Born:
November 21, 1945
in
Takoma Park, Maryland
Best Known For:
A string of hit movies.
Early-life:
Goldie Jeanne Hawn was born on November 21, 1945, in Maryland, Washington DC. She has a sister called Patricia; their brother, Edward, died as an infant. Goldie's father was a musician, her mother a jewellery saleswoman and dance school owner. Goldie trained to be a ballerina and at the age of 11 appeared in a performance of The Nutcracker. She studied drama at the American University in Washington DC, but dropped out. She made ends meet as a can-can performer at the 1965 World's Fair, and later worked as a go-go dancer.
Career:
In 1967, Hawn landed a role in short-lived TV series Good Morning World. She was spotted by a producer who hired her for comedy sketch show Rowan and Martin's Laugh-In. Her regular appearances made her a star. She won a Best Supporting Actress Oscar for 1969's Cactus Flower, but became typecast as a dizzy blonde until Steven Spielberg asked her to play a mother on the run in 1974's Sugarland Express. She has appeared in various hit movies, including Shampoo, Private Benjamin, Swing Shift, Bird on a Wire, Death Becomes Her, Everyone Says I Love You, and The Banger Sisters. She's also dabbled in directing with the 1997 TV movie Hope.
Quote:
"Men are much simpler mechanisms than women. Nothing changes them... even when they have a midlife crisis, they do it in a mindless way."
Trivia:
In 2005, she published her autobiography, A Lotus Grows in the Mud.