Job Actress, producer, director
Years active 1967-present
Known for Free-living, lovable scatterbrains
Top Roles Toni Simmons, Giggly Girl, Judy Benjamin, Paula McCullen, Amanda Quaid / Duchess Swansbury
Top GenresComedy, Romance, Drama, Family, Musical, Western
Top TopicsRomance (Comic), Screwball Comedy, Romance (Drama)
Top Collaborators (Producer), , , (Producer)
Shares birthday with Corinne Griffith, Eleanor Powell, Vivian Blaine  see more..

Goldie Hawn Overview:

Actress, Goldie Hawn, was born on Nov 21, 1945 in Washington, DC. As of December 2023, Goldie Hawn was 78 years old.

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Goldie Hawn shot to fame as the daffy, squeaky pin-up of the long-running TV show Laugh-in playing free-living, lovable scatterbrains. Hawn won an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress in her second film, Cactus Flower. She was also nominated for Private Benjamin. Twice married, she has for some years lived with actor Kurt Russell.

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HONORS and AWARDS:

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Goldie Hawn was nominated for two Academy Awards, winning one for Best Supporting Actress for Cactus Flower (as Toni Simmons) in 1969.

Academy Awards

YearAwardFilm nameRoleResult
1969Best Supporting ActressCactus Flower (1969)Toni SimmonsWon
1980Best ActressPrivate Benjamin (1980)Judy BenjaminNominated
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BlogHub Articles:

TCM Summer Under the Stars: Day Nine —

By shadowsandsatin on Aug 8, 2020 From Shadows and Satin

makes her Summer Under the Stars debut. I first knew of as a cast member on TV?s Rowan and Martin?s Laugh-In. (Am I dating myself?) She was cute, funny, a little on the airhead side, and a pure delight to watch ? she never failed to bring a smile to my little face (even if I ... Read full article


Classic Movie Coincidence: and Rick Lenz

By Annmarie Gatti on Nov 21, 2013 From Classic Movie Hub Blog

and Rick Lenz share a birthday and a film: Both??and Rick Lenz?starred in Cactus Flower?(1969, Gene Saks director)?? and both?were born November 21 (6 years apart!). won a Best Supporting Actress Oscar for her role as Toni Simmons. Cactus Flower was Lenz’ d... Read full article


Pawsome Pet Pictures: .

By Dawn on Nov 29, 2011 From Noir and Chick Flicks

Personal Quote: "We can't hold on to our youth, but what you can hang on to is all the things we've been told a zillion times: you have to find the light in your life that you had when you were a little girl or little guy that made you happy".... Read full article


Happy Birthday: !

By Dawn on Nov 21, 2010 From Noir and Chick Flicks

(born November 21, 1945). Actress, film director, producer, and occasional singer. Hawn is known for her roles in Rowan and Martin's Laugh-In. A comedy television program which ran for 140 episodes from January 22, 1968, to May 14, 1973. It was hosted by comedians Dan Rowan and Dick Mart... Read full article


CACTUS FLOWER (1969) and FUN FACTS.

By Dawn on Dec 7, 2009 From Noir and Chick Flicks

, was born November 21, 1945 in Washinton D.C. to Laura Steinhoff a jewelry shop/dance school owner and Edward Rutledge Hawn, a band musician. She has one sister, Patricia. By the age of three Goldie was taking ballet and tap dance lessons, and by the time she turned ten, she was dancing ... Read full article


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Goldie Hawn Quotes:

Dr. Julian Winston: I must say that Igor of yours is a pretty vulgar dancer.
Toni Simmons: What do you mean, Igor? She's the one that's plastering herself against him. When I think of all I've done for her!


Toni Simmons: Dirty married bachelor.


Dr. Julian Winston: I'm a bastard, the biggest bastard in the whole world.
Toni Simmons: Julian, please, you're starting to make it sound like bragging.


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Attended Montgomery Blair High School in Silver Spring, Maryland. Classmates included Carl Bernstein, Ben Stein and Sylvester Stallone.

She is a devout Buddhist and introduced His Holiness, the The Dalai Lama, at the "Tribute to the Dalai Lama" concert at Vancouver's Orpheum Theatre, in April 2004.

Hawn has two children from marriage with Bill Hudson, Oliver Hudson (born 1976) and Kate Hudson (born 1979), both of whom are actors.

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