Biographies by Category
Art
Athletes
Entertainers
Literature
Musicians
Political and Military Leaders
Religious Leaders
Scientists
Biographies - Complete List
Biographies - Full Length Books
Photo Galleries
Daily Trivia & Humor
Learn Spanish Resources
Quotable Store
Sister Sites
Biography of Melanie Griffith - Actress
Biography
M
Melanie Griffith (born August 9, 1957 in New York, New York) is an United States|American film actor|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 in film|1969) and The Harrad Experiment (1973 in film|1973). Her first major role was in Night Moves (movie)|Night Moves in 1975 in film|1975. Other major roles include Body Double (movie)|Body Double (1984 in film|1984), Something Wild (movie)|Something Wild (1986 in film|1986), Working Girl (1988 in film|1988), The Bonfire of the Vanities (1990 in film|1990), Milk Money (1994 in film|1994), Another Day in Paradise (1998 in film|1998) and Cecil B. DeMented (2000 in film|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 allegations == 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. ==Filmography==*Smith! (1969) *The Harrad Experiment (1973) *Night Moves (movie)|Night Moves (1975) *The Drowning Pool (movie)|The Drowning Pool (1975) *Smile (1975) *Joyride (1977) *The Garden (1977) *One On One (1977) *Underground Aces (1981) *Roar (1981) *Fear City (1984) *Body Double (1984) *Something Wild (1986) *Cherry 2000 (1987) *The Milagro Beanfield War (1988) *Stormy Monday (1988) *Working Girl (1988) *In the Spirit (1990) *Pacific Heights (1990) *The Bonfire of the Vanities (1990) *Paradise (1991) *Shining Through (1992) *A Stranger Among Us (1992)*Born Yesterday (1993) *Milk Money (1994) *Nobody's Fool (1994) *Now and Then (1995 movie)|Now and Then (1995) *Two Much (1995) *Mulholland Falls (1996) *Lolita (1997) *Shadow of Doubt (1998) *Celebrity (1998) *Another Day in Paradise (1998) *Junket Whore (1998) (documentary) *Crazy in Alabama (1999) *The Book That Wrote Itself (1999) (Cameo) *Light Keeps Me Company (2000) (documentary) *Cecil B. DeMented (2000) *Forever Lulu (2000) *Tart (2001) *Searching for Debra Winger (2002) (documentary) *Stuart Little 2 (2002) (voice) *The Night We Called It a Day (2003) *Shade (2003) *Tempo (2003)
==External links== *http://www.melaniegriffith.com Official site *http://www.melaniegriffith.com/in2mec/intimacy_fi rstpeek.html Her weblog *imdb name|id=0000429|name=Melanie Griffith

