Goldie Hawn was always passed over for Academy Award nominations.
Goldie Hawn . She rose to fame on the NBC sketch comedy program Rowan & Martin 's Laugh-In ( 1968 -- 70 ) before going on to receive the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress and the Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress for her performance in Cactus Flower ( 1969 ) . Hawn maintained bankable star status for more than three decades thereafter , appearing in numerous films such as There 's a Girl in My Soup ( 1970 ) , Butterflies Are Free ( 1972 ) , The Sugarland Express ( 1974 ) , Shampoo ( 1975 ) , Foul Play ( 1978 ) , Seems Like Old Times ( 1980 ) , and the title role in Private Benjamin ( 1980 ) , for which she was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actress .