Suzy Parker was born on October 28, 1932 in Long Island City, New York, USA as Cecilia Ann Renee Parker. She was an actress, known for Funny Face (1957), The Best of Everything (1959) and Ten North Frederick (1958). She was married to Bradford Dillman, Pierre de la Salle and Charles Ronald Staton. She died on May 3, 2003 in Montecito, California, ...
Charlie, Christopher, Dinah, Christopher Dillman, Charles Dillman, Dinah Dillman, Georgia de la Salle, Georgia Belle
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I never starved myself either. I remember all the models eating raw hamburgers and living on codeine to keep up their energy. You never met a skinnier, meaner bunch of people.
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"I believe in the gold standard. I like solid lumps of things. You can always melt them down." - referring to her high-paying model status.
Parker was the first choice of Claude Chabrol for the lead in his film Leda (1959) (aka "Leda") in 1959, but the director ultimately opted for Antonella Lualdi, when he decided that Parker did not fit in with the film's decor.
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A $1000-a-week photographer's model, Suzy canceled all assignments for three weeks to rehearse her one-line speaking role in "Producer's Showcase" television program of "Mayerling", starring Audrey Hepburn and Mel Ferrer, on February 24, 1957. She was paid $1,000 a word. The line: "Drunk? He's mad!".
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Died following a long period of ill health that included respiratory problems, hip surgeries, and diabetes.
Child from Pierre: daughter Georgia, born in December, 1959. Children with Dillman: daughter Dinah (born in November, 1965), sons Charles and Christopher.
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At the height of her popularity, she was known as the most photographed woman in the world.
She was the first model to make more than $100 an hour and $100,000 a year.
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Her older sister, model Dorian Leigh Parker, introduced Suzy to Eileen Ford, the doyenne of modeling agents, when she was only 15.
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Her first marriage, to her high school sweetheart, was brief.
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Despite her aloof elegance, she was known for her candid remarks and rather quirky laidback style off camera. She publicly condemned drinking and smoking and said marriage killed romance.
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Briefly gave up her cover girl career for several years to become a photographer.
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Audrey Hepburn's offbeat role in the film Funny Face (1957) was inspired by Suzy, who made a fashionable cameo appearance (her first film) in the "Think Pink" sequence.
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Grew up and went to school in Highland Park, New Jersey.
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