In 1996 she played the role of an aging alcoholic actress in the comedy, The First Wives Club (1996), with Diane Keaton and Bette Midler it became a critical and financial success. In 1992 she starred in the successful film, Death Becomes Her (1992), with Meryl Streep and Bruce Willis, which was followed by another successful film HouseSitter (1992), which co-starred Steve Martin. Her career slowed down after that until 1990 when she starred alongside Mel Gibson in Bird on a Wire (1990). In 1987, she appeared with her boyfriend Kurt Russell in Overboard (1987), which became both a critical and box office disappointment. During the 1980s she starred in hit movies such as Best Friends (1982), Protocol (1984) and Wildcats (1986). In 1980 she starred in another box office hit, Private Benjamin (1980), where she also served as producer. In 1978, she starred alongside Chevy Chase in the box office hit, Foul Play (1978). After the Oscar win her career took off and she followed with roles in successful comedies such as There's a Girl in My Soup (1970) and Shampoo (1975), and more dramatic roles in The Girl from Petrovka (1974) and The Sugarland Express (1974). Her first big role came in 1969, where she played opposite Walter Matthau and Ingrid Bergman in Cactus Flower (1969), a role which earned her an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress. Hawn had her feature film debut in The One and Only, Genuine, Original Family Band (1968), with a small role as a giggling dancer. Before going into the film business she worked as a professional dancer. At the age of 19 she ran and instructed a ballet school, having dropped out of college where she was majoring in drama. At the age of three, Goldie began taking ballet and tap dance lessons, and at the age of ten she danced in the chorus of the Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo production of "The Nutcracker". Her mother was Jewish and the daughter of Hungarian immigrants. She has a sister, Patti Hawn, and a brother, Edward, who died in infancy before her birth. and raised in Takoma Park, Maryland to Laura Hawn (née Steinhoff), a jewelry shop/dance school owner and Rut Hawn, a band musician. Goldie Jeanne Hawn was born Novemin Washington, D.C.
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