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Twiggy
Twiggy (born September 19, 1949) is
a British actress, model and singer, now usually known by her married
name of Twiggy Lawson.
Born Lesley Hornby in Neasden (a suburb of London) to William Norman
(a master carpenter) and Helen Hornby (a half Jewish counter girl
at Woolworth's). Twiggy became famous at the age of sixteen, under
the influence of her boyfriend and manager, Justin de Villeneuve.
Soon she was regarded as "the face" of swinging 1960s London,
and gained her nickname from her stick-thin pubescent figure. As she
matured, she left Villeneuve and broadened her horizons, appearing
as an actress and singer, notably in Ken Russell's 1971 film version
of The Boy Friend. Since then she has played a variety of roles on
stage and screen, including My One and Only and as Eliza Doolittle
in Pygmalion, opposite Robert Powell, in a 1981 television production.
In May 2005, Twiggy was announced as a replacement for Janice Dickinson
on UPN reality series America's Next Top Model.
Her first marriage, to the American actor, Michael Witney, ended with
his sudden death from a heart attack. In 1988, she married the actor
Leigh Lawson. |
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Twiggy back in the late 1960s |
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Comedienne Fran Drescher
went on a cruise with friend Twiggy and Twiggy's family. The culture
shock Drescher experienced inspired her to create her hit sitcom
The Nanny.
In 2005, Twiggy returned to modelling, fronting a major new TV,
press and billboard campaign for Marks & Spencer, the UK department
store chain. Her appearance alongside younger models was intended
to portray the breadth and choice of the M&S clothing range,
as well as the fact that older women are equally entitled to look
good.
Filmography
Popcorn (1969) (documentary)
All Talking... All Singing... All Dancing (1971) (short subject)
The Boy Friend (1971)
W (1974)
The Butterfly Ball (1976) (voice)
The Blues Brothers (1980)
There Goes the Brides (1980)
The Doctor and the Devils (1985)
Club Paradise (1986)
The Little Paradise (1987)
Madame Sousatzka (1988)
Istanbul (1989)
Edge of Seventeen (1998)
Woundings (1998)
Stray Dogs (2004)
TV Work
Twiggy (1975) (canceled after 7 weeks)
The Muppet Show (guest star- daisy in 1977)
Pygmalion (1981)
Sun Child (1988)
The Diamond Trap (1988)
Young Charlie Chaplin (1989)
Princess Amelia (1991) (canceled after 7 episodes)
Body Bags (1993)
Something Borrowed, Something Blue (1997)
This Morning (presenter in 2001)
Absolutely Fabulous (guest star in 2003)
America's Next Top Model (judge in Cycle 5) (2005) |
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