Global Information Lookup Global Information

Dorian Leigh information


Dorian Leigh
Born
Dorian Elizabeth Leigh Parker

(1917-04-23)April 23, 1917
San Antonio, Texas, U.S.
DiedJuly 7, 2008(2008-07-07) (aged 91)
Falls Church, Virginia, U.S.
Spouses
  • Marshall Hawkins
    (m. 1937; div. 1944)
  • Roger W. Mehle
    (m. 1948; div. 1954)
  • Alfonso de Portago
    (m. 1954; void 1954)
  • Serge Bordat
    (m. 1958; div. 1960)
  • Iddo Ben-Gurion
    (m. 1964; div. 1966)
Children5[1]
RelativesSuzy Parker (sister)

Dorian Elizabeth Leigh Parker (April 23, 1917 – July 7, 2008), known professionally as Dorian Leigh, was an American model and one of the earliest modeling icons of the fashion industry.[2] She is considered one of the first supermodels, and was well known in the United States and Europe.

  1. ^ "Obituary: Dorian Leigh". The Guardian. 2008-07-11. Archived from the original on 2023-04-18.
  2. ^ Gross, Michael. Model: The Ugly Business of Beautiful Women, 2003, Harper Paperbacks, ISBN 0-06-054163-6

and 19 Related for: Dorian Leigh information

Request time (Page generated in 0.8033 seconds.)

Dorian Leigh

Last Update:

Dorian Elizabeth Leigh Parker (April 23, 1917 – July 7, 2008), known professionally as Dorian Leigh, was an American model and one of the earliest modeling...

Word Count : 3520

Revlon

Last Update:

Ice Girl,' by Dorian Leigh and Laura Hobe, 1980, page 88. The Girl Who Had Everything. The Story of the "Fire and Ice Girl," Dorian Leigh and Laura Hobe...

Word Count : 4226

Janice Dickinson

Last Update:

1978 book Total Beauty Catalog by K.T. Maclay. Lisa Fonssagrives and Dorian Leigh, whose careers began before Dickinson was born, have been retroactively...

Word Count : 3532

Suzy Parker

Last Update:

"Model", by Michael Gross, 1995, p. 117 "The Girl Who Had Everything" by Dorian Leigh Parker and Laura Hobe, 1980, p. 72 "Model," by Michael Gross, 1995, p...

Word Count : 2055

Alfonso de Portago

Last Update:

fashion model Dorian Leigh (who had already aborted their first pregnancy in 1954 and then gave birth to their son Kim on 27 September 1955). Leigh was eleven...

Word Count : 2411

Gia Carangi

Last Update:

others, including Margaux Hemingway, Audrey Munson, Lisa Fonssagrives, Dorian Leigh, Twiggy, Jean Shrimpton, Cheryl Tiegs and Janice Dickinson. Model Cindy...

Word Count : 2498

Givenchy

Last Update:

children with his first collection." Models such as Suzy Parker and Dorian Leigh became muses of the house. In terms of innovation, he used 'shirting'...

Word Count : 2106

Supermodel

Last Update:

Bazaar, and Time. Evelyn Nesbit (with a career launched around 1900) and Dorian Leigh (her career launched in 1944) have also been called the world's first...

Word Count : 7910

Linda Christian

Last Update:

given birth to "Fon's" second child Anthony. De Portago was dating model Dorian Leigh, mother of his recently born illegitimate son Kim. Linda was photographed...

Word Count : 1580

Eileen Ford

Last Update:

something that other modeling agencies were not affluent enough to offer. Dorian Leigh described Eileen as "one of the hardest working, most persistent persons...

Word Count : 2109

Jean Patchett

Last Update:

was among the best known models of that era, which included Dovima, Dorian Leigh, Suzy Parker, Evelyn Tripp and Lisa Fonssagrives. Patchett was the subject...

Word Count : 616

List of Revlon spokesmodels

Last Update:

Gibbons Dorian Leigh Dina Merrill Adele Simpson Nancy Berg Iris Bianchi Barbara Britton Carmen Dell'Orefice Gita Hall Dolores Hawkins Dorian Leigh Johanna...

Word Count : 1003

List of British Vogue cover models

Last Update:

September 1946 Cecil Beaton October 1946 Mary Tice Irving Penn November 1946 Dorian Leigh Horst P. Horst December 1946 Christmas Number Irving Penn January 1947...

Word Count : 30

Dovima

Last Update:

Face (1957) as Marion Wikimedia Commons has media related to Dovima. Dorian Leigh Suzy Parker https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/6224/images/4661140_00999...

Word Count : 541

July 7

Last Update:

Conner, American sculptor, painter, and photographer (b. 1933) 2008 – Dorian Leigh, American model (b. 1917) 2011 – Allan W. Eckert, American historian...

Word Count : 4081

April 23

Last Update:

2009) 1916 – Sinah Estelle Kelley, American chemist (d. 1982) 1917 – Dorian Leigh, American model (d. 2008) 1917 – Tony Lupien, American baseball player...

Word Count : 5301

1917

Last Update:

2007) April 22 – Yvette Chauviré, French ballerina (d. 2016) April 23 – Dorian Leigh, American model (d. 2008) April 24 – Song Ping, Chinese communist revolutionary...

Word Count : 8864

Lipstick feminism

Last Update:

women, ‘Are you made for Fire and Ice?’, with the face of the brand Dorian Leigh posed confidently yet seductively, clad in a fitted, sparkling dress...

Word Count : 3475

Michael Reinhardt

Last Update:

doctorate. In 1967 he was hired to help run the French model agency, Dorian Leigh. It was during this time that he became fascinated with taking pictures...

Word Count : 671

PDF Search Engine © AllGlobal.net