How Old Was Melanie Griffith When She Met Don Johnson?

Who doesn’t love a good celebrity couple? There are a lot of well-known couples in Hollywood, but one that’s been around for years is Melanie Griffith and Don Johnson.

The two first met on the TV show The Harrad Experiment set when Melanie was young, and rumors flooded the media.

Actually, Melanie was underage when she first met Don.

How Old Was Melanie Griffith When Met Don Johnson?

Don Johnson met Melanie Griffith when she was 14 in 1972. At this time, Johnson starred in the same movie as Griffith’s mother!

Given the age gap, many people assumed that he’d taken advantage of her. You probably pictured one of those cases where an older man befriends a younger woman and then takes advantage of her innocence.

Many assumed it was to manipulate or even sleep her to gain some sort of power over her.

However, it’s not as bad as all that!

In fact, that wasn’t Don’s intention when they first met on set for The Harrad Experiment!

According to Don, it was love at first sight! You must admit that Don and Melanie gave us Dakota Johnson, an avant-garde talent in acting.

Their relationship bore a great actress in Dakota Johnson! You have to admit that she killed it in Fifty Shades of Grey!

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Melanie Griffith was born on August 09, 1957. That means she is currently 65 years old!

Melanie has been in the industry for a long time now, and her career spans movies, television series, theater work. She is also a model.

Melanie’s mother was 16 when she gave birth to Melly at their home in Hollywood Hills.

After separating from her dad, she was raised by her mom, who worked with animals at Busch Gardens. 

Her father met his second wife of whom Melanie never had good feelings about in the same park!

When Mellie turned 13-years-old, she began making appearances all over fashion magazines such as ELLE and Vogue.

Her appearances helped her kick start her modeling career that spanned several decades.

Don Johnson is a lot older than Melanie Griffith. He was born on December 15, 1949, making him currently 73 years old!

Don has been in the industry a long time, and he has done work in television series, movies, theater productions. His career has been illustrious in this regard!

He’s also had very high-profile relationships with famous ladies such as Barbra Streisand and June Carter Cash. Both ladies were older than him by at least ten years or more!

In fact, it wasn’t until 2010 that Don met someone closer to his age when he started dating Kelley Phleger. The TV star eventually married Kelley after leaving his second girlfriend, Patti D’Arbanville.