Goldie Hawn and Kurt Russell is perhaps one of the crucial beloved energy {couples} in Hollywood, and have been collectively for over 40 years.

The actress, 77, appears proud of Kurt now, however she went by her fair proportion of high-profile males earlier than she discovered The One.

Her very first one, nevertheless, got here simply earlier than she hit it massive in Hollywood, with dancer, actor, and director Gus Trikonis.

Goldie and Gus first began courting in 1966, a pair years earlier than she garnered consideration for her appearances within the NBC sketch comedy present Rowan and Martin’s Snort-In. They even shared the identical birthday (November 21).

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At the moment, Gus had extra important credit to his identify, because of his flip as Indio, one of many Sharks, within the historic 1961 movie adaptation of the Broadway musical West Facet Story.

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He was additionally a dancer on the 1964 movie The Unsinkable Molly Brown, performing alongside Debbie Reynolds and Grover Dale, and was a part of the ensemble that danced for Elvis Presley in his 1968 comeback particular on NBC, which has since turn into an iconic second in TV historical past.

Goldie and Gus tied the knot in 1969, the identical 12 months the movie Cactus Flower was launched, which earned Goldie her first (and so far solely) Academy Award for Finest Supporting Actress.

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The 2 have been married for 4 years, separating in 1973 when Goldie’s fame soared and Gus tried to pivot to directing. In an interview with Individuals in 1976, the actress defined what was going by her head on the time.

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“I had drained my bucket. I wished to go someplace, just like the Indians, and meditate,” she’d mentioned. Nonetheless, whereas that they had separated, they did not truly file for divorce on the time, nor try to.

“We did not get divorced as a result of neither of us wished to remarry,” Goldie defined, however that sentiment went out the window when she met musician and one-third of The Hudson Brothers, Invoice Hudson.

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Goldie and Invoice met by probability on a flight in the summertime of 1975 and shortly struck up a romance, and ultimately the subject of marriage got here up.

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It was on New 12 months’s Eve in 1975 that Goldie filed for divorce from Gus, the identical day she had gotten engaged to Invoice. However, preserving with California group property legislation, Gus demanded $75,000 from the actress.

“I used to be harm,” Goldie candidly acknowledged in her dialog with the outlet. “He by no means supported me a day in his life. I do not blame him for being unemployed – having me for a spouse, it was very onerous for him to construct up confidence.”

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They ultimately did settle, with the Overboard star happening to marry Invoice in July 1976, a month after her divorce was finalized, welcoming her kids Oliver and Kate Hudson with him, each of whom at the moment are well-known actors.

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Invoice ultimately filed for divorce as nicely, and their separation was finalized in 1982, not lengthy earlier than she and Kurt started courting whereas filming 1984’s Swing Shift.

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Gus did ultimately department out into directing, helming just a few exploitation and motion movies all through the 70s and 80s whereas additionally directing episodes of exhibits like Baywatch, Quantum Leap, and Magnificence and the Beast.

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He discovered love once more as nicely, marrying costume designer Barbara Andrews in 1978, with whom he welcomed son Nicholas in 1981. They remained collectively until her demise in 2012.