Goldie Hawn won her first Oscar in 1970 for her big screen debut in 1969’s Cactus Flower. However, she was able to go to the ceremony. In fact, she told Jimmy Kimmel yesterday that she was sleeping when it happened and didn’t know she had won until she got a call from a publicist.
What??? The 2-time Oscar winner was in London filming There’s a Girl in My Soup, and back then, studios didn’t fly actors to Hollywood if they were nominated for an Academy Award.
Even though it has been 56 years since that fateful night, she had not seen that moment that cemented her acting career. She told Kimmel that, so he sent her the clip of Fred Astaire reading her name when she won Best Supporting Actress.
Yesterday, she shared with the host that Astaire was her idol, and that she had no idea until she watched it that he said her name during the telecast. And that made her cry.
While she didn’t know the legendary actor said her name, she revealed that he sent her a telegram congratulating her on her win. How amazing is that?
How amazing is all of that? It is like he won the Oscar three times. What was the second time? In 1981, she won Best Actress for the 1980 film Private Benjamin.
To see Raquel Welch, whom she didn’t know, accept her statuette in 1970, then
I love the cute smile on Astaire’s face when he announced her name! You can tell by that he watched her on Rowan & Martin’s Laugh-In and was hoping to meet her in person.
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