Editing Goldie Hawn (section)

===1970–1989: Comedy stardom ===
[[File:Goldie Hawn Carl Reiner Laugh In 1970.JPG|thumb|left|upright|With [[Carl Reiner]] on ''Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In'', 1970]]
After Hawn's Academy Award win, her film career took off. She starred in a string of successful comedies starting with ''[[There's a Girl in My Soup]]'' (1970), ''[[$ (film)|$]]'' (1971), and ''[[Butterflies Are Free]]'' (1972). She continued proving herself in the dramatic league in 1974 with the satirical dramas ''[[The Girl from Petrovka]]'' and [[Steven Spielberg]]'s theatrical debut ''[[The Sugarland Express]]''. She then co-starred in [[Hal Ashby]]'s classic satire ''[[Shampoo (film)|Shampoo]]'' (1975). She also hosted two television specials: ''Pure Goldie'' in 1971 and ''The Goldie Hawn Special'' in 1978. The latter was a sort of comeback for Hawn, who had been out of the spotlight for two years since the 1976 release of the romantic comedy western ''[[The Duchess and the Dirtwater Fox]]'', while she was focusing on her marriage and the birth of her son.

On the special she performed show tunes and comedy bits alongside comic legend [[George Burns]], teen matinee idol [[Shaun Cassidy]], television star [[John Ritter]] (during his days on ''[[Three's Company]]''), and even the [[Harlem Globetrotters]] joined her for a montage. The special later went on to be nominated for a primetime Emmy. Four months later the film ''[[Foul Play (1978 film)|Foul Play]]'' (with [[Chevy Chase]]), was released and became a box office smash, reviving Hawn's film career. The plot centered around an innocent woman in San Francisco who becomes mixed up in an assassination plot. Hawn's next film, [[Mario Monicelli]]'s ''[[Lovers and Liars]]'' (1979), was a [[box office bomb]].

In 1972, Hawn recorded and released a solo country LP for [[Warner Brothers]], titled ''Goldie''. It was recorded with the help of [[Dolly Parton]] and [[Buck Owens]]. [[AllMusic]] gives the album a favorable review, calling it a "sweetly endearing country-tinged middle of the road pop record".<ref name="amg_record_review">{{cite web|url={{AllMusic|class=album |id=r574832/review|pure_url=yes}}|title=Goldie: Review|last=Mason|first=Stewart|website=[[AllMusic]]|access-date=November 2, 2009}}</ref>

[[File:Goldie Hawn.jpg|thumb|upright|Hawn at the [[Grand Hôtel (Stockholm)|Grand Hôtel]] in Stockholm, 1981]]
Hawn's popularity continued into the 1980s, starting with another primetime variety special alongside actress and singer [[Liza Minnelli]], ''Goldie and Liza Together'' (1980), which was nominated for four [[Emmy Award]]s. In the same year, Hawn took the lead role in ''[[Private Benjamin (1980 film)|Private Benjamin]]'', a comedy she co-produced with her friend [[Nancy Meyers]], who co-wrote the script. Meyers recalls Hawn's reaction when she first described the idea for the story with Hawn as its lead:

{{blockquote|It was like watching the greatest audience I've ever seen. She laughed and then she got real emotional and her eyes would fill up with tears. She loved the image of herself in an Army uniform and she loved what the movie had to say.<ref>Schneck, Dale. "Friendship with Goldie Hawn led to 'Private Benjamin'", ''The Morning Call'' (Allentown, PA), Nov. 5, 1980</ref>}}

''Private Benjamin'' also stars [[Eileen Brennan]] and [[Armand Assante]] and garnered Hawn her second [[Academy Award]] nomination, this time for Best Actress.<ref name=actors/><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7TPS7pbioI4| archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211211/7TPS7pbioI4| archive-date=December 11, 2021 | url-status=live|title=Private Benjamin - 1980 Trailer |date=August 2, 2016|access-date=July 28, 2017|via=YouTube}}{{cbignore}}</ref> Hawn's box office success continued with comedies like ''[[Seems Like Old Times (film)|Seems Like Old Times]]'' (1980), written by [[Neil Simon]]; ''[[Best Friends (1982 film)|Best Friends]]'' (1982), written by [[Valerie Curtin]] and [[Barry Levinson]]; ''[[Protocol (film)|Protocol]]'' (1984), co-written by Nancy Meyers; ''[[Wildcats (film)|Wildcats]]'' (1986)—Hawn also served as executive producer on the latter two; and the [[World War II]] romantic drama ''[[Swing Shift (film)|Swing Shift]]'' (1984).

At the age of thirty-nine, Hawn posed for the cover of ''[[Playboy]]''{{'s}} January 1985 issue and was the subject of the [[Playboy#The Playboy Interview|Playboy Interview]].<ref>[https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/736x/e1/9a/df/e19adf43dd7d22fdebfabec460d88d6f.jpg Hawn on the cover of Playboy magazine], January 1985</ref> Her last film of the 1980s was opposite partner [[Kurt Russell]], for the third time, in the comedy ''[[Overboard (1987 film)|Overboard]]'' (1987).
[[File:Goldie Hawn cropped.jpg|thumb|upright|left|Hawn in 1989]]