Goldie Hawn and Kurt Russell could be probably the most beloved energy {couples} in Hollywood, and have been collectively for over 40 years.
The actress, 77, appears proud of Kurt now, however she went by her fair proportion of high-profile males earlier than she discovered The One.
Her very first one, nevertheless, got here simply earlier than she hit it large in Hollywood, with dancer, actor, and director Gus Trikonis.
Goldie and Gus first began courting in 1966, a couple years earlier than she garnered consideration for her appearances within the NBC sketch comedy present Rowan and Martin’s Laugh-In. They even shared the identical birthday (November 21).
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At that point, Gus had extra important credit to his identify, thanks to his flip as Indio, one of many Sharks, within the historic 1961 movie adaptation of the Broadway musical West Side Story.
© Getty ImagesHe was additionally a dancer on the 1964 movie The Unsinkable Molly Brown, performing alongside Debbie Reynolds and Grover Dale, and was a part of the ensemble that danced for Elvis Presley in his 1968 comeback particular on NBC, which has since develop into an iconic second in TV historical past.
Goldie and Gus tied the knot in 1969, the identical 12 months the movie Cactus Flower was launched, which earned Goldie her first (and to date solely) Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress.
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The two had been married for 4 years, separating in 1973 when Goldie’s fame soared and Gus tried to pivot to directing. In an interview with People in 1976, the actress defined what was going by her head on the time.
© Getty Images“I had drained my bucket. I wanted to go somewhere, like the Indians, and meditate,” she’d mentioned. However, whereas they’d separated, they did not truly file for divorce on the time, nor try to.
“We didn’t get divorced because neither of us wanted to remarry,” Goldie defined, however that sentiment went out the window when she met musician and one-third of The Hudson Brothers, Bill Hudson.
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Goldie and Bill met by probability on a flight in the summertime of 1975 and shortly struck up a romance, and finally the subject of marriage got here up.
© Getty ImagesIt was on New Year’s Eve in 1975 that Goldie filed for divorce from Gus, the identical day she had gotten engaged to Bill. But, maintaining with California neighborhood property regulation, Gus demanded $75,000 from the actress.
“I was hurt,” Goldie candidly acknowledged in her dialog with the outlet. “He never supported me a day in his life. I don’t blame him for being unemployed – having me for a wife, it was very hard for him to build up confidence.”
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They finally did settle, with the Overboard star happening to marry Bill in July 1976, a month after her divorce was finalized, welcoming her kids Oliver and Kate Hudson with him, each of whom are actually well-known actors.
© Getty ImagesBill finally filed for divorce as nicely, and their separation was finalized in 1982, not lengthy earlier than she and Kurt started courting whereas filming 1984’s Swing Shift.
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Gus did finally department out into directing, helming a few exploitation and motion movies all through the 70s and 80s whereas additionally directing episodes of exhibits like Baywatch, Quantum Leap, and Beauty and the Beast.
© Getty ImagesHe discovered love once more as nicely, marrying costume designer Barbara Andrews in 1978, with whom he welcomed son Nicholas in 1981. They remained collectively until her loss of life in 2012.
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