Housesitter Housesitter Housesitter is a 1992 American romantic comedy film directed by Frank Oz, written by Mark Stein, and starring Steve Martin and Goldie Hawn. The premise involves a woman with con-artist tendencies who worms her way into the life of a reserved architect by claiming to be his wife. Newton Davis (Steve Martin) is a struggling architect. After building his dream house for himself and his longtime girlfriend Becky (Dana Delany) in his hometown, he is crushed when she refuses to marry him. He is unable to bring himself to live in the house, and leaves it abandoned and with
Edward Goldie Edward Goldie Edward Goldie (1856–1921) was an English ecclesiastical architect who was notable for building Roman Catholic churches mainly in the form of Gothic Revival architecture. He was the son of George Goldie. He was born in Sheffield in 1856. His father was George Goldie. He went to school at Ushaw College in County Durham, as his father had previously done. In 1875, he was articled to "Goldie & Child". It was an architectural firm which his father ran with Charles Edwin Child. After his apprenticeship ended in 1880, he remained at the firm as a partner, so it became