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Melanie Griffith
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August 9, 1957 in New York City, NY
Biography:The daughter of onetime fashion model "Tippi Hedren" (Marnie) and actor Peter Griffith, "Melanie Griffith" witnessed her parents' divorce as a toddler. She relocated from Manhattan to Los Angeles in the custody of her mom at the age of four, when "Alfred Hitchcock" discovered Hedren and offered her a bid for movie stardom. Hedren soon married her second husband, film producer Noel Marshall, and relocated the entire family (including Griffith) to an Acton, California ranch, but at age 15 (c. 1972), Griffith broke out on her own. She started modeling professionally and struck up a live-in relationship with then-22-year-old "Don Johnson". Thus commenced a notoriously rocky, complex romance of four years. It temporarily ended when Griffith and Johnson wed and divorced several months later. In the mean time, Griffith kick-started her acting career with promising films including the Arthur Penn-directed... Full Biography
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Melanie Griffith at the 2008 Toronto International Film Festival (AP/Jonathan Hayward)
Melanie Griffith
Melanie Griffith
Cane and Able: Melanie Griffith hobbles onto the red carpet in a tragic blue-green Versace gown that...
Melanie Griffith at the Shrek 2 premiere in Westwood on May 08, 2004
Melanie Griffith
Stand By Your Man: Antonio Banderas and Melanie Griffith make a grand entrance at the Tony Awards,...
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