7. Melanie Griffith Born on August 9, 1957, Melanie Griffith is an Academy Award-nominated, Golden Globe Award-winning American film actor. She is the daughter of Tippi Hedren and the wife of actor Antonio Banderas.
At age 14, Griffith began dating 22-year old actor Don Johnson who co-starred with her mother in the 1973 film, The Harrad Experiment, in which Griffith was an extra. Griffith was 18 years old when she married him in Las Vegas in January 1976. However, they divorced six months later.
In September 1981, Griffith married Steven Bauer, her co-star in the TV film She's in the Army Now. They had a son, Alexander, in 1985, but divorced in 1987. Griffith later admitted to having problems with cocaine and liquor after her divorce from Bauer.
In 2002, Griffith and Banderas received the Stella Adler Angel Award for their extensive charity work.
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