Ten fun facts about Goldie Hawn

Fact 1
Hawn is known for her roles in television's Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In.

Fact 2
She is also known for her films like The Sugarland Express, Private Benjamin, Foul Play, Shampoo, Overboard, Bird on a Wire, Death Becomes Her, The First Wives Club, and Cactus Flower.

Fact 3
She won the 1969 Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for her role in Cactus Flower.

Fact 4
She is the mother of actors Oliver and Kate Hudson.

Fact 5
She made her stage debut in 1961, playing Juliet in a Virginia Shakespeare Festival production of Romeo and Juliet.

Fact 6
In 1964, Hawn made her professional dancing debut in a production of Can-Can at the Texas Pavilion of the New York World's Fair.

Fact 7
Hawn began her acting career as a cast member of the short-lived situation comedy Good Morning, World.

Fact 8
Hawn has maintained a relationship with actor Kurt Russell since 1983.

Fact 9
Through her father, Hawn is a direct descendant of Edward Rutledge, the youngest signatory of the Declaration of Independence.

Fact 10
Hawn began taking ballet and tap dance lessons at the age of three, and danced in the chorus of the Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo production of The Nutcracker in 1955.