Melanie Griffith is a famous Movie Actress, born on August 9, 1957 in United States. As of January 9, 2023, Melanie Griffith’s net worth is $40 Million. She is the daughter of Tippi Hedren.
| Parents | Tippi Hedren, Peter Griffith |
| Father | Peter Griffith |
| Mother | Tippi Hedren |
| Sister(s) | Tracy Griffith (Half Sister) |
| Brother(s) | Clay Griffith (Half Brother) |
| Siblings | Not Available |
| Spouse | Antonio Banderas |
| Children(s) | Dakota Johnson, Stella Banderas, Alexander Bauer |
Biography
Leading lady who appeared in romantic comedies, including Working Girl. She received three award nominations for her portrayal of Holly in Body Double. Melanie Richards Griffith was born on August 9, 1957 in Manhattan, New York City, to actress Tippi Hedren and Peter Griffith, a former child stage actor and advertising executive. Griffith’s maternal ancestry is Swedish, Norwegian, and German. Her parents separated when she was two years old, after which she relocated to Los Angeles with her mother; they divorced two years later, when Griffith was four. After divorcing Hedren, her father married model-actress Nanita Greene and had two more children: Tracy Griffith, who also became an actress, and Clay A. Griffith, a set designer. Her mother married agent and producer Noel Marshall when Griffith was seven years old..
She married Antonio Banderas in May 1996, and the couple welcomed their daughter Stella later that year. The pair eventually split after 20 years of marriage. She also has a daughter named Dakota and a son named Alexander.
Melanie Richards Griffith (born August 9, 1957) is an American film, stage, and television actress, and film producer. She began her career in the 1970s, appearing in several independent thriller films before achieving mainstream success in the mid-1980s.
Ethnicity, religion & political views
Many peoples want to know what is Melanie Griffith ethnicity, nationality, Ancestry & Race? Let's check it out! As per public resource, IMDb & Wikipedia, Melanie Griffith's ethnicity is Caucasian. We will update Melanie Griffith's religion & political views in this article. Please check the article again after few days.Griffith’s first onscreen appearances were as an extra in Smith! (1969) and The Harrad Experiment (1973). While on the set of the latter film, 14-year-old Griffith met actor Don Johnson, then 22. The two began dating, and the relationship culminated in a six-month marriage from January to July 1976. After divorcing Johnson, Griffith subsequently dated Ryan O’Neal. In her autobiography, A Paper Life, Tatum O’Neal alleged that Griffith dragged her into an orgy with Maria Schneider and a male hairdresser during the time of her father’s relationship with Griffith.
Melanie Griffith Net Worth
Melanie Griffith is one of the richest Movie Actress & listed on most popular Movie Actress. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Melanie Griffith's net worth $40 Million.
| Net Worth | $40 Million |
| Salary | Under Review |
| Source of Income | Movie Actress |
| Cars | Not Available |
| House | Living in own house. |
She was featured in a commercial when she was nine months old.
Griffith’s first onscreen appearances were as an extra in Smith! (1969) and The Harrad Experiment (1973). While on the set of the latter film, 14-year-old Griffith met actor Don Johnson, then 22. The two began dating, and the relationship culminated in a six-month marriage from January to July 1976. After divorcing Johnson, Griffith subsequently dated Ryan O’Neal. In her autobiography, A Paper Life, Tatum O’Neal alleged that Griffith dragged her into an orgy with Maria Schneider and a male hairdresser during the time of her father’s relationship with Griffith.
She had her first major role at age 17 in Arthur Penn’s film noir Night Moves (1975), in which she portrayed a runaway teenager pursued across the United States by a private detective, portrayed by Gene Hackman. In the film, she controversially appeared onscreen nude in several scenes. Griffith’s performance in Night Moves drew attention to her and she was subsequently cast in two 1975 films: the comedy Smile, playing a pageant contestant, and Stuart Rosenberg’s The Drowning Pool, a thriller in which she portrayed the daughter of a Louisiana woman (played by Joanne Woodward) involved in a crime investigation. She was also named Miss Golden Globe for 1975, helping out at the Golden Globe Awards. A contemporaneous profile of Griffith in Newsweek addressed her image at the time, in which it was noted: “She has the body of a sensuous woman, the pouting, chipmunk face of a teenager, and the voice of a child–and, suddenly, she’s showing them all.”
Born in New York City to actress Tippi Hedren and advertising executive Peter Griffith, she was raised mainly in Los Angeles, where she graduated from the Hollywood Professional School at age 16. In 1975, a then 17-year-old Griffith appeared opposite Gene Hackman in Arthur Penn’s film noir Night Moves. She later rose to prominence for her role portraying a pornographic actress in Brian De Palma’s thriller Body Double (1984), which earned her a National Society of Film Critics Award for Best Supporting Actress. Griffith’s subsequent performance in the comedy Something Wild (1986) garnered critical acclaim before she was cast in 1988’s Working Girl, which earned her a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Actress and won her a Golden Globe.
Melanie Griffith Husband
According to our records, Melanie Griffith married to Antonio Banderas. As of January 12, 2023, Melanie Griffith’s is not dating anyone.
Relationships Record: We have no records of past relationships for Melanie Griffith. You may help us to build the dating records for Melanie Griffith!Griffith’s well-known drug and alcohol addictions temporarily stalled her career in the early 1980s, but she made a comeback at age 26 with her role as a pornographic actress in the Brian De Palma thriller Body Double (1984). The film, although a commercial failure, earned her the National Society of Film Critics Award for Best Supporting Actress. She then appeared in a supporting role in Abel Ferrara’s thriller Fear City (1985), playing a prostitute in Times Square being stalked by a serial killer. Griffith gave birth to her first child, Alexander Griffith Bauer, on August 22, 1985, with Bauer. The following year, she had her first starring role opposite Jeff Daniels in Jonathan Demme’s comedy Something Wild (1986), playing a mysterious woman who becomes involved with a straightlaced banker on a chance meeting. Critic Roger Ebert wrote of her acting: “Griffith’s performance is based not so much on eroticism as on recklessness: She is able to convince us (and Daniels) that she is capable of doing almost anything, especially if she thinks it might frighten him.” Griffith’s performance earned her a Golden Globe Award nomination for Best Actress in a Motion Picture Comedy or Musical. Griffith also starred in the speculative science fiction film Cherry 2000, which followed a business executive in the year 2017, and his relationship with a sex robot. The film was released directly-to-video in 1987.
Height, Weight & Body Measurements
Melanie Griffith's height 5 ft 8 in weight Not Known & body measurements will update soon.| Height | 5 ft 8 in |
| Weight | Not Known |
| Body Measurements | Under Review |
| Eye Color | Not Available |
| Hair Color | Not Available |
| Feet/Shoe Size | Not Available |
Facts & Trivia
Ranked on the list of most popular Movie Actress. Also ranked in the elit list of famous celebrity born in United States. Melanie Griffith celebrates birthday on August 9 of every year.
Griffith appeared as Melanie opposite her mother, Hedren, in the exploitation film Roar (1981), directed by her then-stepfather Noel Marshall. In the film, she portrayed the daughter of animal-keepers Madeleine (Hedren) and Hank (Marshall), whose various wild animals turn on them. Roar was a project devised by Hedren and Marshall, and has retrospectively been deemed one of the most dangerous film productions of all time. Filming of Roar had begun in 1970 and was intermittent over the following decade. On one occasion during the shoot, Griffith was mauled by a lion and had to undergo facial reconstructive surgery. Her attack and injury is visible in the finished film. Also in 1981, Griffith appeared as a Women’s Army Corps recruit in the made-for-television movie She’s in the Army Now (1981) with Jamie Lee Curtis and Steven Bauer. Shortly after completing the film, Griffith and Bauer married.
Why did Melanie Griffith stop acting?
Griffith’s well-known drug and alcohol addictions temporarily stalled her career in the early 1980s, but she made a comeback at age 26 with her role as a pornographic film actor in the Brian De Palma thriller Body Double (1984).
Did Melanie Griffith date Alec Baldwin?
“We had an incredible romance,” she revealed. “He was my love for a long time after that, too. We’re still friends. He lives in New York, is married and has four kids.
Are Melanie and Antonio still married?
Although the former couple divorced in 2015, they have remained close and Antonio, 59, says Melanie, 62, will always be part of his life because they shared so many ‘wonderful years’ and have their ‘wonderful daughter’ Stella, 22, together.
Is Melanie Griffith related to Dakota Johnson?
Griffith shares Johnson with first husband Don Johnson. The “Working Girl” star also has son Alexander, 36, with second husband Steven Bauer and daughter Stella, 25, with third husband Antonio Banderas.
How did Antonio Banderas meet Melanie Griffith?
Antonio Banderas and Melanie Griffith made headlines in the mid-’90s for their whirlwind courtship. Both were married to other people when they met on set of the comedy Two Much—Griffith to actor Don Johnson and Banderas to actress Ana Leza—but soon divorced their respective partners in the throes of their new romance.
Griffith achieved mainstream success when Mike Nichols cast her as spunky secretary Tess McGill in the box-office hit Working Girl (1988), co-starring Harrison Ford, Sigourney Weaver, Alec Baldwin, and Joan Cusack. Variety noted of her performance: “Griffith stands apart, both for her eagerness to break out of her clerical rut and her tenacity dealing with whomever seems to be thwarting her.” Griffith was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Actress for her performance, and won a Golden Globe Award for Best Actress in a Musical or Comedy. The film marked a professional shift for Griffith earning her accolades as an A-list actress, characterized in a 1989 Rolling Stone piece: “Before Working Girl, Melanie Griffith was known mostly for her beautiful body and the way that nearly half her directors suggested she expose it.”
On October 4, 1989, Griffith gave birth to her second child, daughter Dakota Johnson, with Don Johnson. After her pregnancy, Griffith began filming the thriller Pacific Heights (1990), directed by John Schlesinger, in which she portrayed a woman, who along with her husband, becomes embroiled in a dispute with a criminal boarder in their San Francisco home. Critic Roger Ebert gave the film a middling review, and characterized it as “a horror film for yuppies.” The same year, she reunited with De Palma in The Bonfire of the Vanities, a black comedy in which she portrayed a Southern belle gold-digger. Peter Travers of Rolling Stone panned the film, noting that it “achieves a consistency of ineptitude rare even in this era of over-inflated cinematic air bags… Griffith has the curves and the Southern-belle voice of McCoy’s mistress, Maria Ruskin, but the script robs this magnolia of her steel.”
Griffith and Bauer separated prior to her appearance in Working Girl. Griffith later admitted to having problems with cocaine and liquor after her split from Bauer. “What I did was drink myself to sleep at night,” she said. “If I wasn’t with someone, I was an unhappy girl.” In 1988, after completing rehabilitation, Griffith reconnected with Johnson, and the two remarried on June 26, 1989.
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