Melanie Griffith
Actress Melanie Griffith became known for strong-but-sexy characters in such films as "Working Girl" (1988) and "Something Wild" (1986), although, at times her multiple marriages and well-documented battles with addiction threatened to overshadow her considerable talent. The daughter of Hitchcock favorite and "The Birds" (1963) star Tippi Hedren, Griffith began her film career while still a teenager in Arthur Penn's "Night Moves" (1975), as an oversexed runaway. Both personal and professional ups-and-downs followed, with a short first marriage to Don Johnson, as well as notable performances in films like "Body Double" (1984). After her Oscar-nominated performance in "Working Girl" Griffith was at the height of her profession when her drug addiction and a string of ill-advised movie projects like "The Bonfire of the Vanities" (1990) diminished her star power. As her second marriage to Johnson collapsed amidst his alcoholic relapse and rumors of infidelity, Griffith met and fell in love with Spanish heartthrob Antonio Banderas. Armed with a newfound stability, the actress took on more respectable film roles, most notably an acclaimed portrayal of a drug-addicted criminal opposite James Woods in "Another Day in Paradise" (1998). Always full of surprises, Griffith defied expectations when she wowed audiences with her Broadway debut in the smash hit musical "Chicago" in 2003. Although later projects lacked the high-profile of her earlier work and more rehab stints were required to keep her personal life on track, this child of Hollywood was nothing if not a survivor.
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Melanie Griffith
Filmography
Movies
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No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Detected | Unknown (Character) | - | 2017 |
63% |
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The Pirates of Somalia | Maria Bahadur (Character) | - | 2017 |
91% |
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The Disaster Artist | Jean Shelton (Character) | $21.1M | 2017 |
No Score Yet |
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J.L. Family Ranch | Laura Lee (Character) | - | 2016 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Day Out of Days | Kathy (Character) | - | 2015 |
31% |
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Automata |
Susan Dupre/ |
- | 2014 |
No Score Yet |
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Call Me Crazy: A Five Film | Unknown (Character) | - | 2013 |
25% |
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Dark Tourist | Betsy (Character) | - | 2012 |
No Score Yet |
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Dino Time | Tyra (Voice) | - | 2012 |
44% |
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A Turtle's Tale: Sammy's Adventures | Snow (Voice) | - | 2010 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Heartless | Miranda Wells (Character) | - | 2005 |
No Score Yet |
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The Night We Called It a Day | Barbara Marx (Character) | - | 2003 |
No Score Yet |
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Tempo | Sarah James (Character) | - | 2003 |
67% |
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Shade | Eve (Character) | $24.7K | 2003 |
No Score Yet |
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Night We Called It a Day | Unknown (Character) | - | 2003 |
81% |
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Stuart Little 2 | Margalo (Voice) | $64.7M | 2002 |
No Score Yet |
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Tart | Diane Milford (Character) | - | 2001 |
No Score Yet |
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Forever Lulu | Lulu McAfee (Character) | - | 2000 |
100% |
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Light Keeps Me Company | Self | - | 2000 |
52% |
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Cecil B. Demented | Honey Whitlock (Character) | $1.3M | 2000 |
92% |
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RKO 281 | Marion Davies (Character) | - | 1999 |
30% |
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Crazy in Alabama | Lucille Vinson (Character) | $2.0M | 1999 |
57% |
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Another Day in Paradise | Sid (Character) | $1.0M | 1999 |
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Shadow of Doubt | Kitt Devereux (Character) | - | 1998 |
42% |
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Celebrity | Nicole Oliver (Character) | $5.0M | 1998 |
69% |
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Lolita | Charlotte Haze (Character) | $1.4M | 1997 |
31% |
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Mulholland Falls | Katherine Hoover (Character) | $11.5M | 1996 |
14% |
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Two Much | Betty (Character) | $1.1M | 1996 |
No Score Yet |
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Buffalo Girls | Dora DuFran (Character) | - | 1995 |
33% |
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Now and Then | Tina "Teeny" Tercell (Character) | $27.1M | 1995 |
91% |
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Nobody's Fool | Toby Roebuck (Character) | $38.3M | 1994 |
12% |
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Milk Money | V (Character) | $17.0M | 1994 |
25% |
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Born Yesterday | Emma 'Billy' Dawn (Character) | $17.8M | 1993 |
41% |
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Shining Through | Linda Voss (Character) | $21.4M | 1992 |
22% |
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A Stranger Among Us | Emily Eden (Character) | $12.1M | 1992 |
33% |
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Paradise | Lily Reed (Character) | $18.6M | 1991 |
No Score Yet |
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In the Spirit | Lureen (Character) | $15.9K | 1990 |
15% |
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The Bonfire of the Vanities | Maria Ruskin (Character) | - | 1990 |
54% |
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Pacific Heights | Patty Palmer (Character) | $27.9M | 1990 |
No Score Yet |
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Women & Men: Stories of Seduction | Hadley (Character) | - | 1990 |
78% |
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Stormy Monday | Kate (Character) | $255.9K | 1988 |
38% |
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Cherry 2000 | E. Johnson (Character) | - | 1988 |
61% |
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The Milagro Beanfield War | Flossie Devine (Character) | $12.7M | 1988 |
83% |
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Working Girl | Tess McGill (Character) | $62.2M | 1988 |
91% |
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Something Wild | Audrey Hankel (Character) | $6.4M | 1986 |
69% |
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Fear City | Loretta (Character) | - | 1984 |
79% |
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Body Double | Holly Body (Character) | - | 1984 |
72% |
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Roar | Melanie (Character) | $106.8K | 1981 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Star Maker | Dawn Barnett Youngblood (Character) | - | 1981 |
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She's in the Army Now | Pvt. Sylvie Knoll (Character) | - | 1981 |
No Score Yet |
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Underground Aces | Lucy (Character) | - | 1980 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Fast Line Fever | Johnnie (Character) | - | 1978 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Daddy, I Don't Like It Like This | Girl in Hotel Room (Character) | - | 1978 |
No Score Yet |
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Steel Cowboy | Johnnie (Character) | - | 1978 |
78% |
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One on One | The Hitchhiker (Character) | - | 1977 |
No Score Yet |
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Joyride | Susie (Character) | - | 1977 |
83% |
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Night Moves | Delly Grastner (Character) | - | 1975 |
53% |
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The Drowning Pool | Schuyler (Character) | - | 1975 |
100% |
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Smile | Karen (Character) | - | 1975 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Movimientos Nocturnos | Unknown (Character) | - | 1975 |
TV
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100% | 81% | The Last Movie Stars | Unknown (Character) | 2022 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | What Happens in Hollywood | Self | 2021 |
No Score Yet | 69% | Hawaii Five-0 | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2014 2016 |
No Score Yet | 57% | Saturday Night Live |
Unknown (Guest Star), Host |
1988 2015 |
No Score Yet | 42% | Jimmy Kimmel Live! | Guest | 2012-2013 |
96% | 90% | Raising Hope | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2012 |
No Score Yet | 84% | Hot in Cleveland | Melanie Griffith (Guest Star) | 2011 |
74% | 82% | Nip/Tuck | Brandie Henry (Guest Star) | 2010 |
25% | No Score Yet | Viva Laughlin | Bunny (Guest Star) | 2007 |
No Score Yet | 84% | Robot Chicken | Unknown (Guest Voice) | 2006 |
85% | 76% | The Simpsons | Herself (Guest Voice) | 2006 |
27% | No Score Yet | Twins | Lee Arnold (Character) | 2005-2006 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Buffalo Girls | Dora DuFran (Character) | 1995 |
71% | 89% | Miami Vice | Christine von Marburg (Guest Star) | 1987 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Alfred Hitchcock Presents | Unknown (Character) | 1985 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Hardy Boys/Nancy Drew Mysteries | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1978 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Starsky and Hutch | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1978 |