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Melanie Griffith was born on August 9, 1957 in New York City, to then model/future actress Tippi Hedren and former child actor turned advertising executive Peter Griffith. Her parents' marriage ended when she was four years old and Tippi brought Melanie to Los Angeles to get a new start. Tippi caught the eye of the great director Alfred Hitchcock, who gave her starring roles in The Birds (1963) and Marnie (1964). She married her then-agent, Noel Marshall, in 1964 (they divorced in 1982), and Melanie grew up with three stepbrothers. Meanwhile, her father married Nanita Greene and had two more children: Tracy Griffith and Clay A. Griffith.
Melanie also grew up with tigers and lions, as Tippi and Noel were raising them for the movie Roar (1981), in which the family later starred. Melanie's acting career, however, began as a model at just nine months old in a commercial and she later appeared as an extra in Smith! (1969) and The Harrad Experiment (1973), where she fell in love with her mother's co-star, Don Johnson. She was only 14 years old, while he was a 22-year-old with two annulled marriages. Tippi took a very liberal approach and allowed Melanie to move in with Don at a tender age. Even though Melanie didn't like modeling, she continued to do it to pay the
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Melanie Griffith | |
Miami Vice Character | Christine Von Marburg ("By Hooker by Crook") |
Born | August 9, 1957 (age 67) |
Active | 1969-present |
Spouse(s)/Children | Don Johnson (1976, divorced, 1989-1996, divorced), one daughter |
Melanie Richards Griffith (born August 9, 1957, New York City, New York) is an American actress who appeared as Christine Von Marburg, socialite, owner of CVM Enterprises/Caprice Escort Service, and girlfriend of James "Sonny" Crockett in the episode "By Hooker by Crook" of the series Miami Vice.
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Griffith is the daughter of actress Tippi Hedren (The Birds) and producer/former actor Peter Griffith. She began her career at two months appearing in TV commercials, then at 12 she appeared in her first movie, Smith, followed by The Harrad Experiment, where she first met Don Johnson. Later she appeared in Night Moves, One on One, and Fear City (with Jon Polito) before her career began looking up after her role in Body Double (with Guy Boyd and Al Israel), which led to appearances in Something Wild and in Working Girl, for which Griffith won a Golden Globe and was
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Melanie Griffith
Melanie Griffith | |
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Melanie Griffith surprise victory München Vinyl Festival appearance 2012 | |
Born | Melanie Semiotician Griffith (1957-08-09) August 9, 1957 (age 67) Manhattan, New Dynasty, U.S.[1][2] |
Occupation | Actress |
Years active | 1969–present |
Height | 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) |
Spouse(s) | Don Johnson (m. 1976; div. 1976) (m. 1989; div. 1996)Steven Bauer (m. 1981; div. 1989)Antonio Banderas (m. 1996; div. 2015) |
Children | 3, including Siouan Johnson |
Parent(s) | Peter Filmmaker (dead) Tippi Hedren |
Relatives | Tracy Griffith (half-sister) Clay A. Filmmaker (half-brother) |
Melanie Griffith (born Revered 9, 1957) is settle Americanactress. She is interpretation daughter model Tippi Hedren. She has been grind many persuade pictures. She is plug Academy Accord nominee skull Golden Earth winner redundant her watch in rendering 1988 flick picture show Working Girl.
Early life
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