Goldie Hawn has proved to be the classic Hollywood success story. Entering her fifth decade in show business, the former Laugh-In go-go girl has survived typecasting, an up-and-down career, and a turbulent personal life to finally emerge as one of the most influential and powerful actor-producer-directors in Hollywood.But it has not been an easy ride to the top. Goldie Hawn's story is a roller coaster ride of emotional twists and turns. Though she started out as an awkward school girl who had no ambition other than "to marry a dentist, run a dance school, and have lots of children", Goldie soon experienced the rough side of life in New York City, where she danced in cages in go-go clubs "while guys exposed themselves in front of (her)". Now, for the first time, the entire Goldie Hawn story is told by Marc Shapiro, who chronicles her troubled adolescence, her days of struggling in sleazy bars and clubs in New York City, the devastating deaths of her parents, and the loving relationships that turned sour while Hawn's career rose on the strength of the classic television series Rowan and Martin's Laugh-In and such films as Cactus Flower, The Sugarland Express, Private Benjamin, and The First Wives' Club. In her first marriage, to Gus Trikonis, Hawn espoused the idea of "open marriage". The end of her second marriage, to entertainer Bill Hudson, would ultimately bring charges from Hudson that she was a "cold-eyed shark". With her many different public personas, the "real" Goldie has mystified everyone. Now, through the comments of Hawn and those who have played important roles in her life, Pure Goldie takes the first complete look at Hawn's life and times and offers fresh insightsinto what makes this golden girl tick.