Dorian Leigh

Dorian Leigh ( born April 23, 1917 in San Antonio, Texas as Dorian Elizabeth Leigh Parker, † July 7, 2008 in Falls Church, Virginia ) was an American fashion model and an actress of the 1940s and 1950s.

Leigh was born as the daughter of a chemist. She had three sisters, Georgia Bell, Florian and Cecilia, which was also later became famous under the name Suzy Parker. Leigh studied English at Randolph -Macon Woman's College in Lynchburg and later mathematics at New York University. She first worked at the United States Navy and then moved to Eastern Aircraft Corporation. Leigh it presented itself at a modeling agency and was accepted there. In June 1944, her photo appeared on the cover of the magazine Harper 's Bazaar. 1946 Leigh was featured seven times on the cover of Vogue. Leigh worked in the 1950s as a model for Revlon in the now famous Fire and Ice campaign. Leigh was the muse of Truman Capote and is considered a model of the character of Holly Golightly. In 1980 she published her autobiography under the title The Girl Who Had Everything.

Dorian Leigh was married and the mother of five children, four times. From her first marriage to Marshall Hawkins, a son and a daughter were born. The marriage was divorced in 1937. From her second marriage in 1948 closed with the Navy officer Roger W. flours, a daughter emerged. Her third husband was Serge Bordat, from this marriage comes a daughter. 1964 Leigh married the playwright Iddo Ben- Gurion. The 1966 re- divorced marriage remained childless. From an extramarital relationship with the Spanish racing driver Alfonso de Portago Dorian Leigh had a son in 1977 at the age of 21 years committed suicide.

She died on 7 July 2008 from Alzheimer 's disease.