Cactus Flower is a 1969 American comedy film directed by Gene Saks and starring Academy Award winner Walter Matthau, Ingrid Bergman, and Goldie Hawn, who won an Oscar for her per-formance. (Best Actress in a Supporting role. 1970) Distraught when her middle-aged lover breaks a date with her, 21-year-old Toni Simmons (Gold-ie Hawn) attempts suicide. Impressed by her action, her lover, dentist Julian Winston (Walter Matthau) reconsiders marrying Toni, but he worries about her insistence on honesty. Having fabricated a wife and three children, Julian readily accepts when his devoted nurse, Stephanie (In-grid Bergman), who has secretly loved Julian for years, offers to act as his wife and demand a divorce.