Know For
Acting
Gender
Female
Birthday
1957-08-09 (68 years old)
Place of Birth
Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA
Also known As
Melanie Richards Griffith
Мелані Гріффіт
ملانی گریفیت
مِلانی گریفیت
Melanie Richards Griffith (born August 9, 1957) is an American actress. She began her career in the 1970s, appearing in several independent thriller films before achieving mainstream success in the mid-1980s. Born in New York City to actress Tippi Hedren and advertising executive Peter Griffith, she was raised mainly in Los Angeles, where she graduated from the Hollywood Professional School at age 16. In 1975, a then 17-year-old Griffith appeared opposite Gene Hackman in Arthur Penn's film noir Night Moves. She later rose to prominence for her role portraying a pornographic actress in Brian De Palma's thriller Body Double (1984), which earne...
1975
as Karen
1988
as Tess McGill
1973
as Student (uncredited)
1981
as Melanie
1990
as Patty Palmer
1996
as Katherine Hoover
2002
as Margalo (voice)
1986
as Audrey Hankel
1994
as Toby Roebuck
1984
as Holly Body
1999
as Lucille Vinson
1992
as Linda Voss
1975
as Delilah "Delly" Grastner
1988
as Kate
1994
as V
1998
as Nicole Oliver
1975
as Schuyler
1995
as Teeny
1997
as Charlotte Haze
1990
as Maria Ruskin
1988
as Flossie Devine
1998
as Sid
2000
as Honey Whitlock
1992
as Emily Eden
2003
as Eve
2003
as Barbara Marx
1987
as Edith 'E.' Johnson
1993
as Billie Dawn
1995
as Betty
2003
as Sarah
2000
as Lulu Mcafee
1984
as Loretta
1991
as Lily Reed
2010
as Snow (voice)
2000
as Marion Davies
2000
as Self
2012
as Patsy
1995
as Dora DuFran
1998
as Kitt Devereux
1977
as Susie
2012
as Tyra (voice)
1990
as Lureen
1977
as Young Girl
2013
as Kristin
2013
as Betsy
1990
as Hadley
2018
as Karen (archive footage)
2004
as Self (voice)
1977
as The Hitchhiker
2014
as Dr. Susan Dupré / Cleo (voice)
1995
as Self
1981
as Lucy
1978
as Girl in Hotel Room
1978
as Johnnie
2015
as Kathy
2005
as Miranda Wells
1969
as Extra (uncredited)
2017
as Maria Bahadur
2017
as Jean Shelton
2016
as Laura Lee
2000
as Melanie Griffith
1979
as Ellie - Waitress
2001
as Diane Milford
1981
as Pvt. Sylvie Knoll
1981
as Dawn Barnett Youngblood
2015
as Celeste
1981
as Karen
2002
as Self
2017
as Self (archive footage)
2020
as Tess
2025
as Narrator (voice)
2015
as Tyra
1992
as Self - Host (US)
2024
as Self (archive footage)
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