Goldie Hawn, a Hollywood icon with a career spanning over five decades, began her journey to stardom right here in Montgomery County. Her name is often among the first mentioned when discussing celebrities from our area.
The Academy Award-winning actress, producer, and dancer was born in Washington DC in 1945. Goldie Jeanne Hawn was raised just across the district line in Takoma Park, MD. Her mother, Laura, ran a dance school, and her father, Rutledge Hawn, was a professional musician. This artistic environment fostered Goldie’s early passion for performance. She began taking ballet and tap dancing lessons at the age of three and, by age ten, was already performing in the chorus of the Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo’s “The Nutcracker.”
Hawn’s high school years cemented her love for the stage. She attended Montgomery Blair High School in Silver Spring, graduating in 1963. It was during this time that she truly caught the acting bug, participating in Blair’s theatrical productions and famously delivering a show-stealing performance in the school’s 1963 production of “Bye Bye Birdie.”…