Goldie Hawn boasts an extraordinary career, with decades of experience under her belt at the helm of Hollywood. Much less is known about the star's early life before her rise to fame, as she has kept many of her childhood memories private, sharing them only with those closest to her.
However, thanks to her daughter, Kate Hudson, fans have been given a glimpse inside Goldie's growth to stardom, with the hit singer dedicating her new song "Right on Time" to her mom.
The single, which is part of the 45-year-old's new album Glorious, is a tribute to her mother. In an interview with Glamour, Kate opened up about the inspiration behind the song. "The story I'm telling is just these little things that she's told me about her childhood and her growth, and what her life was before she became famous," she said.
© Getty ImagesDespite being an inspirational figure to many around the world, Goldie was still taken aback by her daughter’s heartfelt revelation. Kate shared: She loved it! I mean, at first I think she was, it took a second to sink in because she was like, 'Is that about me?' I was like, 'Yes'. And then when she heard it again…"
Goldie Hawn: 5 top roles
© FilmMagic1. The First Wives Club (1996)
Goldie Hawn shines in this ensemble, where she stars alongside Bette Midler and Diane Keaton, as a female trio determined to get revenge on their ex-husbands, who dumped them for younger women. She plays former Oscar winner, Elise Eliot-Atchison, whose ex-husband claimed to have made her famous.
2. Private Benjamin (1980)
After the death of her husband, Jewish-American princess, Judy Benjamin (played by Goldie) is enlisted in the Women's Army Corp. She expects the enlistment to be a holiday but soon realises its much harder than she first thought.
3. Death becomes her (1992)
Goldie plays writer Helen Sharp, whose husband (Bruce Willis) becomes obsessed with Madeline Ashton (Meryl Streep). Helen seeks revenge on Madeline and discovers a potion that grants eternal life and a youthful appearance.
4. Cactus Flower (1969)
Goldie made her major film debut in Cactus Flower where she plays Toni, a woman who wishes to marry a doctor who claims he can't because he has a wife and three kids.
5. The Sugarland Express (1974)
Goldie stars in Stephen Speilberg's first theatrical film as Lou Jean Poplin, a woman who breaks her husband out of prison in an attempt to prevent their son from being placed in foster care.
The song acknowledges the passion Goldie had for the arts as a young girl but the different route she assumed she would take. "She really thought she was going to have a very simple life and have a dance school. She thought, oh, I'm going to marry a dentist, which was her dream at the time. But then her life just led to these series of things, because she loved to dance and she wanted to perform. It just found her along the way, and all these new opportunities."
Kate detailed how "Right on Time" is for aspiring talents who have an urge to break into the industry despite it not being their most obvious pathway. "It's really a song about what that is for young girls, when they don't think that's what their life's going to be, but they have this thing that pulls at them and it's just magic," she added.
© Getty ImagesThe How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days star described the song as a "love letter" to her mom as it traces "the story of her youth".
"I think we're the keepers of our parents' stories, and we get to share them with our children and we get to share them with your community. I really believe in that third-generational respect and care. But I get to do it in music and then share it with the world, which is really fun for me," she explained.
