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Parker, Suzy (1932—)
American model and actress. Born Cecilia Parker on October 29, 1932, in San Antonio, Texas; sister of Dorian Leigh (a model); married Bradford Dillman (an actor).
Selected filmography:
Funny Face (1957); Kiss Them for Me (1957); Ten North Frederick (1958); The Best of Everything (1959); Circle of Deception (1961); The Interns (1962); Flight from Ashiya (1964); Chamber of Horrors (1966).
A statuesque beauty, Suzy Parker was a highly successful fashion model, known as one of the "Revlon girls," along with Lauren Hutton, Barbara Britton , and Parker's older sister Dorian Leigh . Life magazine devoted a cover to her in 1957, the year Parker made her film debut in Funny Face. Despite starring roles opposite such leading men as Cary Grant (North by Northwest) and Gary Cooper (Ten North Frederick), she never clicked with movie audiences. Her last film appearance was in Chamber of Horrors (1966). Parker married actor Bradford Dillman and retired to raise a family.
Women in World History: A Biographical Encyclopedia
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Suzy Parker
American model and actress (1932–2003)
This article is about the American model and actress. For the song by British band The Beatles with the same title, see Suzy Parker (Beatles song).
Suzy Parker | |
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Suzy Parker in 1963 | |
| Born | Cecilia Ann Renee Parker (1932-10-28)October 28, 1932 Long Island City, New York, U.S. |
| Died | May 3, 2003(2003-05-03) (aged 70) Montecito, California, U.S. |
| Other names | Suzy Parker Dillman |
| Occupation(s) | Model, actress |
| Years active | 1947–1970 |
| Spouses | Charles Staton (m. 1950; div. 1953)Pierre de la Salle (m. 1958; div. 1961) |
| Children | 4 |
| Relatives | Dorian Leigh (sister) |
Suzy Parker (born Cecilia Ann Renee Parker; October 28, 1932 – May 3, 2003) was an American model and actress active from 1947 until 1970. Her modeling career reached its zenith during the 1950s, when she appeared on the covers of dozens of magazines and in advertisements and movie and television rol
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Model-actress Suzy Parker, one of the most recognizable faces of the 1950s and a forerunner of the supermodel, has died. She was 69.
Parker, known in later life as Suzy Parker Dillman, died Saturday night at her home in Montecito, according to her stepdaughter, Pamela Dillman Harmon.
Parker, known for her full, red hair and beautiful bone structure, was the signature face for designer Coco Chanel, photographed by the likes of Richard Avedon and Milton H. Greene. Greene once said Parker helped redefine the word "elegance" in magazines.
Author Eleanor Dwight, in her 2002 biography "Diana Vreeland," about the famed fashion editor who gave Parker her start, said Parker was "the" model of the 1950s. She was at one time the highest paid model, earning $200 an hour.
"I believe in the gold standard," Parker told The Washington Post in the early 1960s. "I like solid lumps of things. You can always melt them down."
In 1957, Parker made her Hollywood debut in the musical "Funny Face," starring Fred Astaire and Audrey Hepburn. She danced in a number called "Think Pink" that spoofed fash
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