What Really Happened To This Crocodile Dundee Star?

Paul Hogan wasn't the only person the 1986 surprise hit "Crocodile Dundee" launched to stardom. The Australian actor's American co-lead, Linda Kozlowski, likewise catapulted from relative obscurity to the national spotlight with the help of that low-budget comedy.

The acting duo became so inseparable from one another that not only did they go on to star in two more "Crocodile Dundee" films, they also got married. Unfortunately, their greatest success also turned out to be their biggest stumbling block, with neither actor able to escape the gravitational pull of the franchise and break out successfully into new roles. So where is Linda Koslowski now? Let's find out what really happened to this "Crocodile Dundee" star.

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Landing "Dundee" | 0:00
Fighting off crocs | 1:15
Co-star romance | 2:18
Teaming up again | 3:50
Closing the curtain | 5:03
Divorce | 6:18
Finding love again | 7:34
Worrying about her ex | 8:34
New career | 9:41
Starting over in Morocco | 10:40

[chrisbliss]

No man can ever forget that derrière in crocodile Dundee...!!!🤗

[johnnyv.]

She literally lit up the scream with her charm and gorgeous good looks! Her face was a thing of beauty!

[angiewilliams]

‘That’s not a knife..this is a knife’ 🤣🤣🤣 my favorite movies when I was a kid!

[StevenKeery]

Paul Hogan was really funny in his Australian shows and in his performance at the Oscars.
The Crocodile Dundee films remain some of my favourites, along with Lightning Jack.
He is a very funny man and I hope he is in good health and enjoying his retirement.
Many thanks to him for all the laughs he gave me, it was a great time to grow up.
God bless and keep him well.

[Dragonish]

...this woman'S voice is driving me CRAZY!!

[hausmeisterengineering]

Koslowski went from dating THE crocodile man to dating a Moroccan tour guide. What an upgrade 😂😂😂😂

[bradbackauthor]

Crocodile Dundee was a wonderful film, which opened up a greater awareness of Australia to the world in general.

[jondunmore]

Her performance (in the first DUNDEE at least), was absolutely breathtaking. The nuance that she brought to that role was incredible. We can see her initially regarding this man as a boastful, toxic male that is purely the subject of a story; then we can read her gradual attraction to this rugged man, we can see doubt, we can see hesitation, and by that last sequence with the stunning soundtrack crescendo, we can see the love in her eyes.
There is a final shot of her face just as Mick grips a pylon to walk to her across the people, and we can clearly see how much she loves him; ALSO - Mick is getting to her in his own inimitable way, and we can see it register on her face, "Of COURSE that's how Mick would get to me!"
It's an amazing performance.
Sharon Stone made her bones in BASIC INSTINCT (1992) long after DUNDEE (1986), but Linda should have been in Stone's shoes by the time 1992 hit, as a known bombshell. She says she "turned down" many roles. Well, that's bad advice from her agent, or bad decisions on her part - so you're playing some funny guy's girlfriend? - that's how you build a career. And then the meaty roles would come along in between the comedies.
She got her-SELF typecast by not accepting anything else. A tragedy. She coulda been a contender...

[myday]

Hogan might have been "unknown" in the US before Dundee but he was a living legend in Australia due to the Paul Hogan show.

[alexlanning]

Thanks for treating Linda and Paul with dignity

[donmorton]

Don’t forget, she was the lead actress in John Carpenters Village of the Damned and was great in the role.

[Mark-sjxb]

As you go through life, there are moments when you see someone you believe to be the most beautiful woman you’ve ever seen. For me it was Raquel Welch, then Olivia Newton-John, and then Linda Kozlowski in Crocodile Dundee. Stunning.

[fiddleandfart]

"Both stars were virtual unknowns before 'Dundee?"' No! Not at all! Paul Hogan was already a huge star - both in Australia - and, increasingly worldwide, due to his long-running hit TV sketch show - and advertising cameos promoting Fosters beer. And the "Crocodile Dundee" films were built on his long-established image of a quintessential "typical" Australian (rather like "Barry Mackenzie"), being essentially, "Paul Hogan - the Movie!" These tatty YouTube celebrity profiles, made to sound "authoritative" by people with clearly limited personal knowledge of their subject or experience, are often anything but "authoritative!"

[cherylfarrell]

Though their relationship started off with controversy, I've always loved Paul and Linda together and like many couples they just grew apart, but I'm so happy they remain friends!

[robinwells]

Stunningly beautiful and talented. I always wondered about the chemistry and how much it was acting.

[YawehthedragondogofEL]

She was beautiful for real, she had something special. Classy, smooth, je ne sais quoi. Those eyes. The kind of gal you'd leave your wife and five kids for. Beauty is a destructive angel.

[iltc]

"The two actors were virtually unknown..." Untrue. Paul Hogan in Australia was known to the entire population and was our foremost comedian. He was routinely on TV doing a comedy segment after a news program. So one of the most famous people in the country.

[douglasjackson]

Thanks for this as I have sometimes wondered what happened with Linda Kozlowski. Watching her in the Crocodile movies, I had a sense she wasn't acting - that she was just being herself. That, to me, is the hallmark of a fine actor. I felt much the same way about Kathryn Hepburn when I saw her alongside Cary Grant in the 1938 film 'Holiday'.

[mrwin]

I went to high school with Linda...she was beautiful then and now....funny how life turns out...

[fridofonyuy]

I was in middle school in 1989 and can recall the movie poster. Watched the movie 2 years later . CD 2 took the world by the storm.