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
Goldie Hawn recalls Hawn's reaction when she first described the idea for the story: "Private Benjamin", also stars Eileen Brennan and Armand Assante, and garnered Hawn her second Academy Award nomination, this time for Best Actress. Hawn's box office success continued with comedies like "Seems Like Old Times" (1980), written by Neil Simon, "Protocol" (1984), co-written by Nancy Meyers, and "Wildcats" (1986)—Hawn also served as executive producer on the latter two—and dramas like "Best Friends" (1982) and "Swing Shift" (1984). At the age of thirty-nine, Hawn posed for the cover of "Playboy" January 1985 issue, in which she was the subject of