – Pete 'n' Tillie as Gertrude
Other
Best Director^[8]	Best Screenplay^[8]
Francis Ford Coppola – The Godfather John Boorman – Deliverance Bob Fosse – Cabaret Alfred Hitchcock – Frenzy Billy Wilder – Avanti!	The Godfather – Francis Ford Coppola and Mario Puzo Avanti! – I. A. L. Diamond and Billy Wilder Cabaret – Jay Presson Allen Deliverance – James Dickey Frenzy – Anthony Shaffer The Heartbreak Kid – Neil Simon
Best Original Score^[9]	Best Original Song.^[10]^[11]^[12]
The Godfather – Nino Rota Frenzy – Ron Goodwin The Getaway – Quincy Jones Lady Sings the Blues – Michel Legrand The Poseidon Adventure – John Williams	"Ben" (Don Black, Walter Scharf) – Ben "Carry Me" (Bob Alcivar, Randy McNeill) – Butterflies Are Free "Dueling Banjos" (Arthur Smith, Eric Weissberg) – Deliverance "Marmalade, Molasses and Honey" (Maurice Jarre, Alan and Marilyn Bergman) – The Life and Times of Judge Roy Bean "Mein Herr" (John Kander, Frank Ebb) – Cabaret "Money, Money" (John Kander, Frank Ebb) – Cabaret "The Morning After" (Al Kasha, Joel Hirschhorn) – The Poseidon Adventure "Take Me Home" (Johnny Mandel, Alan and Marilyn Bergman) – Molly and Lawless John
Best Foreign Film (English Language)^[13]	Best Foreign Film (Foreign Language)^[14]
Young Winston Images Living Free The Ruling Class Zee and Co.	The Emigrants (Sweden) The New Land (Sweden) Cries and Whispers (Sweden) The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie (France) Mirage (Peru) Roma (Italy)
New Star of the Year – Actor^[15]	New Star of the Year – Actress^[1]
*Edward Albert – Butterflies Are Free* as Don Baker** Frederic Forrest – When the Legends Die as Tom Black Bull Kevin Hooks – Sounder as David Lee Michael Sacks – Slaughterhouse-Five as Billy Pilgrim Simon Ward – Young Winston as Winston Churchill	*Diana Ross – Lady Sings the Blues* as Billie Holiday** Sian Barbara Allen – You'll Like My Mother as Kathleen Marisa Berenson – Cabaret as Natalia Landauer Mary Costa – The Great Waltz as Jetty Treffz Madeline Kahn – What's Up, Doc? as Eunice Burns Victoria Principal – The Life and Times of Judge Roy Bean as Maria Elena
Best Documentary Film^[16]^[17]^[18]
Elvis on Tour Walls of Fire Marjoe Russia Sapporo Winter Olympic Games

Nominations	Title
9	Cabaret
7	The Godfather
6	Avanti!
5	Butterflies Are Free
5	Deliverance
4	Frenzy
4	The Poseidon Adventure
3	The Heartbreak Kid
	Lady Sings the Blues
	Pete 'n' Tillie
	Sleuth
	Travels with My Aunt
2	The Emigrants
	The Life and Times of Judge Roy Bean
	Man of La Mancha
	Sounder
	Young Winston

Wins	Title
5	The Godfather
3	Cabaret
2	The Emigrants

Best Television Series
Drama^[19]	Musical or Comedy^[20]
Columbo America Mannix Medical Center The Waltons	All in the Family MASH* The Mary Tyler Moore Show Maude The Sonny & Cher Comedy Hour
Best Performance in a Television Series Drama
Actor^[21]	Actress^[22]
*Peter Falk – Columbo* as Lt. Columbo** Mike Connors – Mannix as Joe Mannix William Conrad – Cannon as Frank Cannon Chad Everett – Medical Center as Dr. Joe Gannon David Hartman – The Bold Ones: The New Doctors as Dr. Paul Hunter Robert Young – Marcus Welby, M.D. as Dr. Marcus Welby	*Gail Fisher – Mannix* as Peggy Fair** Ellen Corby – The Waltons as Esther Walton Anne Jeffreys – The Delphi Bureau as Sybil Van Lowreen Michael Learned – The Waltons as Olivia Walton Peggy Lipton – The Mod Squad as Julie Barnes Susan Saint James – McMillan & Wife as Sally McMillan
Best Performance in a Television Series – Musical or Comedy
Actor^[23]	Actress^[24]
*Redd Foxx – Sanford and Son* as Fred G. Sanford** Alan Alda – MASH* as Benjamin Franklin "Hawkeye" Pierce Bill Cosby – The New Bill Cosby Show as Various Characters Paul Lynde – The Paul Lynde Show as Paul Simms Carroll O'Connor – All in the Family as Archie Bunker Flip Wilson – The Flip Wilson Show as Various Characters	*Jean Stapleton – All in the Family* as Edith Bunker** Julie Andrews – The Julie Andrews Hour as Various Characters Bea Arthur – Maude as Maude Findlay Carol Burnett – The Carol Burnett Show as Various Characters Mary Tyler Moore – The Mary Tyler Moore Show as Mary Richards
Best Supporting Performance in a Series, Miniseries or Television Film
Supporting Actor^[25]	Supporting Actress^[26]
*James Brolin – Marcus Welby, M.D.* as Dr. Steven Kiley** Ed Asner – The Mary Tyler Moore Show as Lou Grant Ted Knight – The Mary Tyler Moore Show as Ted Baxter Harvey Korman – The Carol Burnett Show as Various Characters Rob Reiner – All in the Family as Michael Stivic	*Ruth Buzzi – Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In* as Various Characters** Susan Dey – The Partridge Family as Laurie Partridge Valerie Harper – The Mary Tyler Moore Show as Rhoda Morgenstern Vicki Lawrence – The Carol Burnett Show as Various Characters Audra Lindley – Bridget Loves Bernie as Amy Fitzgerald Sally Struthers – All in the Family as Gloria Stivic Elena Verdugo – Marcus Welby, M.D. as Consuelo Lopez
Best Miniseries or Television Film^[27]
*That Certain Summer* Footsteps The Glass House Kung Fu A War of Children

Nominations	Title
5	All in the Family
5	The Mary Tyler Moore Show
3	The Carol Burnett Show
	Mannix
	Marcus Welby, M.D.
	The Waltons
2	Columbo
	MASH*
	Maude
	Medical Center

30th Golden Globes

Background

Winners and nominees

Film

Television

Cecil B. DeMille Award

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