<P> In acting categories, Meryl Streep holds the record for the most competitive Golden Globe wins with eight . However, including honorary awards, such as the Henrietta Award, World Film Favorite Actor / Actress Award, or Cecil B. DeMille Award, Barbra Streisand tied this record with nine . Additionally, Streisand won for composing the song Evergreen (Love Theme from A Star Is Born), producing the Best Picture (Comedy / Musical) (A Star Is Born in the ceremony held in 1977), and directing Yentl in 1984 . Jack Nicholson, Angela Lansbury, Alan Alda and Shirley MacLaine have six awards each . Behind them are Ed Asner, Rosalind Russell and Jessica Lange with five wins . </P> <P> At the 46th Golden Globe Awards an anomaly occurred: a three way - tie for Best Actress in a Motion Picture--Drama (Sigourney Weaver for Gorillas in the Mist, Jodie Foster for The Accused, and Shirley MacLaine for Madame Sousatzka). </P> <P> Meryl Streep also holds the record for most nominations with thirty - one (as of the 2017 nominations) and John Williams is second with twenty - six . </P> <P> In the category Best Director, Elia Kazan leads with four wins, followed by Clint Eastwood, Oliver Stone, Miloš Forman, David Lean and Martin Scorsese with three wins each . Steven Spielberg holds the record for most nominations with eleven (as of the 2015 nominations). Francis Ford Coppola, Clint Eastwood and Steven Soderbergh are the only directors to receive two nominations in the same year . As of the 75th Golden Globe Awards, Barbra Streisand is the only woman to have won in this category; she won for Yentl in 1983 . </P>

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