Melanie Richards Griffith is an American actress.
Griffith’s first onscreen appearances were as an extra in Smith! (1969) and The Harrad Experiment (1973). She had her first major role at age 17 in Arthur Penn’s film noir Night Moves (1975), in which she portrayed a runaway teenager pursued across the United States by a private detective, portrayed by Gene Hackman.
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