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Goldie Hawn is a charming and talented American actress best remembered for her roles in Private Benjamin and Death Becomes Her. She was born in 1945 in Washington, D.C., to parents who were both involved in the arts. From early childhood, Goldie trained in dance and ballet, and her first performances took place on the ballet stage. She later studied acting at American University but left her studies and moved to California to pursue a professional career in dance. Thanks to her bright appearance and natural charisma, Hawn was soon invited to appear on the television comedy show Good Morning World, which marked the beginning of her acting career. In the late 1960s, she joined the cast of Rowan & Martin’s Laugh-In, a role that brought her widespread recognition and led to her breakout performance in Cactus Flower, for which she won an Academy Award.

Throughout the 1970s and 1980s, Goldie Hawn became one of Hollywood’s biggest stars, appearing in films such as Butterflies Are Free, Shampoo, Foul Play (with Chevy Chase), Lovers and Liars, Private Benjamin, Protocol, Swing Shift, Overboard (with Kurt Russell), and Bird on a Wire (with Mel Gibson). Later on, Goldie starred opposite Bruce Willis and Meryl Streep in Death Becomes Her, opposite Steve Martin in Housesitter and The Out-of-Towners, Julia Roberts, Drew Barrymore and Edward Norton in Everyone Says I Love You, Susan Sarandon in The Banger Sisters. Beyond acting, Goldie Hawn is a strong advocate of meditation and education-focused social activism. She has been married twice and is a mother of three children, including a son with longtime partner Kurt Russell.

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