This page will contain external links about Melanie Griffith, as they become available.Melanie GriffithMelanie Griffith (born August 9, 1957) is an American film actress. She is the daughter of actress Tippi Hedren and Peter Griffith. Griffith began working in films at an early age as an extra on Smith! (1969) and The Harrad Experiment (1973). Her first major role was in Night Moves in 1975. 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. DeMented (2000). Griffith has married four times. She was briefly married to Don Johnson in 1976. She was married to Steven Bauer from 1980 to 1987. She remarried Johnson in 1989. The couple divorced again in 1996 and Griffith married her current husband Antonio Banderas that same year. Griffith has three children; Dakota Johnson, Alexander Bauer, and Stella Banderas. Sex scandal allegationsIn 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. This page about Melanie Griffith includes information from a Wikipedia article. Additional articles about Melanie Griffith News stories about Melanie Griffith External links for Melanie Griffith Videos for Melanie Griffith Wikis about Melanie Griffith Discussion Groups about Melanie Griffith Blogs about Melanie Griffith Images of Melanie Griffith |
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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. Darla Hood is interred at the Hollywood Forever Cemetery in Hollywood. Griffith has three children; Dakota Johnson, Alexander Bauer, and Stella Banderas. At forty-seven, Hood died in North Hollywood, California, of acute hepatitis contracted while in the hospital for a minor surgery. The couple divorced again in 1996 and Griffith married her current husband Antonio Banderas that same year. During the 1960s and 1970s, she went to many Our Gang/Little Rascals festivals and conventions, meeting and greeting the various generations of fans. She remarried Johnson in 1989. And she appeared in her own nightclub act at the Coconut Grove in Los Angeles, the Copacabana in New York and the Sahara in Las Vegas. She was married to Steven Bauer from 1980 to 1987. She did singing and voice-over on TV commercials, which included Campbell Soup and Chicken of the Sea Tuna. She was briefly married to Don Johnson in 1976. Hood was a guest on such TV shows of the early 1960s as Tell It to Groucho starring Groucho Marx and The Jack Benny Show, where she appeared as "Darla" in a spoof of the old Our Gang shows with Jack Benny. Griffith has married four times. She played a secretary in the suspense drama The Bat (1959) with Vincent Price and Agnes Moorehead. DeMented (2000). Joe Rivkin, who discovered her as a child, saw the cover and cast her in her first adult role in a movie. 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. In January 1959, she released a new record, Quiet Village. Her first major role was in Night Moves in 1975. She and Granson had three children. Griffith began working in films at an early age as an extra on Smith! (1969) and The Harrad Experiment (1973). Decker (married 1955-divorced 1957) and record company head Jose Granson (married 1957). She is the daughter of actress Tippi Hedren and Peter Griffith. Hood had two marriages, insurance salesman Robert W. Melanie Griffith (born August 9, 1957) is an American film actress. She had a hit record in 1957, I Just Wanna Be Free, and appeared in the movie Calypso Heat Wave singing a duet with Johnny Desmond. In 1955, she was a leading lady in the act of ventriloquist Edgar Bergen. She was a regular on The Ken Murray Show from 1950 to 1951. Hood then went out on her own with singing engagements in nightclubs and guest appearances on TV. The group remained with Murray's Blackouts during its long run in New York and Hollywood. Shortly after graduation, the quartet was booked by producer and star Ken Murray for his famous "Blackouts," a stage variety show. While at Fairfax High School, she organized a vocal group called the Enchanters with four boys. When she outgrew her role in Our Gang, she appeared in a couple of other movies and attended school in Los Angeles. The comedy movie shorts were later syndicated for television, in the mid-1950s, under the title The Little Rascals. From 1935 to 1941, she played Darla in Our Gang. She was then taken to Culver City, California, to appear in the Our Gang movies. Just after her third birthday, she was taken to New York City where she was seen by Joe Rivkin, a casting director for Hal Roach Studios, who arranged a screen test. Her mother started her in singing and dancing at an early age, taking her to lessons in Oklahoma City. Her father worked in a bank and her mother was a music teacher. She was born Darla Jean Hood in Leedey, Oklahoma, the only child of James Claude Hood and Elizabeth Davner. Darla Hood (November 4, 1931 – June 13, 1979) was an American child actress. |