Hawn in the 1972 movie Butterflies Are Free

Goldie Jeanne Hawn (born Goldie Studlendgehawn on 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. Hawn won an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for her work in the 1969 film Cactus Flower.

Into the 1970s and 1980s Hawn 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. Through the late '90s into the year 2002 she has remained popular (in partial thanks to the success of her now adult daughter, actress Kate Hudson). She appeared in The Banger Sisters opposite Susan Sarandon in 2002. Her son Oliver Hudson is also an actor, appearing on the US (WB) TV series The Mountain.

She has been in a relationship with Kurt Russell since 1983 and they have a son together, Wyatt.

Filmography

• The One and Only, Genuine, Original Family Band Disney, 1968
• Five the Hard Way Crown, 1969 (role unconfirmed)
• Cactus Flower Columbia, 1969
• There's a Girl in My Soup Columbia, 1970
• $ Columbia, 1971
• Butterflies Are Free Columbia, 1972
• The Girl from Petrokova Universal, 1974
• The Sugarland Express Universal, 1974
• Shampoo Columbia, 1975
• The Duchess and the Dirtwater Fox 20th Century-Fox, 1976
• Foul Play Paramount, 1978
• Lovers and Liars Levitt-Pickman, 1979
• Private Benjamin Warner Bros., 1980
• Seems Like Old Times Columbia, 1980
• Best Friends Warner Bros., 1982
• Swing Shift Warner Bros., 1984
• Protocol Warner Bros., 1984
• Wildcats Warner Bros., 1986
• Overboard MGM, 1987
• Bird on a Wire Universal, 1990
• Deceived Touchstone, 1991
• CrissCross MGM, 1992
• HouseSitter Universal, 1992
• Death Becomes Her Universal, 1992
• The First Wives Club Paramount, 1996
• Everyone Says I Love You Mirimax, 1996
• The Out-of-Towners Paramount, 1999
• Town & Country New Line, 2001
• The Banger Sisters Fox Searchlight, 2002

Hawn has proved her singing talent with a cover version of the Beatles' song "A Hard Day's Night" on George Martin's CD In My Life (1998).