Place of Birth: Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA
Melanie Griffith
Melanie Richards Griffith (born August 9, 1957) is an American actress. She began her career in the 1970s, appearing in several independent thriller films before achieving mainstream success in the mid-1980s. 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. The 1990s had Griffith in a series of roles that received varying critical reception; she received Golden Globe nominations for her performances in Buffalo Girls (1995), and as Marion Davies in RKO 281 (1999), while also earning a Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Actress for her performances in Shining Through (1992), as well as receiving nominations for Crazy in Alabama (1999) and John Waters' cult film Cecil B. Demented (2000). Other credits include John Schlesinger's Pacific Heights (1990), Milk Money (1994), the neo-noir film Mulholland Falls (1996), as Charlotte Haze in Adrian Lyne's Lolita (1997), and Another Day in Paradise (1998). She later starred as Barbara Marx in The Night We Called It a Day (2003), and spent the majority of the 2000s appearing on such television series as Nip/Tuck, Raising Hope, and Hawaii Five-0. After acting on stage in London, in 2003, she made her Broadway debut in a revival of the musical Chicago, receiving celebratory reviews. In the 2010s, Griffith returned to film, starring opposite then-husband Antonio Banderas in the science-fiction film Autómata (2014) and as an acting coach in James Franco's The Disaster Artist (2017). Description above from the Wikipedia article Melanie Griffith, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Movie | Cast | Year |
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Smile | Karen | 1975 |
Working Girl | Tess McGill | 1988 |
The Harrad Experiment | Student (uncredited) | 1973 |
Roar | Melanie | 1981 |
Pacific Heights | Patty Palmer | 1990 |
Mulholland Falls | Katherine Hoover | 1996 |
Stuart Little 2 | Margalo (voice) | 2002 |
Something Wild | Audrey Hankel | 1986 |
Nobody's Fool | Toby Roebuck | 1994 |
Body Double | Holly Body | 1984 |
Crazy in Alabama | Lucille Vinson | 1999 |
Shining Through | Linda Voss | 1992 |
Night Moves | Delilah "Delly" Grastner | 1975 |
Stormy Monday | Kate | 1988 |
Milk Money | V | 1994 |
Celebrity | Nicole Oliver | 1998 |
The Drowning Pool | Schuyler | 1975 |
Now and Then | Teeny | 1995 |
Lolita | Charlotte Haze | 1997 |
The Bonfire of the Vanities | Maria Ruskin | 1990 |
The Milagro Beanfield War | Flossie Devine | 1988 |
Another Day in Paradise | Sid | 1998 |
Cecil B. Demented | Honey Whitlock | 2000 |
A Stranger Among Us | Emily Eden | 1992 |
Shade | Eve | 2003 |
The Night We Called It a Day | Barbara Marx | 2003 |
Cherry 2000 | Edith 'E.' Johnson | 1987 |
Born Yesterday | Billie Dawn | 1993 |
Two Much | Betty | 1995 |
Tempo | Sarah James | 2003 |
Forever Lulu | Lulu Mcafee | 2000 |
Fear City | Loretta | 1984 |
Paradise | Lily Reed | 1991 |
A Turtle's Tale: Sammy's Adventures | Snow (voice) | 2010 |
RKO 281 | Marion Davies | 2000 |
Light Keeps Me Company | Self | 2000 |
Yellow | Patsy | 2012 |
Buffalo Girls | Dora DuFran | 1995 |
Shadow of Doubt | Kitt Devereux | 1998 |
Joyride | Susie | 1977 |
Dino Time | Tyra (voice) | 2012 |
In the Spirit | Lureen | 1990 |
The Garden | Young Girl | 1977 |
Call Me Crazy: A Five Film | Kristin | 2013 |
The Grief Tourist | Betsy | 2013 |
Women and Men: Stories of Seduction | Hadley | 1990 |
Howard | Karen (archive footage) | 2018 |
Happy to Be Nappy and Other Stories of Me | Self (voice) | 2004 |
One on One | The Hitchhiker | 1977 |
Automata | Dr. Susan Dupré / Cleo (voice) | 2014 |
A Night to Die For | Self | 1995 |
Underground Aces | Lucy | 1981 |
Daddy, I Don't Like It Like This | Girl in Hotel Room | 1978 |
Steel Cowboy | Johnnie | 1978 |
Day Out of Days | Kathy | 2015 |
Lethal Seduction | Miranda Wells | 2005 |
Smith! | Extra (uncredited) | 1969 |
The Pirates of Somalia | Maria Bahadur | 2017 |
The Disaster Artist | Jean Shelton | 2017 |
JL Family Ranch | Laura Lee | 2016 |
The Book That Wrote Itself | Melanie Griffith | 2000 |
The Cheryl Ladd Special | Ellie - Waitress | 1979 |
Tart | Diane Milford | 2001 |
She's in the Army Now | Pvt. Sylvie Knoll | 1981 |
The Star Maker | Dawn Barnett Youngblood | 1981 |
Nerd Herd | Celeste | 2015 |
Golden Gate | Karen | 1981 |
Searching for Debra Winger | Self | 2002 |
Roar : The Most Dangerous Movie Ever Made | Self (archive footage) | 2017 |
The High Note | Tess | 2020 |
The New Alfred Hitchcock Presents | Girl (segment "Man from the South") | 1985 |
By Design | 2025 | Series | Cast | Year |
Viva Laughlin | Bunny | 2007 |
The Simpsons | Melanie Griffith (voice) | 1989 |
Inside the Actors Studio | Self | 1994 |
The Ellen DeGeneres Show | Self | 2003 |
Starsky & Hutch | Julie | 1975 |
Miami Vice | 1984 | |
The View | Self | 1997 |
Nip/Tuck | 2003 | |
E! True Hollywood Story | 1996 | |
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno | 1992 | |
The New Alfred Hitchcock Presents | Girl | 1985 |
Twins | Lee Arnold | 2005 |
DTLA | Kimberly | 2012 |
Celebrities Uncensored | Self | 2003 |
Vega$ | 1978 | |
Carter Country | 1977 | |
Clive Anderson All Talk | Self | 1996 |
American Housewife | 1970 | |
The Hardy Boys / Nancy Drew Mysteries | 1977 | |
Saturday Night Live | Self - Host | 1975 |
Hawaii Five-0 | Clara Williams | 2010 |
The Kardashians | Self | 2022 |
Hollywood Squares | Self - Panelist | 1998 |
Tony Awards | Self - Presenter | 1956 |
Once an Eagle | Jinny Massengale | 1976 |
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson | Self | 1962 |
Goldene Kamera Verleihung | Self | 1966 |
Hollywood Squares | 1998 | |
Saturday Night Live | Self - Cameo (uncredited) | 1975 |
Hot in Cleveland | Melanie Griffith | 2010 |
Keeping Up with the Kardashians | Self | 2007 |
Lo + plus | Self - Audience Member | 1995 |
Golden Globe Awards | Self - Nominee | 1944 |
Golden Globe Awards | Self | 1944 |