In 1975, a then 17-year-old Griffith appeared opposite Gene Hackman in Arthur Penn's neo-noir film Night Moves.
She began her career in the 1970s, appearing in several independent thriller films before achieving mainstream success in the mid-1980s.īorn in Manhattan, 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. Melanie Richards Griffith (born August 9, 1957) is an American actress and film producer.