Goldie Hawn Biography / Pictures

Goldie Hawn (born November 21, 1945) is a Washington, D.C born actress who began her career as one of the regular cast members on the 1960s sketch comedy show Laugh-In. Noted equally for her chipper attitude and her bikini and painted body, she personified a 60s "it-girl." On the show she would often break out into high-pitched giggles in the middle of a joke, yet in the next moment deliver a very polished performance. She embodied both the concept of the free-loving hippie girl and the determined feminist.

Biography

Into the 1970s and 1980s Goldie remained a popular figure in entertainment, appearing in various films (generally comedies.) She gathered great respect as a comedic actress, outspoken on her liberal political views. Her career died down a bit until 1992 when she revitalized it opposite Bruce Willis and Meryl Streep in the film Death Becomes Her. She eventually came full circle playing an aging actress in the late 90s film The First Wives Club opposite Bette Midler and Diane Keaton" href="http://www.wacklepedia.com/d/di/diane_keaton.html"> Diane Keaton. Through the late 90s into the year 2002 she has remained popular (in partial thanks to the success of her now adult actress daughter, Kate Hudson.) She appeared in The Banger Sisters opposite Susan Sarandon in 2002.

Goldie Hawn has been in a relationship with Kurt Russell since 1983, and they have a son together, Wyatt Russell, who is now in Vancouver, British Columbia learning and playing hockey. Hawn became a grandmother on 7 January 2004 when her daughter Kate Hudson gave birth to son Ryder Russell Robinson.

Goldie Hawn's son Oliver Hudson is also an actor, appearing on the short-lived (WB) television series The Mountain (2004–2005).

Goldie's father, Edward Rutledge Studlendgehawn, was a descendant of Edward Rutledge, one of the signers of the Declaration of Independence. Edward was a Presbyterian, but Goldie's mother was Jewish, the daughter of immigrants from Hungary, and Hawn was raised Jewish. Nowadays, Goldie is a practicing Buddhist, but still considers herself Jewish, and she has raised her children in both the Jewish and Buddhist beliefs.

Select filmography for Goldie Hawn

Cactus Flower (1969)
There's a Girl in My Soup (1970)
Butterflies Are Free (1972)
Shampoo (1975)
Private Benjamin (1980)
Overboard (1987)
Housesitter (1992)
Death Becomes Her (1992)
Everyone Says I Love You (1996)
The First Wives Club (1996)
The Banger Sisters (2002)