Goldie Hawn's Main TV Roles Show Character(s) Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In Regular Per… Parkinson (UK) Goldie Hawn Conversations with Michael Eisner Goldie Hawn Good Morning, World Sandy Kramer

Main Movie Roles 2003 - A Decade Under the Influence 2002 - The Banger Sisters 2001 - Town & Country 1999 - The Out-of-Towners 1996 - The First Wives Club 1996 - Everyone Says I Love You 1992 - Death Becomes Her 1992 - Housesitter 1991 - Deceived 1990 - Bird on a Wire 1987 - Overboard 1986 - Wildcats 1984 - Protocol 1984 - Swing Shift 1980 - Seems Like Old Times 1980 - Private Benjamin 1978 - Foul Play 1975 - Shampoo 1974 - The Sugarland Express 1970 - There's a Girl in My Soup 1969 - Cactus Flower 1969 - Five the Hard Way

BIOGRAPHY:

Goldie Jean Hawn was born November 21, 1945 in Washinton D.C. to Laura Steinhoff (a jewelry shop/dance school owner) and Edward Rutledge Hawn (a band musician). She has a sister, Patricia, and a brother, Edward, who died before she was born. She was raised in the Jewish religion. Her mother was Jewish and the daughter of Hungarian immigrants. Her father was Presbyterian. At the age of three Goldie began taking ballet and tap dance lessons, and at the age of ten she danced in the chorus of the Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo production of "The Nutcracker". At the age of 19 she ran and instructed a ballet school, having dropped out of college where she was majoring in drama. Before going into the film business she worked as a professional dancer.

She had her feature film debut in The One and Only, Genuine, Original Family Band (1968), with a small role as a giggling dancer. Her first supporting role came in 1969, where she played opposite Walter Matthau and Ingrid Bergman (I) in Cactus Flower (1969), a role which earned her an academy award for best supporting actress. After her academy award win her career took off and she followed with roles in successful comedies such as There's a Girl in My Soup (1970) and Shampoo (1975) and more dramatic roles in The Girl from Petrovka (1974) and The Sugarland Express (1974). In 1978, she starred alongside Chevy Chase in the box office hit Foul Play (1978). In 1980 she starred in another box office hit, Private Benjamin (1980), where she also served as producer. During the 1980s she starred in hit movies such as Protocol (1984), Wildcats (1986) and Swing Shift (1984). In 1987 she appeared with her partner Kurt Russell (I) in the film Overboard (1987), which became both a critical and box office disappointment. Her career slowed down after that until 1990 when she starred alongside Mel Gibson (I) in Bird on a Wire (1990). In 1992 she starred in the successful film, Death Becomes Her (1992) with Meryl Streep and Bruce Willis, which was followed by another successful film HouseSitter (1992) which co-starred Steve Martin (I). In 1996 she played the role of an aging alcoholic actress in the comedy The First Wives Club (1996) with Diane Keaton and Bette Midler, it became a critical and financial success. She also starred in the 'Woody Allen' film Everyone Says I Love You (1996) and The Out-of-Towners (1999) which reunited her with Steve Martin (I). In 2001 and 2002 she starred in Town & Country (2001) with Warren Beatty and The Banger Sisters (2002) with Susan Sarandon.

Goldie has been married twice. First to actor/director Gus Trikonis, from 1969 to 1974. In 1975 she married the musician Bill Hudson (I) and became a mother for the first time in 1976, when she gave birth to their son Oliver Hudson (I). In 1979, she had her second child by Hudson, daughter Kate Hudson (I). The marriage ended in divorce in 1980. Since 1983, she has been in a relationship with actor Kurt Russell (I) and they have a son together, Wyatt Russell (born 1986). Goldie is also a grandmother, her daughter Kate has a son named Ryder born January 7, 2004, and her son Oliver has a son named Wilder born August 23, 2007.


TRIVIA:

• She and longtime companion 'Kurt Russell (I)' (qv) both appeared in _The One and Only, Genuine, Original Family Band (1968)_ (qv), _Swing Shift (1984)_ (qv), and _Overboard (1987)_ (qv).
• Partner of 'Kurt Russell (I)' (qv) (1983 - present) 1 child.
• Ex-sister-in-law of 'Gina Trikonis' (qv), 'Brett Hudson' (qv) and 'Mark Hudson (I)' (qv).
• Plays a former rock-star groupie in _The Banger Sisters (2002)_ (qv). Her daughter, 'Kate Hudson (I)' (qv), plays a young rock-star groupie in _Almost Famous (2000)_ (qv).
• Attended Montgomery Blair High School in Silver Spring, Maryland.
• Spent much of her time between 1992 and 1994 looking after her mother, who died in 1994.
• Biography in: "Who's Who in Comedy" by Ronald L. Smith, pg. 209-210. New York: Facts on File, 1992. ISBN 0816023387
• It is often incorrectly stated that she shortened her family name from Studlendgehawn to Hawn. According to census documents the surname of all of her direct ancestors up to and including her father is Hawn, Hahn, or Haun.