Goldie Hawn to receive George Eastman Award in Rochester

Goldie Hawn is coming to Rochester Oct. 22 to accept the 2024 George Eastman Award, the George Eastman Museum announced Tuesday.

Tickets for the 8 p.m. event go on sale to museum members at 10 a.m. Sept. 17 and to the general public at 10 a.m. Sept. 24. at eastman.org/eastmanawardd2024.

Prices are $150, $250 and $400 and include reserved seating in the museum's Dryden Theatre, where the event will take place, admittance to a gala and valet parking.

A dancer by training, Hawn rose to fame in 1968 sketch comedy show “Rowan & Martin’s Laugh-In.” She immediately made the transition to motion pictures and earned an Oscar for her supporting performance in 1969’s “Cactus Flower.” Her impeccable comedic timing led to roles in “Shampoo” (1975), “Foul Play” (1978) and "Seems Like Old Times" (1980). She also played the lead in crime drama “The Sugarland Express,” (1974), the first theatrical film directed by Steven Spielberg.

Hawn started a new phase in her career as a co-producer, shepherding to the screen “Private Benjamin” (1980) — about a spoiled, scatterbrained young woman who joins the Army after her husband drops dead on their wedding night — for which she was nominated for a best actress Oscar.

“Her screen personality in many of her films belies her savvy management of her career,”  Bruce Barnes, the Ron and Donna Fielding director of the George Eastman Museum, noted in a statement.

Hawn went on to star in 1982's "Best Friends," portions of which were shot in Buffalo, “Swing Shift” (1984), “Wildcats” (1986), “Overboard” (1987), “Death Becomes Her” (1992), “Everyone Says I Love You” (1996) and “The First Wives Club” (1996).

In 2003, alarmed by increases in school violence, youth depression and suicide, she started The Goldie Hawn Foundation to apply scientific research to create education programs that support the social and emotional development of children.

The George Eastman Award was established in 1955 as the first award to recognize the enduring artistic value of the oeuvre of a film actor, director or cinematographer. Past recipients include Lauren Bacall, Louise Brooks, Charlie Chaplin, Gary Cooper, Cecil B. DeMille, Michael Douglas, Greta Garbo, Lillian Gish, Audrey Hepburn, Michael Keaton, Gregory Peck, Mary Pickford, Julia Roberts, Martin Scorsese, James Stewart, Meryl Streep, Gloria Swanson, and, most recently, Jodie Foster.

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