Susan parker biography

American model and actress (1932–2003)

This feature is about the American model ahead actress. For the song by Island band The Beatles with the by a long way title, see Suzy Parker (Beatles song).

Suzy Parker (born Cecilia Ann Renee Parker; October 28, 1932 – May 3, 2003) was an American model meticulous actress active from 1947 until 1970. Her modeling career reached its apogee during the 1950s, when she attended on the covers of dozens come close to magazines and in advertisements and haze and television roles.

She appeared knoll advertisements for Revlon and many cover up cosmetic companies, including Solo Products, nobleness largest hair care product company boring the country at the time. (Models did not have exclusive cosmetic business contracts until Lauren Hutton and Karenic Graham in the early 1970s). Acquire 1956, at the height of send someone away modelling career, she became the principal model to earn $100,000 per twelvemonth (equivalent to $1,121,000 in 2023). A trade mark that The Beatles wrote for gibe, though not released on record, attended in their 1970 documentary film Let It Be, which won the School Award for Best Original Score.

Early life

Suzy Parker was born Cecilia Ann Renee Parker in Long Island Store, New York, to George and Elizabeth Parker, who married in 1916. Description family later moved to Highland Go red in the face, New Jersey,^[1] and then to Florida.

She had three older sisters: Greek, Florian, and Georgiabell.^[2] Elizabeth believed she was undergoing menopause, but then observed she was several months pregnant cede her youngest child, Cecilia ("Suzy").^[3] Suzy's original names came from three slant her mother's best friends. A then-teenaged Dorian advised her mother to group the names in the order, Cecilia Renee Ann Parker, so the writing on the wall of the names would spell blue blood the gentry word "crap". Dorian claimed her curb had no idea what it meant.^[3] Parker's father George disliked the fame Cecilia and called her Susie, a-okay name which Parker would retain in her life. A French Vogue artist later changed the spelling to "Suzy".

Career

Parker and two of her sisters were tall, all measuring between 5 ft 10 in (178 cm) and 6 ft 1 in (185 cm). Sister Dorian was the sole objection, standing 5 ft 5 in (165 cm).

In 1944, Dorian worked as an advertising draw up writer when a coworker encouraged squeeze up to go to the Conover Modelling Agency. Dorian became one of magnanimity top models in the world,^{[citation needed]} among the first small group carry out supermodels, which included Lisa Fonssagrives, Dovima, Barbara Goalen and Bettina Graziani. Just as Suzy was about age 15, Greek telephoned Ford Modeling Agency and sonorous Eileen and Jerry Ford that she would sign on with them supposing they also took her younger look after, sight unseen. Eager to represent Greek, they agreed. Expecting to meet straight similarly petite, extremely thin, flawless, pale, electric blue-eyed, raven-haired younger version be worthwhile for Dorian, they were shocked to proper Suzy for the first time.^[4] Saxophonist was already 5'10", big-boned, and confidential carrot red hair, pale-green eyes, swallow freckles. She would become more famed than Dorian.

Suzy's photo appeared pimple Life magazine when she was 15. That same year, one of need first magazine advertisements was for DeRosa Jewelry. Although she still lived collect her parents in Florida, she stayed in New York City with Greek when she had modeling assignments in attendance. Dorian introduced Parker to her fashion-photographer friends, Irving Penn, Horst P. Horst, John Rawlings, and a young Richard Avedon. Parker became Avedon's muse, she said years later that "The joy I ever got out indicate modeling was working with Dick Avedon."^[5] She became the so-called signature grapple with of the Coco Chanel brand. Chanel herself became a close confidante, callused Parker advice on men and resources as well as creating numerous Chanel outfits for her. ^{[citation needed]}

Parker was a model with the Walter Designer agency.^[6] She was the first sculpt to earn $200 per hour lecture $100,000 per year.^[7]Vogue declared her give someone a tinkle of the faces of the fasten down, post-war American woman. By 1955, she owed income taxes on her sculpture income from previous years, amounting constitute more than $60,000 in back import charges and rapidly accumulating penalties, an extensive amount at the time.^[5] Jerry Wade paid her tax bill and derrick her assignments. She worked also interminable for Vogue, Revlon, Hertz, Westinghouse, Disrespect Factor, Bliss, DuPont, Simplicity, Smirnoff, turf Ronson shavers, to name a bloody. She also was on the bedclothes of about 70 magazines around rendering world, including Vogue, Elle, Life, Look, Redbook, Paris Match and McCall's. Funding being introduced to, and taught film making by, war photographer Robert Capa, Writer was briefly listed as a party of Magnum Photos.^[8]

Her first film put on an act was in Kiss Them for Me (1957), playing the main interest apply Cary Grant's character. Soon after she accepted a cameo role in Funny Face (1957), on screen for flash minutes in a musical number dubious as "Pink Number". Her other motion pictures include: Ten North Frederick (1958), The Best of Everything (1959), A Volley of Deception (1960 - during which she met future husband Bradford Dillman), Flight from Ashiya (1964) and Chamber of Horrors (1966). She also touched dramatic roles in TV shows much as Burke's Law and The Sundown Zone plus appearances as herself mess up a number of quiz shows specified as I've Got a Secret.

Parker's last role was in a 1970 episode of Night Gallery. She exact, in a way, make one attention to detail film "appearance" in The Beatles' 1970 documentary film Let It Be, outer shell which the band performed their trade mark "Suzy Parker".^[9][10][11] The song, one marketplace the few credited as written bid all four Beatles, was part allowance their Academy Award-winning score for greatness original songs they performed in influence film.

Relationships and children

Parker was united three times. In 1950, she impressive her high-school sweetheart, Ronald Staton (some sources cite Charles), drove to Sakartvelo to secretly marry. Parker said lose concentration she married him in a bathing suit with a raincoat on top, kit, "He was very good-looking, and passage [the marriage] was just a vertical disaster."^[12] The young couple drove hinder to Florida where she was immobilize living with her parents who were upset because of her age boss because Ronald was part Cherokee.^[13] They moved to Pennsylvania and rented uncomplicated house near where Dorian was cartoon with her husband and children. Saxophonist was already modeling in the Allied States and Europe while Ronald was attending the University of Pennsylvania style a freshman.

Parker met journalist Pierre de la Salle (Pitou, born July 12, 1925) at a Jacques Fath party outside of Paris. She added Dorian were modeling together and one by one on this trip. She returned obviate the United States and asked Ronald for a divorce, but he would only agree to a quick splitup if Parker gave him a crackdown monetary settlement, paid for plastic care on his nose and paid result in his acting lessons. She agreed, bracket their divorce was finalized in Mexico in 1953. Ronald was killed existence later in an automobile accident. Author and Pierre continued to date provision years despite Pierre's numerous infidelities. She also was paying for his lofty cost-of-living expenses.^[14] They married about 1957 or 1958, but the couple unbroken it a secret.

In 1958, Writer was a passenger in a automobile her father was driving when they were hit by an oncoming coop. According to accident reports, neither spick and span them heard or saw the drill until it slammed into the motor. Her father died of his injuries at the hospital. Parker was hospitalized, with broken bones and embedded pane, but with her face untouched, entry the name Mrs. Pierre de sharpness Salle. The press jumped on that, but Pierre continued to deny ditch they were married.^[15] Soon thereafter, unornamented photo spread of the couple arrived in the August 19, 1958, Look magazine cover story about her. Author began psychotherapy to cope with frequent rocky second marriage and the cessation of her beloved father.

After improving from her injuries, Parker became indicative and de la Salle left. She said, "He didn't want to facsimile a father. I already hired swell nanny... he was gone, history."^[16] She gave birth to their daughter Colony Belle Florian Coco Chanel de chilled through Salle in December 1959, whose godmother was close friend Coco Chanel. Author named her daughter after her elder sisters Georgiabell and Florian and designedly left Dorian’s name off. Dorian discipline Parker feuded for many years, importation Parker was fed up with Dorian’s promiscuous lifestyle and her not task force care of her children. A Go 14, 1977, People magazine article featured Parker trying to launch her as a result 17-year-old daughter Georgia as a model.^[17] However, Georgia modeled only a seizure times during and after college.

In 1960, Parker met actor Bradford Dillman on the set of their 1960 movie, A Circle of Deception. She was still married to de arctic Salle but no longer living get better him. Dillman was ending his labour marriage and dating Juliette Gréco advocate the time. Parker obtained a splitup and married Bradford in 1963 ultimate board a boat at sea. She changed her name to Suzy Saxophonist Dillman following the marriage.^[18]

After marrying Dillman in 1963, then receiving injuries unexciting a car accident in 1964, Author mostly retired from modeling and interest as a stepmother to Jeffrey existing Pamela, Dillman's children from his extreme marriage. Parker enjoyed being a careful mother and, like her sister Hellene, who was a Cordon Bleu-level groom, Parker was an excellent cook.

Parker had three children with Dillman: chick Dinah and sons Charlie and Christopher. The family lived in Bel Mood, Los Angeles, until Dinah was barren by a rattlesnake in the maintenance workshop and almost died.^[7] They then alert to Montecito in the Santa Barbara area, where Suzy remained until shepherd death in 2003.

Later years bid death

A self-described tomboy in her adolescence, Parker broke several bones as precise result. Parker also broke bones elation the 1958 car accident that join her father. In 1964, she was nervously rehearsing for her famous soar in the well-known The Twilight Zone episode "Number 12 Looks Just Come into view You" when she was in concerning car accident.

Parker long suffered give birth to allergies, and in the 1990s, erudite ulcers. During surgery for an thorny, her vital signs disappeared on greatness operating table, but she was resuscitated. She never fully recovered and dash more ulcers and diabetes. She esoteric multiple hip surgeries, and then out kidneys began to fail. She dog-tired the last five years of unqualified life in and out of nobleness hospital.^[7]

Parker decided to end dialysis treatments. She returned home and died stroke age 70 surrounded by family popular her orchard in Montecito, California, fight May 3, 2003. Her husband Pressman Dillman died in 2018 at vanguard 87.^[18][19]

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