Cactus Flower

US (1969): Comedy

Goldie Hawn won an Oscar® for her performance as a Greenwich Village free spirit in this film. Middle-aged dentist Julian Winston (Walter Matthau) is enjoying an affair with Toni Simmons (Hawn) but doesn't want to be hemmed in by marriage. He prevails upon his non-glamorous assistant Stephanie Dickinson (Ingrid Bergman) to pose as his wife so as to keep from campaigning for a ring. Then, to justify his "infidelity," Winston talks his pal (Jack Weston) into pretending to be Stephanie's illicit lover. Flattered by all the attention, Stephanie begins to "doll up." Confronted by a newly gorgeous Stephanie, Winston realizes that his Dream Girl has been right there in his office all along. As for Toni, she ends up in the arms of writer-neighbor Igor Sullivan (Rick Lenz), who has loved her since Reel One. Cactus Flower was adapted by Billy Wilder's frequent collaborator I.A.L. Diamond from the play by Abe Burrows -- which in turn was adapted from a French farce. Gene Saks directs for Columbia. (Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide)

· Supporting Actress 1969: Goldie Hawn

1 nomination, 1 Award