Inside Crododile Dundee star Linda Kozlowski’s life with Moroccan tour guide partner as she shunned fame to run property empire

Linda Kozlowski bid farewell to Hollywood nearly 25 years ago after living in her ex husband Paul Hogan’s ‘shadow’.

But instead of missing the glitz and glamour of red carpets, movie premieres and award galas, the Crocodile Dundee star appears to be perfectly content away from the spotlight.

Now, the 67-year-old Golden Globe nominee lives a serene life in village-like Ojai, California, alongside her second husband, Moroccan tour guide Moulay Hafid Baba, and their four-year-old Golden Retriever, Thaddeus.

The retired American actress shot to international fame playing New York reporter Sue Charlton in the 1986 blockbuster that also made a star of her first husband, Paul, 85, who starred as the rugged Australian crocodile hunter Mick Dundee.

While she may have won the hearts of fans worldwide as a blonde damsel in distress who was saved from a croc in the nick of time by the leading man, these days the star looks almost unrecognizable as she enjoys a peaceful life out of the limelight.

Linda, now a youthful brunette, retired from acting due to dissatisfaction with the roles she was being offered in the wake of her Dundee success.

In an interview with Scripps Howard News Service in 2001, after her last screen appearance in the much-loved franchise, she opened up about her choice to leave Hollywood behind and quit acting.