Vintage photos show Hollywood icons mingling at the Golden Globes

The Golden Globes were first held in 1944 by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association, a band of writers who came together in 1943.

The first ceremony was held at the 20th Century Fox lot. It then moved around for two decades until finding its permanent home, the Beverly Hills Hilton, in 1961.

The award ceremony became more glamorous over time.

By the 20th Golden Globes, the stage looked more like the one we see today.

All of Hollywood's best and brightest attended the awards.

In 1952, Barbara Stanwyck chatted with fellow screen icon Gilbert Roland.

Roland was nominated the following year for his part in "The Bad and the Beautiful."

Stanwyck wouldn't receive a Golden Globe nomination until 1966, and she was given the Cecil B. DeMille Award, a lifetime achievement award, in 1986.

The Golden Globes are known as the "fun" awards show because alcohol is famously served at every table.

According to The Hollywood Reporter, over 7,500 glasses of bubbly are normally consumed over the course of the night.

And since the attendees are seated at tables, not in rows, there are more opportunities for mingling.

It leads to iconic table-mates like Judy Garland and Marlon Brando, who sat next to each other at the 1955 awards.

They both took home statues that night: her for best actress in "A Star is Born" and him for best actor in "On the Waterfront."

Shirley MacLaine embodied old Hollywood glamour at the 1955 awards.

MacLaine is part of a Hollywood dynasty — her brother is Warren Beatty.

Even future royalty appeared, like Grace Kelly.

Kelly won the now-discontinued award for world film favorite (female) in 1956.

She retired from acting that same year when she married Prince Rainier III of Monaco and became the Princess Consort of Monaco.

The Golden Globes' lifetime achievement award is named after Cecil B. DeMille, seen below.

DeMille, pictured talking to French actor Corinne Calvet in 1952, is known for directing and producing some of the most famous films of all time, including "The Ten Commandments," "Cleopatra," and "The Greatest Show on Earth."

This year's Cecil B. DeMille Award honoree is Helen Mirren.

You never know which celebrities might end up sitting together.

In 2026, this would be the equivalent of DeuxMoi sitting with George and Amal Clooney ...

Elizabeth Taylor, her third husband, Mike Todd, and her future fourth husband, Eddie Fisher, rubbed elbows at the 1958 awards.

The 1958 awards were held in February. Todd died one month later in a plane crash.

While grieving, Taylor and Fisher, one of Todd's best friends, began an affair, leading to the divorce of Hollywood golden couple Fisher and Debbie Reynolds.

Jayne Mansfield and Mickey Hargitay also attended in 1958.

These two have a famous daughter of their own, Mariska Hargitay, who is best known as Olivia Benson of "Law & Order: Special Victims Unit."

Hargitay directed a documentary about her famous mother, "My Mom Jayne," in 2025, in which she revealed that Mickey Hargitay isn't her biological father.

Marilyn Monroe looked every bit the '60s starlet at the 1962 awards.

That same year, she won her fourth and final Golden Globe, for world film favorite (female). Previously, Monroe won the best young box office personality in 1951 and the world film favorite (female) in 1953. She died just five months later, in August 1962.

In 2023, Ana de Armas was nominated for best actress in a motion picture (drama) for playing Monroe in "Blonde."

Another iconic old Hollywood duo seen at the awards was Dean Martin and John Wayne.

Wayne held Martin's drink as the singer/actor presented a Golden Globe during the show.

Julie Andrews is a Golden Globes queen.

One of the most iconic moments in award-show history was when she famously shaded Jack Warner, the man who didn't cast her in "My Fair Lady."

When the stage musical "My Fair Lady" was made into a movie, Warner, head of Warner Bros. studios, decided to cast Audrey Hepburn as the lead, even though Andrews had played the role on Broadway and in London.

This snub proved to be a blessing, as it freed up Andrews for what might be her most iconic role of all time: Mary Poppins.

When Andrews won her Golden Globe in 1965, she thanked "the man who made all this possible in the first place, Mr. Jack Warner."

It's also a big night for couples. Just ask Mark Hamill and his wife, Marilou York.

The "Star Wars" star and his wife have been married for more than 40 years.

Or Sonny and Cher.

The duo's show, "The Sonny and Cher Comedy Hour," was nominated for best television series musical or comedy in both 1973 and 1974.

Natalie Wood and Robert Redford caught up at the 1966 ceremony.

Wood and Redford, who died in 2025, met in high school and starred in a few movies together, such as 1966's "This Property Is Condemned," according to an appearance by Redford on Turner Classic Movies.

Some stars take their parents. It helps if your dad is a living legend like Henry Fonda, seen here with his daughter, Jane.

This father-daughter duo would team up two years later to film Henry's last on-screen role, 1981's "On Golden Pond."

Jane was awarded the Cecil B. DeMille Award in 2021.

The Golden Globes can be kid-friendly, too. Here's a 15-year-old Michael Jackson with his father.

The Jackson 5's album "Skywriter" was released in 1973.

A Michael Jackson biopic, simply titled "Michael," will hit theaters in 2026.

But usually, it's a night filled with love between A-listers like Doris Day and Rock Hudson.

Hudson and Day were both chosen as the "world's favorite performers" multiple times.

Christopher Reeve attended the 36th annual Golden Globe Awards with his partner, Gae Exton.

We'll see if any couples make their red-carpet debut on Sunday.

Tom Selleck and his wife, Jillie Mack, attended in matching tuxedos.

Mack and Selleck have been married for 39 years.

Some of the most iconic actors of all time attended as they were just starting out.

Back in 1968, Dustin Hoffman won the now-defunct award for new star of the year.

Hoffman won for his breakthrough performance in "The Graduate" when he was 30 years old.

Barbra Streisand won her first Golden Globe for her performance in "Funny Girl" in 1969.

At 27 years old, it was her first Golden Globe nomination and win.

Now, Streisand is one of a few people to have received an EGOT — an Emmy, Grammy, Oscar, and Tony Award — though not all of them were competitive awards.

Young Arnold Schwarzenegger won new star of the year in 1977 for his role in "Stay Hungry."

Schwarzenegger wouldn't be nominated again until 1995 for "Junior."

Here's John Travolta at his very first Golden Globes in 1978.

Travolta was nominated for his role in "Saturday Night Fever" but lost. He would be nominated multiple times and scored a win in 1996 for "Get Shorty."

Robin Williams won his first of six Golden Globes in 1979.

He was nominated for 12 in total.

Angela Lansbury was already a much-loved actor when she won a Golden Globe in 1987.

Lansbury won for best performance by an actress in a TV series drama for her role in "Murder, She Wrote." She died in 2022 at 96 years old.