Hawn was born Goldie Jean Hawn in Washington, D.C., the daughter of Laura (née Steinhoff), a jewelry shop/dance school owner, and Edward Rutledge Hawn, a band musician who played at major events in Washington. She has a sister, Patricia; a brother, Edward, died before she was born. She was raised in Takoma Park, Maryland. Hawn's father, a descendant of Edward Rutledge (a signer of the Declaration Read more...

Hawn began her acting career as a cast member of the short-lived situation comedy Good Morning, World during the 1967-1968 television season, her role being that of the girlfriend of a radio disc jockey, with a stereotypical "dumb blonde" personality. Her next role, which brought her to international attention, was as one of the regular cast members on the 1960s sketch comedy show, Rowan & Martin's Read more...

After her disastrous marriage to actor/director Gus Trikonis from 1969 to 1974 Hawn said she was not contemplating marriage again, even going as far to say in 1975 that: "I don't understand it." Although she seemed to change her mind a year later when she married Bill Hudson, of the Hudson Brothers, the two divorced in 1980 and have two children, Oliver Hudson (born 1976) and Kate Hudson (born 1979), Read more...