30th Golden Globe Awards explained

Number:	30
Award:	Golden Globe Awards
Date:	28 January 1973
Last:	29th
Next:	31st

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

Winners and nominees

Film

Best Motion Picture
Drama	Comedy or Musical
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	Actress
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	Actress
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	Supporting Actress
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	Best Screenplay
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	Best Original Song
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)	Best Foreign Film (Foreign Language)
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	New Star of the Year – Actress
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
Elvis on Tour Walls of Fire Marjoe Russia Sapporo Winter Olympic Games

The following films received multiple nominations:

Nominations	Title
9	Cabaret
7	The Godfather
6	Avanti!
5	Butterflies Are Free
	Deliverance
4	Frenzy
	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

The following films received multiple wins:

Wins	Title
5	The Godfather
3	Cabaret
2	The Emigrants

Television

Best Television Series
Drama	Musical or Comedy
Columbo America Mannix Medical Center The Waltons	All in the Family M*A*S*H The Mary Tyler Moore Show Maude The Sonny & Cher Comedy Hour
Best Performance in a Television Series Drama
Actor	Actress
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 – 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	Actress
Redd Foxx – Sanford and Son as Fred G. Sanford Alan Alda – M*A*S*H 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	Supporting Actress
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	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
That Certain Summer Footsteps The Glass House Kung Fu A War of Children

The following programs received multiple nominations:

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

The following programs received multiple wins:

Wins	Title
2	All in the Family
	Columbo

Samuel Goldwyn

References

• IMdb 1973 Golden Globe Awards