Goldie starred in a string of a successful comedies in the 1970  including Butterflies Are Free (1972), Shampoo (1975), and Foul Play (1978).She received an Emmy nomination for her TV production of The Goldie Hawn Special in 1978.  Goldie's popularity continued into the 1980s starting with Private Benjamin (1980) a comedy which not only starred Hawn but was also her first effort at into producing .and  garnered her second Academy Award nomination, this time for Best Actress. Her last picture of the 1980s was opposite partner Kurt Russell (for the third time) in the 1987 comedy Overboard, a box office disappointment which questioned her further ability to carry a film, Hawn and Russell soon became domestic partners and have enjoyed one of Hollywood's longest-lasting relationships.

However, Goldie's second ex-husband e Bill Hudson with whom she had two children (actors Oliver and Kate  Hudson) wrote a  smarmy scathing tell-all book titled 2 Versions: The Other Side of Fame and Family, which claimed that Goldie slept with her Shampoo co-star Warren Beatty and French actor Yves Renier while they were still married. . He also writes about her alleged affair with a mysterious Swede named Bruno.. He quotes Goldie as saying, “‘I have something to tell you,’ Goldie said. ‘I’ve been seeing this guy in Sweden. His name is Bruno, and he’s coming to the States on Monday. He’s going to stay here for a couple of weeks before I leave to start shooting the movie in Denver with George Segal." Bill then claims that Goldie came back to him explaining, "You’re my soul mate. I know it in my heart. It’s just that I’ve always believed in an open marriage.”

After a few more tepid films, Goldie hit her stride again as the aging, alcoholic actress Elise Elliot in the financially and critically successful The First Wives Club (1995), She has made few films since, but scored another hit in The Banger Sisters (2002).

To celebrate Goldie's birthday we suggest viewing a DVD of Foul Play and enjoying this imaginatively and punny-named recipe.

1. Pre-heat oven to 350º F
2. Salt and pepper chicken breast.
3. Butterfly shrimp and lay inside of chicken breast pocket fill with mango salsa.
4. In a large non stick pan add orange juice, Pineapple juice and stuffed chicken breast and cook on low heat until
   liquid is reduced to a syrup and chicken is almost done.
5. Place chicken on a oven safe pan or casserole and pour remaining liquid over chicken and bake about 20 minutes or until chicken is done.