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Hawn in 2002, photo by Prphotos
Birth Name: Goldie Jeanne Hawn
Place of Birth: Washington, D.C., U.S.
Date of Birth: November 21, 1945
Ethnicity: * father – English, German, smaller amounts of Scots-Irish/Northern Irish, Welsh, and Swiss-German, remote Belgian Flemish * mother – Ashkenazi Jewish
Goldie Hawn is an American actress, director, singer, and producer. She won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for Cactus Flower (1969). Her films also include There’s a Girl in My Soup , $ , Butterflies Are Free , The Sugarland Express , The Girl from Petrovka , Shampoo , The Duchess and the Dirtwater Fox , Foul Play , Private Benjamin , Neil Simon’s Seems Like Old Times , Best Friends , Swing Shift , Overboard , Bird on a Wire , Deceived , CrissCross , Housesitter , Death Becomes Her , The First Wives Club , Everyone Says I Love You , The Out-of-Towners , The Banger Sisters , Snatched , and The Christmas Chronicles 2 .
Goldie is the daughter of Laura (Steinhoff) and Edward Rutledge Hawn. Her father was born in Newport, Jackson, Arkansas, and was of German, English, smaller amounts of Scots-Irish/Northern Irish, Welsh, and Swiss-German, and remote Belgian Flemish, ancestry. Her mother was born in Uniontown, Fayette, Pennsylvania, and was Jewish, the daughter of Jewish emigrants from Hungary/Austria. Goldie was raised in her mother’s Jewish faith. Her father is buried with a Star of David on his grave , so he may have converted to Judaism. Goldie has practiced some aspects of Buddhism, though she has said , “I was born Jewish, and I consider that my religion.”
Goldie has three children, actors Oliver Hudson and Kate Hudson , with her former husband, musician and actor Bill Hudson; and actor and professional hockey player Wyatt Russell , with her partner, actor Kurt Russell .
Goldie is often reported to be a direct descendant of Edward Rutledge (1749-1800), a politician who was the youngest signer of the Declaration of Independence. This claim is not correct. Goldie’s Rutledge line leads back to a man named Joseph Rutledge (c. 1744-1814), and Goldie is not a descendant of Edward Rutledge.
Goldie’s paternal grandfather was Otto Delphia Hawn (the son of Aaron Madison Hawn and Nannie Ada Hevrin). Otto was born in Bollinger County, Missouri. Aaron was born in Castor, Bollinger, Missouri, of German descent, and was the son of Samuel Hahn. Nannie was born in Harrodsburg, Mercer, Kentucky, the daughter of George W. Hevrin and Elizabeth Ann Green.
Goldie’s paternal grandmother was Clara/Claire Estelle Johnson (the daughter of Henry Spencer Johnson and Mary Frances Hall). Clara was born in Little Rock, Arkansas. Henry was born in Alabama, the son of Henry Johnson and Mary L. Rutledge. Goldie’s great-grandmother Mary was born in Missouri, the daughter of William Roland Hall and Katherine/Catharine/Catherine Cole.
Goldie’s maternal grandfather was named Max/Michael/Mahal Steinhoff. Max was a Hungarian Jew/Austrian Jew.
Goldie’s maternal grandmother was Fannie Weiss (the daughter of Menachem Mendel/Max Weiss and Esther Schwartz). Fannie was a Hungarian Jew/Austrian Jew. Mendel was the son of Eliezer/Louis Weiss and Eszter Klein. Goldie’s great-grandmother Esther was the daughter of Ignatz Schwartz and Goldie.
Sources: https://www.algemeiner.com
Genealogies of Goldie Hawn – http://www.geni.com https://www.wikitree.com https://famouskin.com
Obituary of Goldie’s father – https://www.nytimes.com
Genealogies of Goldie’s parents – https://www.findagrave.com
Goldie’s paternal grandfather, Otto Delphia Hawn, on the 1880 U.S. Census – https://www.familysearch.org
Genealogy of Goldie Hawn (focusing on her mother’s side) – http://gw.geneanet.org
Goldie’s mother on the 1920 U.S. Census – https://familysearch.org Goldie’s mother on the 1930 U.S. Census – https://www.familysearch.org