Goldie Hawn

21 November, 1945

| 1.68 m

Actress

Producer

Director

Biography

Goldie Hawn

Goldie Jeanne Hawn was born November 21, 1945 in Washington, D.C. to Laura Hawn, who owned a dance school, and Rut Hawn, a band musician. She has one sister, entertainment publicist Patti Hawn; a brother, Edward, died in infancy before her birth. 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.Hawn made her feature film debut in The One and Only, Genuine, Original Family Band (1968), with a small role as a giggling dancer. Her first big role came in 1969, where she played opposite Walter Matthau and Ingrid Bergman in Kwiat kaktusa (1969), a role which earned her an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress. After the Oscar win her career took off and she followed with roles in successful comedies such as Dziewczyna inna niż wszystkie (1970) and Szampon (1975), and more dramatic roles in Dziewczyna z Pietrowki (1974) and Sugarland Express (1974). In 1978, she starred alongside Chevy Chase in the box office hit, Nieczyste zagranie (1978). In 1980 she starred in another box office hit, Szeregowiec Benjamin (1980), where she also served as producer. During the 1980s she starred in hit movies such as Najlepsi przyjaciele (1982), Protokół (1984) and Dzikie koty (1986). In 1987, she appeared with her boyfriend Kurt Russell in Dama za burtą (1987), which became both a critical and...

Movies

Protocol

Protocol (1984)

5.51h 36m

Metascore: 55

A woman (Goldie Hawn) saves life of Emir of Ohtar (Richard Romanus) in Washington.