Melanie Griffith

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Melanie Griffith at the Life Ball 2013

Melanie Richards Griffith (born August 9, 1957 in New York City ) is an American actress .

life and career

Griffith was born in New York City as the daughter of film actress Tippi Hedren and her then husband Peter Griffith . She first stood in Smith when she was only 12 ! - A man against all (1969) in front of the camera. She got her first major role in 1975 in the film The Hot Trail . In 1977 she showed herself undressed in the film "Garden of Refuge".

She was a Hollywood star in the late 1980s and early 1990s, filming under the direction of Abel Ferrara , Brian De Palma , Jonathan Demme , Robert Redford , Mike Figgis , Mike Nichols and John Schlesinger . After that, she was less fortunate with her choice of roles - for example, she shot a remake of the French youth film Am Grosse Weg with her husband Don Johnson - and rarely appeared in ensemble films such as Nobody's Fool - Irresistible in the long run , according to their own rules and Woody-Allen -Film Celebrity - Nice. Rich. Famous. .

Private life

Melanie Griffith was married four times to three men - all three were actors. From 1981 to 1989 she was married to Steven Bauer . From 1989 to 1996 Griffith was married to Don Johnson , with whom she had been married for a few months in 1976. In 1996 she married Antonio Banderas , whom she met while filming Two Much . After 18 years of marriage, the couple filed for divorce in early June 2014. Griffith has three children, a son with Steven Bauer (born 1985), daughter Dakota Johnson (born 1989), who is also an actress, and a daughter with Antonio Banderas (born 1996).

Trivia

  • Tippi Hedren, the mother of Melanie Griffith and active in animal welfare, kept a lion named Neil in the family home in California for some time . The lion was a constant companion in the house and was sometimes allowed to sleep in the bed of the then 14-year-old Griffith.
  • Griffith enlisted plastic surgery help after a lion ran its talons over her face while filming Roar .
  • Griffith was Richard Lugner's star guest at the Vienna Opera Ball in 2018 .

Awards

In 1989, Griffith was nominated for an Oscar for the lead role in Women’s Guns . She had previously been awarded the Golden Globe for this role . The foreign press shortlisted her four times: 1985 for Death Comes twice , 1987 for Dangerous Friend , 1996 for her performance in the television film Buffalo Girls and in 2000 for Citizen Kane - The Hollywood Legend . She was also nominated for an Emmy for this film .

In contrast to this recognition of her work are her many nominations for the Razzie Award (Golden Raspberry): Purgatory of the Vanities , Like a Light in a Dark Night and Born Yesterday - You don't kiss blondes . In 1997 she was awarded the prize for the first time in the Worst Supporting Actress category for According to Her Own Rules . Their most recent nominations were for Crazy in Alabama and Cecil B. .

In 2012 Melanie Griffith was on the Munich Film Festival of CineMerit Award awarded for outstanding achievements in cinematography.

Filmography

Web links

Commons : Melanie Griffith  - Album with pictures, videos and audio files
 Wikinews: Melanie Griffith  - on the news

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Something Wild: At Home With Tippi Hedren, Melanie Griffith and a 400-Pound Lion ( Memento of the original dated December 7, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / life.time.com
  2. ↑ Tippi Hedren "deeply regrets" allowing pet lion to sleep in daughter Melanie Griffith's bed , mirror.co.uk of October 18, 2014
  3. ↑ spiegel.de: “Mörtel” Lugner invites Melanie Griffith into the box
  4. ↑ CineMerit Award for Melanie Griffith ( Memento of the original from July 8, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. . @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.filmfest-muenchen.de
personal data
SURNAME Griffith, Melanie
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Griffith, Melanie Richards (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American film actress
DATE OF BIRTH August 9, 1957
PLACE OF BIRTH New York City