Bio: Goldie Jeanne Hawn was born November 21, 1945 in Washington, D.C. and raised in Takoma Park, Maryland to Laura Hawn (n��e Steinhoff), a jewelry shop/dance school owner and Rut Hawn, a band musician. She has a sister, Patti Hawn, and a brother, Edward, who 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 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 big role came in 1969, where she played opposite Walter Matthau and Ingrid Bergman in Cactus Flower (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 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 Best Friends (1982), Protocol (1984) and Wildcats (1986). In 1987, she appeared with her boyfriend Kurt Russell in 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 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. 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 Martin. 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 1968 to 1973. In 1975 she married musician Bill Hudson and became a mother for the first time in 1976, when she gave birth to their son Oliver Hudson. In 1979, she had her second child with Hudson, daughter Kate Hudson. The marriage ended in divorce in 1980. Since 1983, she has been in a relationship with actor Kurt Russell. They had a son in 1986, Wyatt Russell.
Tivia: Has 3 children: son, Oliver Hudson (b. September 7, 1976) & daughter, Kate Hudson (b. April 19, 1979) with ex-husband, Bill Hudson and son, Wyatt Russell (b. July 10, 1986) with boyfriend, Kurt Russell.Actually, Goldie is her real name, she was named after her aunt.Spent much of her time between 1992 and 1994 looking after her mother, who died in 1994.Has seven grandchildren: Ryder Russell Robinson (b. January 7, 2004) via daughter Kate Hudson and ex-son-in-law Chris Robinson; Wilder Brooks Hudson (b. August 23, 2007), Bodhi Hawn Hudson (b. March 19, 2010) and Rio Laura Hudson (b. July 18, 2013) via son Oliver Hudson and daughter-in-law Erinn Bartlett; Bingham Hawn Bellamy (b. July 9, 2011) via Kate and Matthew Bellamy; Rani Rose Hudson Fujikawa (b. October 2, 2018) vita Kate and Danny Fujikawa; Buddy Prine Russell (b. March 11, 2021) via son Wyatt Russell and daughter-in-law Meredith Hagner.Her first entertainment gig was performing in "The Nutcracker" at age 11. She earned $1.50.Drives the present owners of her childhood home in Maryland crazy by suddenly appearing whenever she wants to.She & longtime boyfriend, Kurt Russell appeared together in 5 films: The One and Only, Genuine, Original Family Band (1968), Swing Shift (1984), Overboard (1987), The Christmas Chronicles (2018) and The Christmas Chronicles: Part Two (2020).Good friends with Sally Field.Had such a traumatic natural birth with her son Oliver Hudson that she delivered her other children, Kate Hudson and Wyatt Russell, via elective Caesarean sections.In January 1985, at age 39, she posed for the cover of Playboy.It has often been reported that her father, Rut Hawn (aka Edward Rutledge Hawn), was a direct descendant of Edward Rutledge (1749-1800), the youngest person to sign the Declaration of Independence in 1776. However, genealogical research has shown that Goldie's "Rutledge" line leads back to a man named Joseph Rutledge (1744-1814).Amy Schumer lured her out of self-imposed retirement to co-star in Snatched (2017). 20th Century Fox originally didn't want Hawn for the movie, since she hadn't acted in 15 years, but Amy insisted and even threatened to leave the project if Goldie wasn't cast.Has a de facto stepson: Boston Russell (b. February 16, 1980) with boyfriend, Kurt Russell.Immediately after the success of The First Wives Club (1996), she, Bette Midler and Diane Keaton were going to make another film together called "Avon Ladies of the Amazon". The premise was about women who sell beauty products in the jungle. The film never got made. In 2015, the trio planned to star in a film for Netflix called "Divanation" as members of a once-popular singing group forced to reconnect after their volatile split and 30 year estrangement, but that also did not come to fruition.Her performance as Judy Benjamin in Private Benjamin (1980) is ranked #70 on Premiere magazine's 100 Greatest Movie Characters of All Time.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.Received a Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 6201 Hollywood Blvd in Hollywood, Calif. (May 4, 2017)Owns homes in Vancouver (Canda), Pacific Palisades (CA), Palm Desert (CA) and Snowmass Village (CO).Chosen by Empire Magazine as one of the 100 Sexiest Stars in film history (#71). (1995)She describes herself as a Jew-Bu (Jewish Buddhist).Gave commencement address at Graduation for the Class of 2002 at her alma mater, American University.On August 9, 2020, she was honored with a day of her filmography during the Turner Classic Movies Summer Under the Stars.Aged 19 and employed as a dancer at the New York World's Fair, Hawn was spotted by a pimp who arranged her to meet with 55-year-old cartoonist Al Capp in his Manhattan apartment for what she thought was an audition for a forthcoming TV series. Dressed in loungewear, Capp exposed himself during the meeting and tried to come onto her. After his advances were rejected, he told Goldie she would never get anywhere in show business and that she should return home and marry a Jewish dentist.Is an accomplished ballet dancer.Her father had German and English ancestry, while her maternal grandparents were Hungarian Jewish immigrants.First woman to be honored by the American Museum of the Moving Image. (1997)Dating Kurt Russell since February 14, 1983: Valentine's Day 1983.She was born in Washington D.C. and grew up in it's suburb, Takoma Park, Maryland.Richard Donner pursued her for the role of Eve Teschmacher in Superman (1978), but her $2 million salary demand was deemed unreasonable by studio executives who ultimately settled for lesser-known actress Valerie Perrine.In 1970 she sued E-Z Card Co. and Hole In The Wall for $1.5 million, contending that 10,000 posters of her eating a potato chip constituted an invasion of privacy. The lawsuit said the posters with the caption "Granny who?" embarrassed and humiliated her and prevented her from endorsing other products because the poster advertised Granny Goose potato chips. She also said the posters interfered with her career because she left the Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In (1967) television show to become a serious actress. She won just $3,000 in damages and an agreement from the poster companies to stop printing the picture in a stipulated Superior Court judgment.Considers her role as Lou Jean Poplin in The Sugarland Express (1974) to be her finest work onscreen.Lived with Swedish actor Bruno Wintzell from 1973 to 1975. Internet references that Goldie was married to Wintzell are false, as she was still legally wed to Gus Trikonis throughout that period and didn't even file for divorce until she and Bill Hudson got engaged.Published her autobiography, "A Lotus Grows in the Mud". (2005)She Kurt Russell are Hollywood's longest-lasting unmarried couple.Started Cosmic Entertainment with Kurt Russell, Kate Hudson and Oliver Hudson in 2003.Recorded and released a self-titled solo pop-country LP for Warner Bros. in 1972 with the production help of Dolly Parton and Buck Owens. One single was released (a cover of the bluegrass classic "Uncle Pen" with the flip side "Butterfly"), but it failed to chart.Laugh-In castmate Judy Carne reportedly was so jealous of Goldie it caused her to start using heroin.Planned to direct and star with Kurt Russell in "Ashes to Ashes", a comedy about a woman who goes to India and loses her ex-husband's ashes. Hawn wrote the script with Jeremy Pikser, co-writer of Bulworth (1998). The project fell into development limbo for a number of years and was re-announced at Cannes in 2007, with production scheduled to begin in the fall, but was put on hold yet again.Plays a former rock-star groupie in The Banger Sisters (2002). Her daughter, Kate Hudson, plays a young rock-star groupie in Almost Famous (2000).Awarded honorary degree from Loyola Marymount University after delivering 2004 Commencement address there.Daughter of Rut Hawn and Laura Hawn.Ex-sister-in-law of Gina Trikonis, Brett Hudson, and Mark Hudson.Discovered by talent agent Bud Simon while dancing in the chorus line on Andy Griffith's "Uptown-Downton" TV special. (1966)Biography in: "Who's Who in Comedy" by Ronald L. Smith, pg. 209-210. New York: Facts on File, 1992. ISBN 0816023387.Founder of the Bright Light Foundation for Children.Turned down The Day of the Locust (1975), Family Plot (1976), Pretty Baby (1978), Kramer vs. Kramer (1979), The Main Event (1979), Atlantic City (1980), Making Love (1982) and Big Business (1988).Returned to work eight months after giving birth to her daughter Kate Hudson to begin filming Private Benjamin (1980).Sister of Patti Hawn. They had an older brother, Edward Rutledge Hawn, Jr. (February 10, 1937 - March 10, 1937) who died of sudden infant death syndrome.In 2003 she founded the Goldie Hawn Foundation and it's MindUP program that helps children regulate their emotions and manage stress.Originally cast as Hilary Altman in This Is Where I Leave You (2014) but dropped out when filming was delayed and was replaced by Jane Fonda.