Melanie Griffith

Publish date: 2024-05-04

How did this whispering, baby-cooing seductress have a career? She might be the worst actress in Hollywood history to be so successful.

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by Anonymousreply 87June 10, 2023 6:09 PM

The worst actress? Her daughter and mother are both worse. She was very good in Working Girl.

by Anonymousreply 1February 5, 2023 3:29 PM

I hope that picture is recent. She looks good. She looks normal.

by Anonymousreply 2February 5, 2023 3:29 PM

R3 is correct. End of thread.

by Anonymousreply 4February 5, 2023 3:32 PM

R1 “I’ve got a mind for business and bod for sin.”

LOL she was horrible, it’s good because it’s so campy. She’s like a trailer park Marilyn Monroe.

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by Anonymousreply 5February 5, 2023 3:36 PM

She was great in body double and something wild. A little of her goes a long way. She tried to be a leading lady after working girl but would’ve done better as a character actress.

by Anonymousreply 6February 5, 2023 3:44 PM

R5 is right. I remember watching Working Girl and thinking no one in that line of work would take that baby gurgling and cooing seriously whole discussing mergers and acquisitions. Her hair was the worst too, both long and short.

by Anonymousreply 7February 5, 2023 3:46 PM

She wasn't a horrible actress by any means. I don't like her voice but it is what it is. She shouldn't have divorced Antonio though.

by Anonymousreply 8February 5, 2023 3:49 PM

Both R5 and R7 are WRONG. She was great in it and got a well-deserved Oscar nomination.

by Anonymousreply 9February 5, 2023 3:49 PM

Melanie made contacts in high places and slept around excessively = movie career (at that time). No one gave a shit that Tippi Hedren was her mother.

by Anonymousreply 10February 5, 2023 3:51 PM

She was good in Body Double because she was playing a porn star and does sound like an airhead.

by Anonymousreply 12February 5, 2023 3:55 PM

Yes, mine and the Academy's, R11.

Just like it's merely an opinion she wasn't good. But she did get an Oscar nod, so.

by Anonymousreply 13February 5, 2023 3:55 PM

She’s rich and famous and she fucked many desirable men. You’re a poor anonymous nobody.

She won, you lost. Live with it.

by Anonymousreply 14February 5, 2023 3:58 PM

She’s ready for her closeup in the Ivana Trump biopic.

by Anonymousreply 15February 5, 2023 4:04 PM

R13 you seem oddly vested I this. You have an opinion and some of us have a different one. Drop it now, mmmkay.

SMH at crazy fangurls.

by Anonymousreply 16February 5, 2023 4:07 PM

R16, I was responding to OP. Are you going to go after her for being too invested in this? Or are you, in fact, her? Either way, fuck off. I'll respond when and how I choose.

by Anonymousreply 17February 5, 2023 4:09 PM

Besides Working Girl, Something Wild, and Body Double, I really enjoyed her in Pacific Heights.

by Anonymousreply 18February 5, 2023 4:10 PM

Yes, agreed, all those as well. Particularly Something Wild.

by Anonymousreply 19February 5, 2023 4:11 PM

Someone's angry today. Take a pill, hon.

by Anonymousreply 20February 5, 2023 4:11 PM

Hey, R20--I didn't start this thread lambasting her. Did I, hon?

by Anonymousreply 21February 5, 2023 4:12 PM

R20 seems just as invested as anyone else here, the way she argues.

by Anonymousreply 22February 5, 2023 4:12 PM

[quote]I’ve got a mind for business and bod for sin.

I remember cringing at that line.

by Anonymousreply 23February 5, 2023 4:14 PM

So the line was her fault, R23? It's actually an okay line. Boy, talk about needing to take a pill.

by Anonymousreply 24February 5, 2023 4:15 PM

R5. I thought that was one of the stupidest and clunkiest lines for that character . Of course, Griffith didn’t write it. Blame the writer (Kevin Wade) and the director (Mike Nichols, who should have known better).

by Anonymousreply 25February 5, 2023 4:18 PM

Her character was drunk when she said that and she was hot for Harrison Ford's character. What should she have said, armchair screenwriters?

by Anonymousreply 27February 5, 2023 4:22 PM

She gave a convincing performance in 'Roar' (1977) getting mauled by one of her idiot mom's housecats.

She needed 50 stitches to her face afterwards, she was that good.

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by Anonymousreply 28February 5, 2023 4:27 PM

Melanie actually looked pretty bad during working girl. Kind of fat and she had a raging coke problem.

by Anonymousreply 29February 5, 2023 4:32 PM

No, she didn't look bad, R29.

by Anonymousreply 30February 5, 2023 4:35 PM

Her mother was Hitchcock's darling, her birth father was an Advertising exec. Tippi divorced and remarried a Hollywood agent/producer. She went to the Hollywood Professional School, a private school for rich Hollywood kids. Most everyone who came out of it was a Barrymore, Val Kilmer etc...She is the definition of a Nepo Baby. Noo offense but if she was Betty Lipshitz looking for acting work she would have been doing Arby's commercials.

by Anonymousreply 33February 5, 2023 4:44 PM

R23- I did an internship about 8 years ago in New York, and the director of the organization quoted this line to the employees, about herself, without a hint of irony. It wasn't the only reason I decided to go into a different field, but it was one of them.

by Anonymousreply 34February 5, 2023 4:44 PM

Not all nepo babies are bad actors. Look at the Fondas and the Redgraves, to name just two.

by Anonymousreply 35February 5, 2023 4:45 PM

You can tell Mel is off the rails on coke during this movie. I think we had a thread here way back discussing the filming issues due to her drug problem. Wonder what her costars had to say about it.

She sucks though. Character actress, yes, leading lady material, no.

by Anonymousreply 36February 5, 2023 4:54 PM

She didn't suck, and I'd love to see tne receipts of how she disrupted filming that movie, R36.

by Anonymousreply 37February 5, 2023 4:57 PM

R30 she looked like shit. Her ass shot was awful. They should have gotten in some workouts before shooting this film cause that ass was flabby.

Alec Baldwin was hot as fuck in this this.

by Anonymousreply 38February 5, 2023 4:57 PM

R37 you are one fucking weird troll. Are you related to Mel? Tippi, Antonio? You are way too sensitive to any criticism of this one note actress.

by Anonymousreply 39February 5, 2023 4:58 PM

R37 it was discussed in an old thread. Find it if you can.

by Anonymousreply 41February 5, 2023 4:59 PM

With actual receipts, R41? Discussing something on Datalounge isn't exactly any sign of proof.

by Anonymousreply 42February 5, 2023 5:00 PM

Even People did an article, fangurl.

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by Anonymousreply 43February 5, 2023 5:01 PM

R42 too bad you can't do any of your own research and use the Google search bar.

by Anonymousreply 44February 5, 2023 5:02 PM

Thanks for finally providing proof, hunty R43. And why should I bother when someone else can do that for me--right, R44?

by Anonymousreply 45February 5, 2023 5:04 PM

Drunk or not, she still got an Oscar nomination. Suck on that, bitches!

by Anonymousreply 46February 5, 2023 5:05 PM

Poor widdle fangurl troll. R43/44 are the same person btw.

by Anonymousreply 47February 5, 2023 5:05 PM

Tedious R45 needs bye bye land. Seriously. What a loon.

by Anonymousreply 49February 5, 2023 5:06 PM

R47, you've posted here quite a bit yourself.

by Anonymousreply 50February 5, 2023 5:06 PM

Aw, R45--just because you can't win an argument about Melanie Griffith, no less? HAHAHAHA!!!

by Anonymousreply 51February 5, 2023 5:07 PM

Total cringelord posting obsessively about this actress. Whose dick did she get that sent you over the edge like this? Give the specific name please.

by Anonymousreply 52February 5, 2023 5:08 PM

Nothing beats Nicole Sullivan's impression of Melanie.

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by Anonymousreply 53February 5, 2023 5:08 PM

Her father Andy Griffith was very successful with his Andy Griffith Show in the 1960's and then Matlock in the 1980's

by Anonymousreply 54February 5, 2023 5:09 PM

Why yes R50 I have. I don't hate the bimbo. I just don't think she's a great actress but I'm not on here getting pissy about any criticism of her. You are. It's kind of weird.

by Anonymousreply 55February 5, 2023 5:09 PM

I almost posted that R53. I remember seeing that and falling out of my chair. So true.

by Anonymousreply 56February 5, 2023 5:10 PM

R49 is a weirdo who has it against Melanie Griffith, for some reason. Talk about a loon. 🤣🤣🤣

And look at R55 now defending her own multiple posts.🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

by Anonymousreply 57February 5, 2023 5:11 PM

R38- Alec Baldwin was probably at his PEAK of hotness in Working Girl.

by Anonymousreply 59February 5, 2023 5:11 PM

Uh oh, here come the emojis. Yet more proof of an unhinged troll.

by Anonymousreply 60February 5, 2023 5:12 PM

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by Anonymousreply 62February 5, 2023 5:13 PM

Mental illness on display. Bye bitch.

by Anonymousreply 63February 5, 2023 5:13 PM

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by Anonymousreply 65February 5, 2023 5:15 PM

She had an 80s resume that most actresses would kill for. In addition to Body Double, Something Wild and Working Girl, she was in Stormy Monday and The Milagro Beanfield War, both of which did fairly well with the critics at the time. She should have retired young.

by Anonymousreply 66February 5, 2023 6:54 PM

She was okay as a ditz but abysmal when she tried drama.

by Anonymousreply 67February 5, 2023 6:56 PM

She was a cute Roxie Hart on Broadway. Not much of a singer or dancer, but had charisma for days and a great sense of humor. The baby voice worked for the character.

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by Anonymousreply 69February 5, 2023 8:20 PM

"[R5] is right. I remember watching Working Girl and thinking no one in that line of work would take that baby gurgling and cooing seriously whole discussing mergers and acquisitions. Her hair was the worst too, both long and short. "

True, but it was was a comedy; not a documentary on women in the corporate world. I think we can accept it for the sake of the film even if it wouldn't be realistic in the real world.

by Anonymousreply 70February 5, 2023 8:30 PM

Do we have a Melanie Griffith troll now?

by Anonymousreply 71February 5, 2023 8:33 PM

She was perfect in Something Wild (all the casting was spot on)

by Anonymousreply 72February 5, 2023 8:36 PM

"Alec Baldwin was probably at his PEAK of hotness in Working Girl."

He was hot. Glengarry as well. But peak Baldwin hotness for me is Malice - he's a young but just a little bulkier than Working Girl or Glengarry. That scene with him shirtless in bed. Woof.

by Anonymousreply 73February 5, 2023 8:41 PM

"he's still young" not "he's a young."

by Anonymousreply 74February 5, 2023 8:42 PM

Don Johnson, Steven Bauer and Antonio Banderas - I wish I had had her life!

by Anonymousreply 75February 5, 2023 8:54 PM

Is she the granddaughter of D.W. Griffith?

by Anonymousreply 76February 5, 2023 8:55 PM

Apparently R71. DL attracts the oddest, batshit trolls.

by Anonymousreply 78February 5, 2023 9:14 PM

How did she maintain that high-pitched babycoo voice? She’s always been a heavy smoker, so you’d think she would sound like a trucker like Miley Cyrus.

by Anonymousreply 79February 5, 2023 9:17 PM

Ain't it the truth, R78? Looking at you, R55.

by Anonymousreply 80February 5, 2023 9:20 PM

[quote]Do we have a Melanie Griffith troll now?

I’d rather a Griffith troll than the Lange Loon.

by Anonymousreply 81February 5, 2023 9:27 PM

I like her. She is very much like Marilyn Monroe in that she's a middling actress that can be incredible if cast and directed well - which she was many, many times.

by Anonymousreply 82February 7, 2023 4:09 AM

I like her. She was wonderful is "Working Girl", and the HBO movie about "Citizen Kane." Melanie portrayed Marion Davies. She was fantastic!

by Anonymousreply 83February 7, 2023 8:59 PM

I’m not a huge fan but according to her IG she was up for the part in Star 80 and rehearsed for the part for 3 months! She would have been much more suited for that role than Mariel Hemingway.

Also, she seems like a genuine person, fwiw.

by Anonymousreply 84February 7, 2023 9:10 PM

As other have duly noted, Melanie did give some solid performances in her career (Working Girl, Body Double, Something Wild). I would also add Night Moves with Gene Hackman, a bizarre and underrated neo-noir she appeared in as a teenager. She's also a lot of fun in Abel Ferrara's Fear City, where she plays a lesbian stripper in 1980s Manhattan.

Career aside, I have always liked her because, despite coming from money and fame, she seems relatively normal—the kind of bitch who is capable of mingling with Hollywood high society, but would probably be much more comfortable getting down with a pack of Marlboros on her front porch over coffee. She's never come off as pretentious or elitist, and seems like the kind of person who could just as easily get on with the "commoners" as she could with the rich and famous. As R84 says, there is something genuine about her. Her personality doesn't seem manufactured, which is strange for an actress, especially one who grew up in showbusiness with famous parents.

She was profiled years ago on Inside the Actors Studio, and she was surprisingly sensitive and kind of fragile in that interview, which I didn't expect. It kind of endeared her to me.

by Anonymousreply 85June 10, 2023 6:32 AM

Melanie was pregnant in that lingerie scene in Working Girl. I think with Dakota. Anyhow she is hardly fat just not regular Hollywood starvation actress looked.

by Anonymousreply 86June 10, 2023 5:38 PM

Melanie is superb in the right part (such as in "Something Wild" and "Night Moves"), but inept in many others. She never worked very hard at her acting and never did much to expand her limited range.

She is certainly a better actress than her mother, and yet her mother will be long remembered because of her beauty and because of the iconic parts she was given in such classic films as "The Birds" and "Marnie." Melanie will not be nearly so much--she did more films, but few of them besides "Something Wild" hold up very well.

by Anonymousreply 87June 10, 2023 6:09 PM

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