Goldie Hawn is one of those celebs who radiates positivity wherever she appears, whether it’s interviews, premieres, or the red carpet. I would say she’s one of a kind. She has spent her entire life under the spotlight but is very grounded and enjoys a peaceful life with her partner of many years, actor Kurt Russel. What these two have is an exception to the rule that Hollywood marriages don’t last. Well, maybe it’s because they never really married and believe that is exactly what kept them together for so long.

Born on November 21, 1945, in Washington DC, to father Rut and mother Laura who ran a dance school, it wasn’t surprising that Hawn herself fell in love with dancing and ballet. Her first public performance was in the Ballett Russe de Monte Carlo production of The Nutcracker when she was just 10.

Pretty much everyone who knew Hawn and her inner talent for dancing knew she would make it big in the industry. And so it was. Young Hawn appeared in the television series Good Morning, Worldand stole millions of hearts.

A year later, in 1968, she had her first film debut as a dancer in the Disney film The One and Only, Genuine, Original Family Band, and the rest is history. This movie not only helped boost her career, but it was also when she met Russel for the first time. He was younger than her and despite she thought he was very handsome, the two didn’t embark on an adventure.

“I was 21 and he was 16,” Hawn recalled during a BBC Radio 4 interview. “I thought he was adorable, but he was much too young. Then, years later we met up again, and I remembered that I liked him very much when I first met him. We both said we would never go out with another actor so it just shows you never can tell.”