Goldie Hawn won her only Oscar so far back in 1970 for her role in the film Cactus Flower, which was directed by Gene Saks. The film was based on a screenplay by I. A. L. Diamond, which in turn was based on the Broadway play by Abe Burrows called Cactus Flower. Abe Burrows based his play on the French play, Fleur de cactus, by Jean-Pierre Gredy and Pierre Barillet.
In the film Cactus Flower, Goldie Hawn was part of a star-filled cast that also included Ingrid Bergman and Walter Matthau. Hawn played Toni Simmons, who is the girlfriend of the character Julian Winston, played by Walter Matthau.
The actress won the Best Supporting Actress award for her role as Toni Simmons. Hawn also won Best Supporting Actress – Motion Picture at the Golden Globe Awards for the same role.
The actress was also nominated for the Best Actress Award at the Oscars in 1981 for the film Private Benjamin, where she played the role of the titular Private Judith Benjamin.
Beyond her Oscar-winning role in Cactus Flower, the actress had a prolific career, starring in films such as The First Wives Club, CrissCross, Something to Talk About, and more. On TV, she acted in shows such as Good Morning World, Rowan & Martin’s Laugh-In, and Phineas and Ferb.
She won the Special Classification – Individuals award at the 1969 Primetime Emmy Awards for her role in Rowan & Martin’s Laugh-In.
Goldie Hawn explains her ongoing hiatus from acting
Goldie Hawn has not starred in any major roles since 2020. The actress recently sat down with People to talk about her hiatus, stating that while she was not opposed to acting again, she hasn’t come across any script or screenplay that she clicked with:
“It’s about the content, It has to do with the content. Acting for acting’s sake, taking things… I’ve read a lot of shows, a lot of scripts that I didn’t like or I didn’t think I’d fit. The one thing about acting is that I’ve done it, and I had a great career, and I honor that.”
The actress continued, saying that if someone came with a cool and funny script, that would be great:
“I would love to get a material that could actually be like, ‘Oh my God, I want this so bad. This is so funny. She’s so crazy. She’s so interesting.’ But I haven’t come across it. If somebody came up with a really cool, funny script . . . I think it would be great.”
Hawn, later in the interview, also talked about how life has sections to it, and doing the same thing over and over again is not interesting for her:
“I think ultimately every life has to have its sections. Doing the same thing over and over again for your whole life is not as interesting to me. And I decided at probably 55 or something. …‘What are you going to do for this next part of your life?’ And I knew that there was more out there to learn and to do.”
Goldie Hawn has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, which she received in 2017. Her star is the 2,609th Star – Motion Picture. Her partner, Kurt Russell, received the 2,610th star.
Edited by Sroban Ghosh