Goldie Hawn
Goldie Hawn at the 1989 Oscars.
Birth name	Goldie Jeanne Hawn
Born	November 21, 1945 (1945-11-21) (age 61) Washington, D.C.
Years active	1967-present
Spouse(s)	Gus Trikonis (1969-1976) Bill Hudson (1976-1980)
Partner(s)	Kurt Russell (1982-)
Children	Oliver Hudson (b.1976) Kate Hudson (b.1979) Wyatt Russell (b.1986)
Awards Academy Awards Best Supporting Actress 1969 Cactus Flower Golden Globe Awards Best Supporting Actress - Motion Picture 1969 Cactus Flower

Goldie Jeanne Hawn (born November 21, 1945) is an Academy Award-winning American actress, director and producer. She is known for starring in a series of successful film comedies during the 1970s, 1980s and 1990s. Her daughter is Kate Hudson, who is also an Oscar-nominated actress. Her son, Oliver Hudson, is a television and film actor as well. Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... The 61st Academy Awards were presented April 29, 1989 at the Shrine Civic Auditorium, Los Angeles. ... is the 325th day of the year (326th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1945 (MCMXLV) was a common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar). ... Image File history File links This is a lossless scalable vector image. ... For other uses, see Washington, D.C. (disambiguation). ... Year 1967 (MCMLXVII) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar) of the 1967 Gregorian calendar. ... Present may mean: present (time): time that is neither past nor future a gift: thing given free of charge, gratis This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title. ... William (Bill) Louis Hudson (born 17 October 1947 in Portland, Oregon, USA) is an American musician most famous for being in the band The Hudson Brothers. ... Kurt Vogel Russell (born March 17, 1951) is an American actor. ... Oliver Rutledge Hudson (born September 7, 1976) is an American actor. ... This article is about the actress. ... Academy Award The Academy Awards, popularly known as the Oscars, are the most prominent and most watched film awards ceremony in the world. ... The Academy Award for Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role is one of the awards given to actresses working in the motion picture industry by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences; nominations are made by Academy members who are actors and actresses. ... Cactus Flower is a 1969 comedic film directed by Gene Saks and starring Walter Matthau, Ingrid Bergman, and Goldie Hawn. ... The Golden Globe Awards are American awards for motion pictures and television programs, given out each year during a formal dinner. ... The Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress - Motion Picture was first awarded by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association in 1944 for a performance in a motion picture released in the previous year. ... Cactus Flower is a 1969 comedic film directed by Gene Saks and starring Walter Matthau, Ingrid Bergman, and Goldie Hawn. ... is the 325th day of the year (326th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1945 (MCMXLV) was a common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar). ... Although he never won an Oscar for any of his movie performances, the comedian Bob Hope received two honorary Oscars for his contributions to cinema. ... Actors in period costume sharing a joke whilst waiting between takes during location filming. ... The film director, on the right, gives last minute direction to the cast and crew, whilst filming a costume drama on location in London. ... A film producer creates the conditions for making movies. ... This article is about the actress. ... Oliver Rutledge Hudson (born September 7, 1976) is an American actor. ...

Early life

Hawn was born in Washington, DC, to Edward Rutledge Hawn (a band musician who played at major events in Washington) and Laura Steinhoff (a jewelery shop/ dance school owner); she has a sister, Patricia, and had a brother, Edward, who died before she was born. She was raised in Takoma Park, Maryland. Her father, a descendant of Edward Rutledge (a signer of the Declaration of Independence), was a Presbyterian of part German and part Dutch descent. Her mother was Jewish-American, the daughter of Max Steinhoff and Fanny Weiss, immigrants from Hungary;^[2] Hawn was raised in the Jewish religion, although she attended church and the family did celebrate Christmas.^[3] Aerial photo (looking NW) of the Washington Monument and the White House in Washington, DC. Washington, D.C., officially the District of Columbia (also known as D.C.; Washington; the Nations Capital; the District; and, historically, the Federal City) is the capital city and administrative district of the United... Location Location in Maryland Coordinates , Government Country State County United States Maryland Montgomery Founded Incorporated 1883 1890 Mayor Kathryn H. Porter Geographical characteristics Area     City 5. ... Edward Rutledge Edward Rutledge (November 23, 1749–January 23, 1800), South Carolina statesman, was a signer of the Declaration of Independence and later governor of South Carolina. ... U.S. Declaration of Independence The Declaration of Independence is the document in which the Thirteen Colonies declared themselves independent of the Kingdom of Great Britain and explained their justifications for doing so. ... Presbyterianism is part of the Reformed churches family of denominations of Christian Protestantism based on the teachings of John Calvin which traces its institutional roots to the Scottish Reformation, especially as led by John Knox. ... A Jewish American (also commonly American Jew) is an American (a citizen of the United States) of Jewish descent who maintains a connection to the Jewish community, either through actively practicing Judaism or through cultural and historical affiliation. ... The word Jew ( Hebrew: יהודי) is used in a wide number of ways, but generally refers to a follower of the Jewish faith, a child of a Jewish mother, or someone of Jewish descent with a connection to Jewish culture or ethnicity and often a combination... Christmas is an annual holiday that celebrates the birth of Jesus. ...

Hawn began taking ballet and tap dance lessons at the age of three, and danced in the chorus of the Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo production of The Nutcracker in 1955. She made her stage debut in 1961, playing Juliet in a Virginia Stage Company production of Romeo and Juliet. By 1964, she ran and instructed a ballet school, having dropped out of American University, where she was majoring in drama. Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo was an influential ballet company that existed from 1932 to 1963. ... (left to right) Sergei Legat, as the Nutcracker, an unidentified child as a gingerbread soldier, and Lydia Rubtsova as Marianna in Vsevolozhskys costumes for the Ivanov/Petipa/Tchaikovsky The Nutcracker, St. ... Romeo and Juliet in the famous balcony scene by Ford Madox Brown For other uses, see Romeo and Juliet (disambiguation). ... For other universities known as American University, see American University (disambiguation). ...

In 1964, Hawn, who graduated from Montgomery Blair High School, made her professional dancing debut in a production of Can-Can at the Texas Pavilion of the New York World's Fair. She began working as a professional dancer a year later, and appeared as a go-go dancer in New York City. Montgomery Blair High School (most often simply known as Blair) is a public high school located in Silver Spring in unincorporated Montgomery County, Maryland. ... Can-Can is a 1953 musical with music and lyrics by Cole Porter, with a book by Abe Burrows. ... There have been two Worlds fairs in New York City: 1939 New York Worlds Fair ( 1939- 1940) at Flushing Meadows in Queens gave us Futurama, the Trylon, and Perisphere. ... Go-Go dancers at an open-air bar in Patong Beach, Thailand Go-Go dancers were originally 1960s-era miniskirted clubgoers, dancing at clubs such as the Whisky a Go Go (one of the first to have dancers in elevated cages), wearing go-go boots. ... New York, New York and NYC redirect here. ...

Career

1960s

Hawn began her acting career as a cast member of the short-lived situation comedy Good Morning, World during the 1967-1968 television season, her role being that of the girlfriend of a radio disc jockey, with a stereotypical "dumb blonde" personality. Her next role which brought her to international attention was as one of the regular cast members on the 1960s sketch comedy show, Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In. On the show, she would often break out into high-pitched giggles in the middle of a joke, and deliver a polished performance a moment after. Noted equally for her chipper attitude as for her bikini and painted body, Hawn personified something of a 1960s "It" girl. This persona was parlayed into three popular film appearances in the late 1960s and early 1970s: Butterflies are Free, There's a Girl in My Soup and Cactus Flower. Hawn won an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for her work in Cactus Flower (1969), which was her first film role and which co-starred Walter Matthau and Ingrid Bergman. Good Morning, World was a television series broadcast on the CBS television network during the 1967-1968 season. ... This article does not adequately cite its references or sources. ... Rowan & Martins Laugh-In was an American comedy television program which ran for 140 episodes from January 22, 1968 to May 14, 1973. ... This article is about the womens bathing suit. ... An It girl is a charming, sexy young woman, or one who has just broken into mainstream cinema. ... Butterflies Are Free is a 1972 film with Eileen Heckart, Goldie Hawn and Edward Albert. ... Theres a Girl In My Soup was a 1970 comedy movie starring Peter Sellers and a very young Goldie Hawn. ... Cactus Flower is a 1969 comedic film directed by Gene Saks and starring Walter Matthau, Ingrid Bergman, and Goldie Hawn. ... Although he never won an Oscar for any of his movie performances, the comedian Bob Hope received two honorary Oscars for his contributions to cinema. ... The Academy Award for Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role is one of the awards given to actresses working in the motion picture industry by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences; nominations are made by Academy members who are actors and actresses. ... Walter Matthau (October 1, 1920 – July 1, 2000) was an Academy Award-winning American comedy actor best-known for his role as Oscar Madison in The Odd Couple and his frequent collaborations with fellow Odd Couple star Jack Lemmon. ...   (pronounced in Swedish, but usually in English, IPA notation) (August 29, 1915 – August 29, 1982) was a three-time Academy Award-winning and two-time Emmy Award-winning Swedish actress. ...

1970s-1990s

Hawn remained a popular figure in entertainment into the 1970s and 1980s, appearing in many films (generally comedies), and moving into film production as well. She gathered great respect as a comedy actress and was nominated for an Academy Award as a leading actress for her role in 1980s Private Benjamin, which was one of a series of successful comedies that she had starred in, also including Foul Play, Best Friends, Overboard, and Bird on a Wire. Her career slowed down a bit until 1992, when she appeared opposite Bruce Willis and Meryl Streep in the film Death Becomes Her. She also played an aging actress in the financially successful 1996 film, The First Wives Club, opposite Bette Midler and Diane Keaton, with whom she covered the Lesley Gore hit "You Don't Own Me" for the film's soundtrack. Hawn also performed a cover version of the Beatles' song, "A Hard Day's Night", on George Martin's 1998 album, In My Life. A film producer creates the conditions for making movies. ... Academy Award The Academy Awards, popularly known as the Oscars, are the most prominent and most watched film awards ceremony in the world. ... Private Benjamin is a 1980 comedy film which tells the story of Judy, a wealthy Jewish woman, who joins the army when her new husband dies on their wedding night. ... Foul Play is a 1978 comedy/thriller film by Colin Higgins (the director of the cult classic Harold and Maude) starring Goldie Hawn and Chevy Chase. ... This article is about the childrens novel. ... Overboard may refer to: Overboard – over the side of a ship or boat into the water Go overboard (colloquial) – To go to an extreme, especially as a result of great enthusiasm Overboard, a 1987 movie starring Goldie Hawn and Kurt Russell Overboard, a comic strip about a group of pirates... Bird on a Wire is a 1990 feature film starring Goldie Hawn and Mel Gibson. ... Walter Bruce Willis (born March 19, 1955 in Idar-Oberstein, Germany) is an American actor and singer. ... Mary Louise Streep, mostly known as Meryl Streep (born June 22, 1949) is an Academy Award-winning American actress who has worked in theatre, television, and film. ... Death Becomes Her is a 1992 black comedy fantasy film directed by Robert Zemeckis and starring Goldie Hawn, Meryl Streep and Bruce Willis. ... The First Wives Club is a 1996 movie directed by Hugh Wilson based on the novel by Olivia Goldsmith. ... Bette Midler (born December 1, 1945) is an American singer, actress, and comedian, also known to her fans as The Divine Miss M. She is named after the actress Bette Davis although Davis pronounced her first name in two syllables, and Midler uses one. ... Diane Keaton (born Diane Hall on January 5, 1946) is an Academy Award-winning American film actress, director and producer. ... Lesley Gore (born May 2, 1946 in New York City as Lesley Sue Goldstein) is an American singer and songwriter of the so-called girl group era. She is perhaps best-known for her 1963 Pop hit, Its My Party, which she recorded at the age of 16. ... In popular music, a cover version, or simply cover, is a new rendition (performance or recording) of a previously recorded song. ... The White Album, see The Beatles (album). ... A Hard Days Night is a 1964 hit song written by John Lennon and credited (as were all their songs) to John Lennon and Paul McCartney, performed by English band The Beatles and produced by George Martin. ... For other uses, see George Martin (disambiguation). ... An album or record album is a collection of related audio or music tracks distributed to the public. ...

She made one foray into directing with the television film Hope (1997), starring Christine Lahti and Jena Malone. For other uses, see Hope (disambiguation). ... Christine Lahti (born April 4, 1950) is an American actress. ... Emile Hirsch as Francis Doyle and Malone as Margie Flynn in The Dangerous Lives of Altar Boys Jena Malone (born November 21, 1984) is an American actress. ...

2000s

Hawn in The Banger Sisters (2002).

In 2000 Hawn co-starred with Warren Beatty and Diane Keaton once again in Town & Country, a critical and financial fiasco. Budgeted at an estimated US$90 million, the film opened to little notice and grossed only $7 million in its North American theatrical run.^[4] As of 2006, her last film appearance was in the 2002 film The Banger Sisters. Image File history File links Goldie2. ... Image File history File links Goldie2. ... The Banger Sisters (2002) is an American comedy film produced by 20th Century Fox about the reunion of two middle-aged women who used to be friends and groupies when they were young. ... Henry Warren Beatty (born March 30, 1937), better known as Warren Beatty, is an Academy Award and Golden Globe-winning American actor, producer, screenwriter, and director. ... Town & Country is a 2001 film starring Warren Beatty and Diane Keaton and directed by Peter Chelsom. ... The Banger Sisters (2002) is an American comedy film produced by 20th Century Fox about the reunion of two middle-aged women who used to be friends and groupies when they were young. ...

In 2005, Hawn's autobiography, A Lotus Grows in the Mud, was published. Hawn claims that the book is not a Hollywood tell-all, but rather a memoir and record of what she has learned in her life so far. Cover of the first English edition of 1793 of Benjamin Franklins autobiography. ... As a literary genre, a memoir (from the Latin memoria, meaning memory) forms a subclass of autobiography, although it is an older form of writing. ...

Hawn announced in an interview with AARP's magazine that her next film project would be called Ashes to Ashes and co-star her partner Kurt Russell. The film is about a New York widow who loses her late husband's ashes in India.^[5] Current logo for AARP, in use since January 2007 For the AppleTalk protocol developed by Apple Computer, see AppleTalk address resolution protocol (AARP). ... Kurt Vogel Russell (born March 17, 1951) is an American actor. ...

Personal life

Relationships and family

Hawn was married to Gus Trikonis from 1969 to 1976. She married Bill Hudson, of the Hudson Brothers, in 1976; the two divorced in 1980 and have two children, Oliver (born 1976) and Kate Hudson (born 1979), both of whom are now noted actors. William (Bill) Louis Hudson (born 17 October 1947 in Portland, Oregon, USA) is an American musician most famous for being in the band The Hudson Brothers. ... The Hudson Brothers are an American music group from the 1970s, consisting of Bill Hudson, Brett Hudson and Mark Hudson. ... Oliver Rutledge Hudson (born September 7, 1976) is an American actor. ... This article is about the actress. ...

Hawn has been in a relationship with actor Kurt Russell since 1982, when the two reconnected on the set of Swing Shift (they previously met while filming 1968's The One and Only, Genuine, Original Family Band). The couple have a son together, Wyatt Russell, who lives in Vancouver, B.C., Canada, learning and playing hockey. Wyatt is currently a goalie with the Brampton Capitals of the Ontario Provincial Junior A Hockey League. He starts college in 2007 and will be playing for the CHA Champion University of Alabama in Huntsville Chargers. She also is stepmother to Kurt Russell's son Boston. Hawn became a grandmother on January 7, 2004, when her daughter, Kate Hudson, gave birth to son Ryder Russell Robinson. She then became a grandmother for a second time when son, Oliver Hudson and his wife, actress Erinn Bartlett, welcomed their son Wilder Brooks Hudson, on August 23, 2007. Kurt Vogel Russell (born March 17, 1951) is an American actor. ... Swing shift, also known as second shift, is an employment schedule during the evening, for example 4 p. ... The One and Only, Genuine, Original Family Band is a 1968 film based on the novel Nebraska by Laura Bower Van Nuys. ... The Brampton Capitals are a Tier II Junior A ice hockey team from Brampton, Ontario, Canada. ... The Ontario Provincial Junior A Hockey League is a Tier II Junior A ice hockey league under the supervision of the Ontario Hockey Association and the Canadian Junior A Hockey League. ... College Hockey America is a college athletic conference with teams ranging geographically from New York to Alabama and Minnesota. ... The University of Alabama in Huntsville is a state-supported, public, coeducational university, accredited by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools to award baccalaureate, masters and doctoral degrees. ... is the 7th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... This article is about the actress. ...

Religion

Hawn became involved in Eastern philosophy in 1972. She is a practicing Buddhist and has raised her children in both Buddhist and Jewish traditions. She has stated on the Larry King Show that she is a Jewish Buddhist, but neither more Jewish nor more Buddhist.^[6] Even though she might have converted to Buddhism, she has said in an interview that she never had to forsake her Jewish heritage to embrace Buddhism. In many interviews, she states that she still holds Jewish beliefs and her Jewish religion and heritage comes before Buddhism.^[7] Hawn travels to India annually, and has visited Israel, stating that she felt a strong identification with its people.^[3] This article needs additional references or sources for verification. ... A replica of an ancient statue found among the ruins of a temple at Sarnath Buddhism is a philosophy based on the teachings of the Buddha, Siddhārtha Gautama, a prince of the Shakyas, whose lifetime is traditionally given as 566 to 486 BCE. It had subsequently been accepted by... A replica of an ancient statue found among the ruins of a temple at Sarnath Buddhism is a philosophy based on the teachings of the Buddha, Siddhārtha Gautama, a prince of the Shakyas, whose lifetime is traditionally given as 566 to 486 BCE. It had subsequently been accepted by... The word Jew ( Hebrew: יהודי) is used in a wide number of ways, but generally refers to a follower of the Jewish faith, a child of a Jewish mother, or someone of Jewish descent with a connection to Jewish culture or ethnicity and often a combination... A Jewish Buddhist is a person with a Jewish ethnic and/or religious background who practices forms of Buddhist meditation and spirituality. ...

Moreover, Hawn founded and funds the Goldie Hawn Institute, formerly called the Bright Lights Foundation. The institute teaches the Buddhist technique of mindfulness training; where fourth through seventh graders are instructed in mindful awareness techniques and positive thinking skills, then tested for changes in behavior, social and emotional competence, and moral development. One school official reports that in one classroom, the children went from having the most behavioral problems, to having zero behavioral problems.

Hawn realizes that many parents oppose bringing Buddhist methods into public schools, and recently stated in Greater Good magazine, published by Greater Good Science Center: "There will always be people who see this as scary, or as some kind of Eastern philosophy that they don't want for their kids." Hawn adds, "Mindfulness gives kids a tool for understanding how their brain works, for having more self-control." Greater Good Science Center, UC Berkeley // The Greater Good Science Center, located at the University of California, Berkeley is an interdisciplinary research center devoted to the scientific understanding of happy and compassionate individuals, strong social bonds, and altruistic behavior. ...

Selected filmography