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Twiggy
Dame Lesley Lawson, widely known by the nickname Twiggy, is an English model, actress, and singer. She was a British cultural icon and a prominent teenage model during the Swinging Sixties in London. Twiggy was initially known for her thin build and androgynous appearance, considered to result from her big eyes, long eyelashes, and short hair. She was named "The Face of 1966" by the Daily Express…
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entertainment · British model, actress and singer (born 1949) · actor · model · singer · stage actor · film actor · musician · also Twiggy, Lesley Lawson, Lesley Hornby, Twiggy Lawson, Dame Lesley Lawson
Born 19 September 1949 · Q229442
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2026· 2 entries
AOL: Legendary '60s Model Twiggy Was Influenced By Another Striking Beauty Of The Time
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2025· 2 entries
Irish Sun: Inside Twiggy’s wild life from being mocked by Woody Allen, blamed for eating disorders & pop star pulling gun on her
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The Irish Times: Twiggy looks back: ‘You’ve got to remember I was 16. It was bloomin’ exciting. I was travelling the world. I was getting paid’
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2023· 2 entries
Prevention: Twiggy Just Posted the Most Nostalgic ‘60s Throwback Photos at Disney
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Yahoo: Twiggy Just Posted an Iconic Throwback Pic From the ‘60s and Fans Are Getting Nostalgic
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2019· 2 entries
The Mirror: Twiggy looks back at more than 50 years in showbusiness
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People: Dame Twiggy! Iconic Model Has a 'Brilliant Day' as She Receives Damehood from Prince Charles
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2018· 1 entry
Awarded Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire (2018).
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2016· 1 entry
Archive images of Twiggy, alongside images of Shrimpton and Jane Birkin, were used for Tod's Fall/Winter campaign
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2015· 1 entry
The Independent: Twiggy on her friendship with Noël Coward and a new season of his films
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2012· 1 entry
Worked alongside Marks & Spencer's designers to launch an exclusive clothing collection for the M&S Woman range
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2011· 1 entry
Released album “Romantically yours”.
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2010· 1 entry
Started a Home Shopping Network fashion line called the "Twiggy London" collection
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2007· 1 entry
Sepia Records released a previously shelved album, Heaven in My Eyes ["Discotheque"], that Twiggy recorded in 1979, produced by Donna Summer and Juergen Koppers
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2006· 1 entry
Portrayed herself as a 19-year-old in the radio play Elevenses with Twiggy, for BBC Radio 4's The Afternoon Play series
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2005· 1 entry
Joined the cast of the television show America's Next Top Model for Cycles 5–9 as one of four judges, and a year later, she appeared on the cover of the "Icons" issue of Swindle magazine
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2003· 1 entry
Released another album, Midnight Blue
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2001· 1 entry
Twiggy co-hosted the British magazine programme This Morning
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1999· 2 entries
Released album “If Love Were All (original cast)”.
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Returned to the New York stage in an off-Broadway production, If Love Were All, a revised version of Noel and Gertie, written and directed by Leigh Lawson; what set this edition apart were its tap numbers in period s
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1998· 1 entry
Twiggy teamed up with Marilyn Manson guitarist Twiggy Ramirez on a cover of Dusty Springfield's "I Only Want to Be with You" for the Dead Man on Campus soundtrack
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1997· 1 entry
Twiggy acted in the Chichester Festival Theatre revival of Noël Coward's Blithe Spirit
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1996· 1 entry
Released album “London Pride”.
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1994· 1 entry
Twiggy guest-starred in the first ever Heartbeat Christmas special (in series 4), playing Lady Janet Whitley
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1993· 1 entry
Twiggy appeared alongside Mark Hamill in the short segment "Eye" from the made-for-cable horror anthology Body Bags
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1991· 1 entry
Co-starred in her first American network dramatic television series, the short-lived CBS sitcom Princesses
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1989· 1 entry
Was cast as Hannah Chaplin, mother to Charles, in the British television movie Young Charlie Chaplin, aired in the United States on PBS' WonderWorks
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1988· 1 entry
Worked on the film Madame Sousatzka and married that year in Sag Harbor, New York
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1987· 1 entry
Played a vaudeville performer in the British television special The Little Match Girl, and in 1988, she appeared in a supporting role in Madame Sousatzka opposite her second husband, Leigh Lawson
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1983· 2 entries
Made her Broadway debut in the musical My One and Only, for which she received a Tony nomination for Best Actress in a Musical
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Made her Broadway debut in the musical My One and Only, starring and co-staged by Tommy Tune, for which she earned a Tony nomination
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1981· 1 entry
Opposite Robert Powell, in the Yorkshire TV production of Pygmalion
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1980· 1 entry
Twiggy made a cameo appearance in The Blues Brothers
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1978· 1 entry
The television distribution arm of American International Pictures, in an effort to gain additional syndication value in the United States to the LWT rock music series Supersonic, repackaged the musical performances with
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1977· 2 entries
Released album “Please Get My Name Right”.
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But was a hit for the Three Degrees in 1979
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1976· 2 entries
Signed to Mercury Records and released the albums Twiggy and Please Get My Name Right, that contained both pop and country tunes
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Released album “Twiggy”.
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1974· 1 entry
Made her West End stage debut in Cinderella; made a second feature, the thriller W (co-starring with her future husband Michael Witney); and hosted her own British television series Twiggs (later renamed Twiggy)
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1973· 1 entry
Appeared with David Bowie on the cover of his seventh album, Pin Ups
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1972· 2 entries
(New Star of the Year – Actress and Best Actress in a Musical or Comedy)
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Released album “Twiggy and the Girlfriends”.
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1971· 2 entries
Twiggy released the single "Zoo de Zoo Zong", written by Roger Cook and Roger Greenaway and credited to Twiggy and Friends
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Made her film debut as an extra, dressed as a male courtier, in Ken Russell's The Devils
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1970· 1 entry
Stating, "You can't be a clothes hanger for your entire life
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1967· 1 entry
With the New Yorker devoting nearly 100 pages to the subject
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1949· 1 entry
Born 1949-09-19.
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