Goldie Hawn
Goldie Hawn | |
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Born | Goldie Jean Hawn |
Years active | 1967-present |
Height | 5 ft 6 in (1.68 m) [1] |
Spouse(s) | Gus Trikonis (1969-1976) Bill Hudson (1976-1980) |
Partner | Kurt Russell (1982-) |
Children | Oliver Hudson (b.1976) Kate Hudson (b.1979) Wyatt Russell (b.1986) |
Goldie Jean Hawn (born November 21 1945) is an Academy Award-winning American actress, director and producer. She is known for starring in a series of successful film comedies during the 1970s, 1980s and 1990s. Her daughter is Kate Hudson, who is also an Oscar-nominated actress.
Early life
Hawn was born in Washington, DC, to Edward Rutledge Hawn (a band musician who played at major events in Washington) and Laura Steinhoff (a jewelery shop/ dance school owner); she has a sister, Patricia, and had a brother, Edward, who died before she was born. She was raised in Takoma Park, Maryland. Her father, a descendant of Edward Rutledge (a signer of the Declaration of Independence), was a Presbyterian of part German and part Dutch descent. Her mother was Jewish-American, the daughter of Max Steinhoff and Fanny Weiss, immigrants from Hungary;[2] Hawn was raised in the Jewish religion, although she attended church and the family did celebrate Christmas.Cite error: A <ref>
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(see the help page). As of 2006, her last film appearance was in the 2002 film The Banger Sisters.
In 2005, Hawn's autobiography, A Lotus Grows in the Mud, was published. Hawn claims that the book is not a Hollywood tell-all, but rather a memoir and record of what she has learned in her life so far.
Hawn announced in an interview with AARP's magazine that her next film project would be called Ashes to Ashes and co-star her partner Kurt Russell. The film is about a New York widow who loses her late husband's ashes in India.[3]
Personal life
Relationships and family
Hawn was married to Gus Trikonis from 1969 to 1976. She married Bill Hudson, of the Hudson Brothers, in 1976; the two divorced in 1980 and have two children, Oliver (born 1976) and Kate Hudson (born 1979), both of whom are now noted actors.
Hawn has been in a relationship with actor Kurt Russell since 1982, when the two reconnected on the set of Swing Shift (they previously met while filming 1968's The One and Only, Genuine, Original Family Band). The couple have a son together, Wyatt Russell, who lives in Vancouver, B.C., Canada, learning and playing hockey. Wyatt is currently a goalie with the Brampton Capitals of the Ontario Provincial Junior A Hockey League. He starts college in 2007 and will be playing for the CHA Champion University of Alabama in Huntsville Chargers. She also is stepmother to Kurt Russell's son Boston. Hawn became a grandmother on January 7, 2004, when her daughter, Kate Hudson, gave birth to son Ryder Russell Robinson. She then became a grandmother for a second time when son, Oliver Hudson and his wife, actress Erinn Bartlett, welcomed their son Wilder Brooks Hudson, on August 23, 2007.
Religion
Hawn became involved in Eastern philosophy in 1972. She was raised Jewish but is now a practicing Buddhist and has raised her children in both Buddhist and Jewish traditions. She has stated on the Larry King Show that she is a Jewish Buddhist, but neither more Jewish nor more Buddhist.[4] Even though she might have converted to Buddhism, she has said in an interview that she never had to forsake her Jewish heritage to embrace Buddhism. In many interviews, she states that she still holds Jewish beliefs and her Jewish religion and heritage comes before Buddhism.[5] Hawn travels to India annually, and has visited Israel, stating that she felt a strong identification with its people.[6]
Moreover, Hawn founded and funds the Goldie Hawn Institute, formerly called the Bright Lights Foundation. The institute teaches the Buddhist technique of mindfulness training; where fourth through seventh graders are instructed in mindful awareness techniques and positive thinking skills, then tested for changes in behavior, social and emotional competence, and moral development. One school official reports that in one classroom, the children went from having the most behavioral problems, to having zero behavioral problems.
Hawn realizes that many parents oppose bringing Buddhist methods into public schools, and recently stated in Greater Good magazine, published by Greater Good Science Center: "There will always be people who see this as scary, or as some kind of Eastern philosophy that they don't want for their kids." Hawn adds, "Mindfulness gives kids a tool for understanding how their brain works, for having more self-control."
Politics
Goldie Hawn is a self-described humanist and liberal with libertarian tendencies. She endorsed Al Gore in 2000 but withheld her endorsement in the 2004 election cycle. Her partner, Kurt Russell, is a member of the Libertarian Party and a ranking member of the National Rifle Association (NRA) who supported George W. Bush in both election cycles.
Selected filmography
Year | Title | Role | Other notes |
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1968 | The One and Only, Genuine, Original Family Band | Giggly Girl | |
1969 | Cactus Flower | Toni Simmons | Academy Award - Best Supporting Actress Oscar |
1970 | There's a Girl in My Soup | Marion | |
1971 | $ | Dawn Divine | aka Dollars |
1972 | Butterflies Are Free | Jill Tanner | |
1974 | The Sugarland Express | Lou Jean Poplin | |
The Girl from Petrovka | Oktyabrina | ||
1975 | Shampoo | Jill | |
1976 | The Duchess and the Dirtwater Fox | Amanda Quaid/Duchess Swansbury | |
1978 | Foul Play | Gloria Mundy | |
1979 | Lovers and Liars | Anita | |
1980 | Private Benjamin | Pvt. Judy Benjamin/Goodman | Academy Award nomination - Best Actress |
Seems Like Old Times | Glenda Gardenia Parks | ||
1982 | Best Friends | Paula McCullen | |
1984 | Swing Shift | Kay Walsh | |
Protocol | Sunny Davis | ||
1986 | Wildcats | Molly McGrath | |
1987 | Overboard | Joanna Stayton/Annie Proffitt | |
1990 | Bird on a Wire | Marianne Graves | |
1991 | Deceived | Adrienne Saunders | |
1992 | CrissCross | Tracy Cross | |
HouseSitter | Gwen Phillips | ||
Death Becomes Her | Helen Sharp | ||
1996 | The First Wives Club | Elise Elliot | |
Everyone Says I Love You | Steffi Dandridge | ||
1999 | The Out-of-Towners | Nancy Clark | |
2001 | Town & Country | Mona Miller | |
2002 | The Banger Sisters | Suzette |
References
- ^ http://www.celebheights.com/s/Goldie-Hawn-1441.html
- ^ "Ancestry.com". Kate Hudson Family Tree. Retrieved April 5.
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Interviews
- USA Today interview (May 4, 2005)
- CBS News interview (May 1, 2005)
- BBC Films interview (January 17, 2003)
- BeatBoxBetty interview (September, 2002)
- BeliefNet interview
- Goldie appears on Michael Eisner's talkshow on CNBC
External links
- 1945 births
- Living people
- American Buddhists
- American film actors
- Jewish actors
- American stage actors
- American television actors
- American musical theatre actors
- Best Supporting Actress Academy Award winners
- American memoirists
- American University alumni
- American Jews
- Maryland actors
- People from Montgomery County, Maryland
- Washington, D.C. actors