Melanie Griffith
| Melanie Griffith | |
|---|---|
 Griffith at the 2013 Life Ball | |
| Born |
August 9, 1957 New York City, New York, U.S. |
| Occupation | Actress |
| Years active | 1969–present |
| Spouse(s) |
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| Children |
Alexander Bauer Dakota Johnson Stella Banderas |
| Parent(s) |
Peter Griffith Tippi Hedren |
| Relatives |
Tracy Griffith (half-sister) Clay A. Griffith(half-brother) |
Melanie Griffith (born August 9, 1957)[1] is an American actress. Griffith began her career as an adolescent in nonspeaking film roles before making her credited debut opposite Gene Hackman in Arthur Penn's Night Moves (1975). She rose to prominence for her role in Brian De Palma's Body Double (1984), which earned her a National Society of Film Critics Award for Best Supporting Actress. Griffith's subsequent performance in Something Wild (1986) garnered critical acclaim before she was cast in 1988's Working Girl, which earned her a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Actress and won her a Golden Globe.
The 1990s saw Griffith in a series of roles which received varying critical reception: she received Golden Globe nominations for her performances in Buffalo Girls (1995), and as Marion Davies in RKO 281 (1999), while also earning a Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Actress for her performances in Shining Through (1992), as well as receiving nominations for Crazy in Alabama (1999) and John Waters' cult film Cecil B. Demented (2000). Other roles include in John Schlesinger's Pacific Heights (1990), Milk Money (1994), the neo-noir film Mulholland Falls (1996), as Charlotte Haze in Adrian Lyne's Lolita (1997), and Another Day in Paradise (1998).
She later starred as Barbara Marx in The Night We Called It a Day (2003), and has appeared on the television series Nip/Tuck, Raising Hope, and Hawaii Five-0. After acting on stage in London, in 2003 she made her Broadway debut in a revival of the musical Chicago, receiving celebratory reviews that made it a box office success.
Early life
Griffith was born in New York City, to actress Tippi Hedren and Peter Griffith, a former child stage actor and advertising executive.[2][3] Griffith's parents divorced when she was 4 years old.[1] Griffith skipped a grade, graduating from Hollywood Professional School when she was 16 years old.[2][4]
Career
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Griffith began acting at nine months of age in a commercial[5] and later appeared as an extra in Smith! (1969) and The Harrad Experiment (1973). Her first major role was in Arthur Penn's Night Moves (1975), in which she did several racy nude scenes at the age of 17. This drew attention to her and typecast her as a nymphet in films such as Smile, The Drowning Pool (both also 1975), and One on One (1977). She was cast as "Melanie", the daughter of her real life mother, Tippi Hedren, in the film Roar (1981), directed by then-stepfather Noel Marshall. During the filming she was attacked by a lion and had 50 stitches to her face; it was feared she would lose an eye but in the end the wound was not disfiguring.[6] She then appeared in the made-for-television movie She's in the Army Now (1981) with Jamie Lee Curtis and Steven Bauer, whom she married shortly after the film premiered.
Griffith's well-known drug and alcohol addictions stalled her career,[7] but she made a comeback at age 26 with her role as a porn actress in the Brian De Palma thriller Body Double (1984). The film, although a commercial failure, earned her the National Society of Film Critics Award for Best Supporting Actress. It led to her first starring role in Jonathan Demme's Something Wild (1986), which became a cult favorite.[8] Griffith also starred in the science fiction film Cherry 2000, which went straight to video in 1988 but has also become a cult favorite. She achieved mainstream success when Mike Nichols cast her as spunky secretary Tess McGill in the box office hit Working Girl (1988), co-starring Harrison Ford, Sigourney Weaver, Alec Baldwin and Joan Cusack. Griffith's performance was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Actress and won her the Golden Globe Award for Best Actress in a Musical or Comedy.
Griffith's next major role was opposite Matthew Modine in the urban thriller Pacific Heights (1990). She worked continuously in mainstream films throughout the 1990s, starring in features such as The Bonfire of the Vanities (1990) with Tom Hanks and Bruce Willis, Shining Through and A Stranger Among Us (both 1992), Born Yesterday (1993) with then-husband Don Johnson, Milk Money and Nobody's Fool (both 1994), Now and Then (1995), and Two Much (1996), where she co-starred with Antonio Banderas, whom she married the year the film was released.
Griffith received a Golden Globe nomination for her performance in the successful TV movie Buffalo Girls (1995), alongside Anjelica Huston. In 1998 she appeared in Woody Allen's Celebrity which featured an all-star cast. Later that year, she starred as a free-spirited heroin user in the independent film Another Day in Paradise (1998), a performance that some critics described as the best of her career.[9]
In 1999, Griffith starred in Crazy in Alabama, a film directed by Banderas and produced by Greenmoon Productions, the company that she and Banderas formed together. In the film, Griffith played an eccentric woman who kills her husband and heads to Hollywood to become a movie star. Also in 1999, Griffith made her stage debut at the Old Vic in London, England, where she acted with Cate Blanchett in The Vagina Monologues.[10] In the HBO made-for-TV film RKO 281, she played 1920s and 1930s movie star Marion Davies, and received an Emmy nomination for her portrayal.[11] In 2000, she co-starred with Stephen Dorff in Cecil B. Demented and Patrick Swayze in Forever Lulu. In 2002, she voiced the character of Margalo the bird in Stuart Little 2.
In 2003, Griffith made her Broadway debut playing Roxie Hart in the musical Chicago. Untrained in song and dance, she still impressed New York Times theater critic Ben Brantley, who wrote: "Ms. Griffith is a sensational Roxie, possibly the most convincing I have seen" and "[the] vultures who were expecting to see Ms. Griffith stumble...will have to look elsewhere".[12] Griffith's celebratory reviews made it a box office success.[13][14][15] She returned to the stage in 2012 in a play written by Scott Caan, titled No Way Around but Through, in which she played his mother.[16] She played Caan's mother again during 2014–16 in a recurring role on his television show Hawaii Five-0. In 2016, she is filming with Caan's father James Caan and Jon Voight in a TV-movie titled J.L. Ranch.[17] After that, she will act with Al Pacino in the film Where the White Man Runs Away.[18]
Prior to Hawaii Five-0, Griffith's television work included the short-lived WB sitcom Twins (2005–06), and the 2007 series Viva Laughlin, which was canceled after two episodes.[19][20] Her 2012 television pilot, This American Housewife (produced by Banderas), was not picked up by Lifetime.[16] In the interim, Griffith guest-starred on Nip/Tuck and Hot in Cleveland.
In 2014, Griffith reunited onscreen with Banderas in the science fiction film Automata directed by Gabe Ibanez. She filed for divorce that same year. She has several upcoming films, such as Day Out of Days directed by Zoe Cassavetes, and Facing the Wind with Alessandro Nivola.[21]
Philanthropy
Griffith supports the efforts of Children's Hospital Los Angeles helping to lead Walk for Kids, a community 5k, to raise funds as part of the hospital's community awareness efforts in support of the opening of a new state-of-the-art pediatric inpatient facility. She also participated in the hospital's 2012 Noche de Niños gala as a presenter of a Courage to Care Award.[22]
Personal life
At age 14, Griffith began dating Don Johnson, her mother's 22-year-old co-star in The Harrad Experiment.[23] The relationship culminated in a six-month marriage from January to July 1976.[23] She was later romantically linked to actors Jack Nicholson,[24] Warren Beatty,[25] and Ryan O'Neal.[26] In her autobiography, A Paper Life, Tatum O'Neal alleged that Griffith dragged her into an orgy with Maria Schneider and a male hairdresser during the time of her father's relationship with Griffith.[27]
On September 8, 1981, Griffith married Steven Bauer, her co-star from the TV film She's in the Army Now. They had a son, Alexander Bauer, born on August 22, 1985. The couple divorced in 1989 after a long separation.[28] Griffith later admitted to having problems with cocaine and liquor after her split from Bauer. "What I did was drink myself to sleep at night," she said. "If I wasn't with someone, I was an unhappy girl."[23]
In 1988, after completing rehabilitation[29] Griffith reconnected with Johnson. They remarried on June 26, 1989. Their daughter, Dakota Johnson, was born on October 4, 1989. They separated in March 1994,[23] reconciled later that year, but separated again[30] in May 1995.
Griffith had fallen in love with Antonio Banderas, her married co-star from Two Much.[31][32] After their respective divorces were finalized, Griffith and Banderas married on May 14, 1996.[33] They have a daughter, Stella del Carmen Banderas.
In 2000, Griffith returned to rehab for treatment of a painkiller addiction.[34] In August 2009, Griffith returned to rehab again for what her publicist called "part of a routine plan."[35] She had a three-month stay. In December of that year, she had surgery for skin cancer.[36]
In June 2014, Griffith and Banderas released a statement announcing their intention to divorce "in a loving and friendly manner".[37] According to the petition filed in the Los Angeles Superior Court, the couple had "irreconcilable differences" that led to the divorce.[38] In December 2015, their divorce was finalized.[39]
Griffith is a registered member of the Democratic Party.[40]
Filmography
Film
Television
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1976 | Once an Eagle | Jinny Massengale | TV mini-series |
| 1978 | Daddy, I Don't Like it Like This | Girl in Hotel | TV movie |
| 1978 | Starsky & Hutch | Julie McDermott | Episode: "The Action" |
| 1978 | Steel Cowboy | Johnnie | TV movie |
| 1978 | The Hardy Boys/Nancy Drew Mysteries | Stacey Blain | Episode: "The House on Possessed Hill" |
| 1978 | Carter Country | Tracy Quinn | 2 episodes |
| 1979 | Vega$ | Dawn Peters | Episode: "Red Handed" |
| 1981 | The Star Maker | Dawn Barnett Youngblood | TV movie |
| 1981 | She's in the Army Now | Pvt. Sylvie Knoll | TV movie |
| 1981 | Golden Gate | Karen | TV movie |
| 1985 | Alfred Hitchcock Presents | Girl | Episode: "Pilot" |
| 1985 | Miami Vice | Christine von Marburg | Episode: "By Hooker by Crook" |
| 1990 | Women and Men: Stories of Seduction | Lureen | TV movie |
| 1995 | Buffalo Girls | Dora DuFran | Nominated — Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress – Series, Miniseries or Television Film |
| 1998 | Me & George | TV pilot[41] | |
| 1999 | RKO 281 | Marion Davies | Nominated — Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress – Miniseries or a Movie Nominated — Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress – Series, Miniseries or Television Film |
| 2000 | Along for the Ride | Lulu McAfee | TV movie |
| 2005 | Heartless | Miranda Wells | TV movie |
| 2005–2006 | Twins | Lee Arnold | Series regular, 18 episodes |
| 2006 | Robot Chicken | Christine von Marburg | Episode: "Password: Swordfish" |
| 2007 | Viva Laughlin | Bunny Baxter | Series regular, 8 episodes |
| 2010 | Nip/Tuck | Brandie Henry | Episode: "Sheila Carlton" |
| 2011 | Hot in Cleveland | Melanie Griffith | Episode: "Sisterhood of the Traveling SPANX" |
| 2012 | American Housewife | Leila Swift | Unaired Lifetime series |
| 2012 | Raising Hope | Tamara | 2 episodes |
| 2012 | DTLA | Bryan's mother | 2 episodes |
| 2013 | Call Me Crazy: A Five Film | Kristin | TV movie |
| 2014 | Hawaii Five-0 | Clara Williams | 3 episodes |
| 2015 | The Brainy Bunch | Grandmother | TV pilot[42] |
References
- 1 2 "Melanie Griffith Biography: Film Actress (1957–)". Biography.com (FYI / A&E Networks. Retrieved December 31, 2015.
- 1 2 "Melanie Griffith Biography (1957–)] publisher=FilmReference.com". Archived from the original on March 13, 2014. Retrieved December 31, 2015.
- ↑ Ancestry of Melanie Griffith Warg.com
- ↑ Alumni Hollywood Conservatory of Music and Arts web site
- ↑ "Melanie Griffith biography". biography.com. Retrieved August 10, 2015.
- ↑ "Shambala Preserve, Acton, California". Interesting America. Retrieved August 10, 2015.
- ↑ "A Former Sex Kitten, Tippi Hedren's Daughter Melanie Griffith Decides Her Racy Past Was for the Birds". People (magazine). June 4, 1984.
- ↑ Clark, Graeme. "Something Wild". Retrieved July 26, 2012.
- ↑ Bio Yahoo Movies
- ↑ "The Vagina Monologues in Madrid". April 15, 2011. Retrieved July 26, 2012.
- ↑ "Melanie Griffith Emmy Nominated". Emmys.com. Retrieved March 2, 2012.
- ↑ "Ben Brantley". The New York Times. Archived from the original on December 10, 2008.
- ↑ "B.O. rises; 'Chi' SRO Broadway Grosses". Variety.com. August 17, 2003. Retrieved March 2, 2012.
- ↑ Bubbly B.O. perf. (Analysis).(Melanie Griffith stars in "Chicago")(Brief Article) Archived May 17, 2011, at the Wayback Machine.
- ↑ Pogrebin, Robin (September 18, 2003). "A Long Shot In 'Chicago' Pays Off; For Melanie Griffith, Last Laugh Is Sweet". The New York Times. Retrieved April 9, 2010.
- 1 2 "The Sunday Conversation: Melanie Griffith returns to the stage", LA Times, 1 July 2012
- ↑ http://www.hallmarkchannelpress.com/PressReleaseList?SiteID=143&NodeID=631
- ↑ http://www.ew.com/article/2016/02/11/al-pacino-where-the-white-man-runs-away
- ↑ "Melanie Griffith in viva laughlin". accesshollywood.com. Retrieved July 26, 2012.
- ↑ Schneider, Michael (October 22, 2007). "CBS cancels 'Viva Laughlin'". variety.com. Retrieved July 26, 2012.
- ↑ Dave McNary (27 May 2014). "Melanie Griffith Joins Alessandro Nivola in ‘Facing the Wind’". Variety. Retrieved 26 June 2014.
- ↑ "Melanie Griffith: People tell me 'I look horrible'". today.com. October 22, 2012. Retrieved 18 August 2015.
- 1 2 3 4 Chin, Paula (June 20, 1994). "Not So Magic Johnson – Marriage, Substance Abuse, Coping and Overcoming Illness, Don Johnson, Melanie Griffith". People. People.com. Retrieved March 2, 2012.
- ↑ http://www.msn.com/en-gb/movies/gallery/17-rumoured-loves-of-jack-nicholsons-life/ss-AA89U2q
- ↑ https://books.google.com/books?id=vy-SxWwQa0gC&pg=PA53&lpg=PA53&dq=melanie+griffith+warren+beatty&source=bl&ots=xxYNMh2Hpw&sig=oZ4R3O-G0t5naBNUFSUwWG-OOtM&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjDyImYitHLAhVN2GMKHaZ3B104ChDoAQgnMAM#v=onepage&q=melanie%20griffith%20warren%20beatty&f=false
- ↑ http://www.contactmusic.com/tatum-o-neal/news/tatum-o.neal-corrupted-by-griffith
- ↑ http://connection.ebscohost.com/c/articles/16682649/melanies-sex-scandal
- ↑ https://soundcloud.com/siriusxmentertainment/melanie-griffith-reveals-she-was-still-married-to-steven-bauer-while-pregnant-with-dakota-Johnson
- ↑ "Not So Magic Johnson", People.com, June 20, 1994, Vol. 41, No. 23
- ↑ "Oh, Stop It Already!". People. People.com. September 11, 1995. Retrieved March 2, 2012.
- ↑ "Winning a Tony". People.com. June 19, 1995. Retrieved March 2, 2012.
- ↑ "'Much' a Deux". Entertainment Weekly. February 23, 1996.
- ↑ "More trouble than you'd ink". BBC News. November 28, 2000.
- ↑ "Melanie Griffith back in rehab". Inquisitr.com. August 25, 2009. Retrieved March 2, 2012.
- ↑ "Melanie Griffith: Return to Rehab Was Planned" interview, parade,com, August 26, 2009.
- ↑ "Melanie Griffith has skin cancer surgery". CNN. December 18, 2009. Retrieved April 9, 2010.
- ↑ "Melanie Griffith and Antonio Banderas announce 'loving and friendly' divorce". ABC News. Retrieved March 8, 2015.
- ↑ "Melanie Griffith files for divorce from Antonio Banderas". Reuters. Retrieved March 8, 2015.
- ↑ http://www.tmz.com/2015/12/08/melanie-griffith-antonio-banderas-divorce-zorro-shrek/
- ↑ Daunt, Tina (October 12, 2011). "Antonio Banderas and Melanie Griffith Holding Obama Fundraiser at Their Home". Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved March 9, 2015.
- ↑ Michael Schneider. (May 11, 1998). "Network Pilots Run from 'Quirky' to 'Hollyweird'". Retrieved March 8, 2015.
- ↑ Nellie Andreeva. "Melanie Griffith To Star In ABC Comedy Pilot Based On ‘Brainy Bunch’ Book – Deadline". Deadline. Retrieved March 8, 2015.
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