Lynn Fontanne

Fontanne only made three movies, and one film for television, but nevertheless, she was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actress in 1931 for The Guardsman. In her book A Paper Life, the Oscar-winning actress Tatum O'Neal alleges that at age 12, Melanie Griffith dragged her into an opium-fuelled orgy in Paris, along with another actress and the boyfriend of one of the actresses. The two were more famous for their stage performances than for their film roles. Griffith has three children; Dakota Johnson, Alexander Bauer, and Stella Banderas. Born Lillie Louise Fontanne in Woodford, Essex, England, she became famous as an acting pair with her husband, Alfred Lunt. The couple divorced again in 1996 and Griffith married her current husband Antonio Banderas that same year. Lynn Fontanne (December 6, 1887 - July 30, 1983) was a famous stage and film star. She remarried Johnson in 1989.

She was married to Steven Bauer from 1980 to 1987. She was briefly married to Don Johnson in 1976. Griffith has married four times. DeMented (2000).

Other major roles include Body Double (1984), Something Wild (1986), Working Girl (1988), The Bonfire of the Vanities (1990), Milk Money (1994), Another Day in Paradise (1998) and Cecil B. Her first major role was in Night Moves in 1975. Griffith began working in films at an early age as an extra on Smith! (1969) and The Harrad Experiment (1973). She is the daughter of actress Tippi Hedren and Peter Griffith.