Winner

Barbra Streisand

Yentl

Nominated

James L. Brooks

Terms of Endearment

Peter Yates

The Dresser

Ingmar Bergman

Fanny and Alexander

Bruce Beresford

Tender Mercies

Mike Nichols

Silkwood

Winner

Fanny and Alexander

Nominated

The Dresser

The Grey Fox

Educating Rita

Carmen

Winner

The Thorn Birds

Nominated

Kennedy

Heart of Steel

Who Will Love My Children?

The Winds of War

Winner

Yentl

Nominated

Zelig

The Big Chill

Flashdance

Trading Places

Winner

Terms of Endearment

Nominated

Reuben, Reuben

Silkwood

The Right Stuff

Tender Mercies

Winner

Flashdance

Giorgio Moroder

Nominated

Rumble Fish

Stewart Copeland

Under Fire

Jerry Goldsmith

Yentl

Michel Legrand

Alan Bergman

Marilyn Bergman

Scarface

Giorgio Moroder

Winner

Flashdance

Giorgio Moroder

Keith Forsey

Irene Cara

Nominated

Tender Mercies

Bobby Hart

Austin Roberts

Yentl

Michel Legrand

Alan Bergman

Marilyn Bergman

Staying Alive

Frank Stallone

Vince DiCola

Winner

Richard Chamberlain

The Thorn Birds

Nominated

Louis Gossett Jr.

Sadat

Peter Strauss

Heart of Steel

Martin Sheen

Kennedy

Robert Blake

Blood Feud

Winner

Michael Caine

Educating Rita

Nominated

Mandy Patinkin

Yentl

Woody Allen

Zelig

Tom Cruise

Risky Business

Eddie Murphy

Trading Places

Winner

Tom Courtenay

The Dresser

Nominated

Al Pacino

Scarface

Albert Finney

The Dresser

Eric Roberts

Star 80

Richard Farnsworth

The Grey Fox

Tom Conti

Reuben, Reuben

Winner

Jack Nicholson

Terms of Endearment

Nominated

Gene Hackman

Under Fire

Charles Durning

To Be or Not to Be

Steven Bauer

Scarface

Kurt Russell

Silkwood

Winner

Richard Kiley

The Thorn Birds

Nominated

John Houseman

The Winds of War

Jan-Michael Vincent

The Winds of War

Rob Lowe

Thursday's Child

Bryan Brown

The Thorn Birds

Perry King

The Hasty Heart

Winner

John Ritter

Three's Company

Nominated

Ted Danson

Cheers

Robert Guillaume

Benson

Bob Newhart

Newhart

Dabney Coleman

Buffalo Bill

Winner

John Forsythe

Dynasty

Nominated

Tom Selleck

Magnum, P.I.

Daniel J. Travanti

Hill Street Blues

James Brolin

Hotel

Robert Wagner

Hart to Hart

Winner

Ann-Margret

Who Will Love My Children?

Nominated

Gena Rowlands

Thursday's Child

Blair Brown

Kennedy

Rachel Ward

The Thorn Birds

Susan Blakely

Will There Really Be a Morning?

Winner

Julie Walters

Educating Rita

Nominated

Linda Ronstadt

The Pirates of Penzance

Jennifer Beals

Flashdance

Barbra Streisand

Yentl

Anne Bancroft

To Be or Not to Be

Winner

Shirley MacLaine

Terms of Endearment

Nominated

Meryl Streep

Silkwood

Bonnie Bedelia

Heart Like a Wheel

Jane Alexander

Testament

Debra Winger

Terms of Endearment

Winner

Cher

Silkwood

Nominated

Joanna Pacula

Gorky Park

Tess Harper

Tender Mercies

Linda Hunt

The Year of Living Dangerously

Barbara Carrera

Never Say Never Again

Winner

Barbara Stanwyck

The Thorn Birds

Nominated

Piper Laurie

The Thorn Birds

Jean Simmons

The Thorn Birds

Angela Lansbury

The Gift of Love: A Christmas Story

Victoria Tennant

The Winds of War

Polly Holliday

The Gift of Love: A Christmas Story

Winner

Joanna Cassidy

Buffalo Bill

Nominated

Madeline Kahn

Oh Madeline

Debbie Allen

Fame

Shelley Long

Cheers

Isabel Sanford

The Jeffersons

Winner

Jane Wyman

Falcon Crest

Nominated

Joan Collins

Dynasty

Tyne Daly

Cagney & Lacey

Linda Evans

Dynasty

Stefanie Powers

Hart to Hart

Winner

Terms of Endearment

James L. Brooks

Nominated

Reuben, Reuben

Julius J. Epstein

Educating Rita

Willy Russell

The Big Chill

Lawrence Kasdan

Barbara Benedek

The Dresser

Ronald Harwood

Winner

Fame

Nominated

Newhart

Taxi

Cheers

Buffalo Bill

Winner

Dynasty

Nominated

Dallas

Hart to Hart

Hill Street Blues

Cagney & Lacey