Goldie Hawn
Goldie Hawn, Oscar-winning Hollywood actress, is interviewed by Kirsty Young for a new series of Desert Island Discs. She chooses her eight discs to take to a desert island.
Kirsty Young's castaway is Hollywood's prototype dizzy blond, Goldie Hawn.
Like most things in Tinseltown the image is somewhat at odds with the reality. Goldie is an Academy Award winner and producer who's been on the A list for 40-odd years, starring alongside Peter Sellers, Walter Matthau and Woody Allen. She's now transmuted from fantasy pin-up to best selling author - she writes parenting manuals and spearheads a childhood learning initiative.
She tells Kirsty about her journey from dancing in sleazy go-go bars to bagging an Oscar, how she coped with the difficulties her early success brought her and how she met her husband of 29 years, Kurt Russell.
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Goldie Hawn: 'I slept through my Oscar win’
Duration: 00:37
Music Played
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The Rolling Stones
(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction
Composer: Mick Jagger/Keith Richards
- Big Hits (High Tide and Green Grass).
- LONDON.
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Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
The Overture to Romeo and Juliet
Artist: Chicago Symphony Orchestra conducted by Daniel Barenboim
- Tchaikovsky: Symphony No.4; Romeo & Juliet.
- Teldec.
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Castaway's Favourite
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Frank Sinatra
Fly Me to the Moon
Composer: Bart Howard
- My Way: The Best Of Frank Sinatra.
- Warner.
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Amy Winehouse
Back to Black
Composer: Amy Winehouse
- Back To Black.
- UNIVERSAL.
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The Beatles
Let It Be
Composer: Lennon /McCartney
- 1.
- EMI.
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John Barry
I had a farm in Africa
Composer: John Barry
- Out of Africa.
- MCA.
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Gipsy Kings
Volare
Composer: Modugno/Parish
- The Gipsy Kings Greatest Hits..
- COLUMBIA.
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John Lennon
Imagine
Composer: John Lennon
- The John Lennon Collection.
- PARLOPHONE.
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Book Choice
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The Art of Loving - Erich Fromm
Luxury Choice
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Lip gloss
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Credits
Role | Contributor |
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Presenter | Kirsty Young |
Interviewed Guest | Goldie Hawn |
Broadcasts
- Sun 23 Sep 2012 11:15´óÏó´«Ã½ Radio 4
- Fri 28 Sep 2012 09:00´óÏó´«Ã½ Radio 4
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