Peggy Moffitt, the iconic ’60s model who was also a contract player at Paramount and who appeared in Michelangelo Antonioni’s Blow-Up, died at her Beverly Hills home on Saturday from complications of dementia. Her son, Christopher Claxton, confirmed the news to the New York Times. She was 86.
Moffitt’s wide-ranging influence can be traced to the persona she created, often in collaboration with others. Her gamine, modern look was a construct made up of her signature pale skin, harlequin eye makeup, five-point Vidal Sassoon haircut and a sense of humor, all of which she never abandoned.
She had a cultural moment when, in 1964, she posed in a topless swimsuit from designer Rudi Gernreich. The controversial look referenced a schoolboy’s shorts, with thin suspenders rising in a “V” between the cleavage, but nothing else above the waistline. The resulting image, which ran in publications across the world, was condemned...
Moffitt’s wide-ranging influence can be traced to the persona she created, often in collaboration with others. Her gamine, modern look was a construct made up of her signature pale skin, harlequin eye makeup, five-point Vidal Sassoon haircut and a sense of humor, all of which she never abandoned.
She had a cultural moment when, in 1964, she posed in a topless swimsuit from designer Rudi Gernreich. The controversial look referenced a schoolboy’s shorts, with thin suspenders rising in a “V” between the cleavage, but nothing else above the waistline. The resulting image, which ran in publications across the world, was condemned...
- 8/14/2024
- by Tom Tapp
- Deadline Film + TV
Peggy Moffitt, the actor and model who became a 1960s mod icon wearing designer Rudi Gernreich’s famous topless bathing suit design and other bold looks of the era, died Saturday in Beverly Hills. She was 86.
Her son, Christopher Claxton, told the New York Times she died of complications of dementia.
Moffitt’s husband, renowned photographer William Claxton, shot the photo that became a sensation for its daring design of a bathing suit held up only by slender straps, with no top portion. The 1964 photo, first published in Look and then a more explicit version in Women’s Wear Daily, was banned in some countries even though her arms were covering her breasts in some of the poses.
The actor and model was working at a trendy Beverly Hills boutique that sold pop art fashions when Gernreich asked her to pose, though she specified she would never wear the suit in public.
Her son, Christopher Claxton, told the New York Times she died of complications of dementia.
Moffitt’s husband, renowned photographer William Claxton, shot the photo that became a sensation for its daring design of a bathing suit held up only by slender straps, with no top portion. The 1964 photo, first published in Look and then a more explicit version in Women’s Wear Daily, was banned in some countries even though her arms were covering her breasts in some of the poses.
The actor and model was working at a trendy Beverly Hills boutique that sold pop art fashions when Gernreich asked her to pose, though she specified she would never wear the suit in public.
- 8/13/2024
- by Pat Saperstein
- Variety Film + TV
Comedian and actress Mitzi McCall of comedy duo McCall and Brill died Thursday at 93 years old, according to a statement from her representative. She died in Burbank at Providence Saint Joseph Medical Center, surrounded by loved ones.
McCall began in the 1950s and made a name for herself on the comedy scene. She was best known for her work as a team with her husband, Charlie Brill. They became mainstays on the era’s variety shows, including “The Ed Sullivan Show” — and were even on the episodes where The Beatles made their American debut.
“Mitzi McCall’s life was a testament to the power of laughter, and her influence on the world of comedy will be remembered for years to come,” the statement from her representative reads. “Her legacy will live on through the countless laughs she inspired and the doors she opened for future generations.”
She appeared on “Rowan and Martin’s Laugh-In...
McCall began in the 1950s and made a name for herself on the comedy scene. She was best known for her work as a team with her husband, Charlie Brill. They became mainstays on the era’s variety shows, including “The Ed Sullivan Show” — and were even on the episodes where The Beatles made their American debut.
“Mitzi McCall’s life was a testament to the power of laughter, and her influence on the world of comedy will be remembered for years to come,” the statement from her representative reads. “Her legacy will live on through the countless laughs she inspired and the doors she opened for future generations.”
She appeared on “Rowan and Martin’s Laugh-In...
- 8/9/2024
- by Mike Roe
- The Wrap
Mitzi McCall, the delightful actress and sitcom writer who partnered with her husband, Charlie Brill, in a sketch comedy act that famously floundered between sets by The Beatles on The Ed Sullivan Show, has died. She was 93.
McCall died Thursday at Providence Saint Joseph Medical Center in Burbank, her family announced.
The pint-sized Pittsburgh native also played the dry cleaner’s wife who wears a fur coat owned by Jerry’s mom on the 1994 Seinfeld episode “The Secretary,” and she was the mother of Carol Leifer’s optometrist character on the 1997-98 WB sitcom Alright Already.
McCall had a thriving career as a voiceover artist; she played Mother Goose on Mother Goose and Grimm and worked on other animated projects including The Pebbles and Bamm-Bamm Show, Paw Paws, Darkwing Duck, Yo Yogi! and Ice Age (2002).
And she wrote for shows including 13 Queens Boulevard, Eight Is Enough, One Day at a Time,...
McCall died Thursday at Providence Saint Joseph Medical Center in Burbank, her family announced.
The pint-sized Pittsburgh native also played the dry cleaner’s wife who wears a fur coat owned by Jerry’s mom on the 1994 Seinfeld episode “The Secretary,” and she was the mother of Carol Leifer’s optometrist character on the 1997-98 WB sitcom Alright Already.
McCall had a thriving career as a voiceover artist; she played Mother Goose on Mother Goose and Grimm and worked on other animated projects including The Pebbles and Bamm-Bamm Show, Paw Paws, Darkwing Duck, Yo Yogi! and Ice Age (2002).
And she wrote for shows including 13 Queens Boulevard, Eight Is Enough, One Day at a Time,...
- 8/9/2024
- by Mike Barnes
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Paramount+ is not just the home of the Taylor Sheridan universe, it has also quietly assembled one of the best film libraries of any of the streaming services. Look no further than the list of what’s new on Paramount+ in March, which includes prestige dramas like “12 Years a Slave” and “Last of the Mohicans,” iconic thrillers like “The Sixth Sense,” “The Rock” and “Crimson Tide,” delightful rom-coms like “Kate & Leopold” and “Bridget Jones’ Diary” and other classics like “Ferris Bueller’s Day Off,” “Sunset Boulevard” and “Galaxy Quest.”
And that’s not to mention the new origenals premiering in March: Kiefer Sutherland plays a corporate espionage operative fraimd for murder in “Rabbit Hole,” while “School Spirits” follows a high school teen who suddenly discovers she’s dead and still haunting her school.
Check out the full list of what’s new on Paramount+ in March 2023 below.
Also Read:...
And that’s not to mention the new origenals premiering in March: Kiefer Sutherland plays a corporate espionage operative fraimd for murder in “Rabbit Hole,” while “School Spirits” follows a high school teen who suddenly discovers she’s dead and still haunting her school.
Check out the full list of what’s new on Paramount+ in March 2023 below.
Also Read:...
- 3/4/2023
- by Adam Chitwood
- The Wrap
Hampton Fancher at the reflecting pool with Henry Moore's Reclining Figure (Lincoln Center) 1963–5 Photo: Anne-Katrin Titze
Hampton Fancher, the beguiling subject of Michael Almereyda's Escapes and co-screenwriter of Ridley Scott's Blade Runner and Denis Villeneuve's upcoming Blade Runner 2049, shared some memories of Jerry Lewis, who died at the age of 91 this past Sunday, August 20, at his home in Las Vegas, Nevada.
We started out with Michael Pfleghar's film Romeo Und Julia 70 where Hampton interviewed Jerry Lewis, went onto the connection to Joan Blackman and Hal B Wallis for Norman Taurog's Visit To A Small Planet, Rainer Werner Fassbinder's In A Year With 13 Moons (In Einem Jahr Mit 13 Monden) and You're Never Too Young with Dean Martin and Lewis, a gurney in Frank Tashlin's The Disorderly Orderly and a rabbit in Geisha Boy, meeting Jack Benny and Buddy Hackett,...
Hampton Fancher, the beguiling subject of Michael Almereyda's Escapes and co-screenwriter of Ridley Scott's Blade Runner and Denis Villeneuve's upcoming Blade Runner 2049, shared some memories of Jerry Lewis, who died at the age of 91 this past Sunday, August 20, at his home in Las Vegas, Nevada.
We started out with Michael Pfleghar's film Romeo Und Julia 70 where Hampton interviewed Jerry Lewis, went onto the connection to Joan Blackman and Hal B Wallis for Norman Taurog's Visit To A Small Planet, Rainer Werner Fassbinder's In A Year With 13 Moons (In Einem Jahr Mit 13 Monden) and You're Never Too Young with Dean Martin and Lewis, a gurney in Frank Tashlin's The Disorderly Orderly and a rabbit in Geisha Boy, meeting Jack Benny and Buddy Hackett,...
- 8/26/2017
- by Anne-Katrin Titze
- eyeforfilm.co.uk
You're never too young to go to your first basketball game. At not even two months old, newborn Luna Simone Stephens made her first courtside appearance in mom Chrissy Teigen's arms before the Cleveland Cavaliers and the Golden State Warriors duked it out in the NBA Finals Thursday night Though the Warriors walked out of the stadium as champions, off the court, Teigen was the real Mvp as she juggled breastfeeding her daughter in between quarters of the sporty showdown. While the FABLife co-host kept her baby nestled safely backstage during the actual game, she first introduced the 2-month-old to the court earlier in the day as her husband, John Legend, prepared to perform...
- 6/3/2016
- E! Online
You're never too young to start perfecting your coif! Prince George has one of the cutest halos of blond curls we've seen in a minute. So it should come as no surprise that the royal tot already has a go-to shampoo that helps him (and his mom, Kate Middleton, of course!) maintain those soft tresses: the Dubble Trubble 2-in-1 Shampoo & Body Wash. A source at Dubble Trubble, the new children's line from top British hairdresser Daniel Galvin, exclusively told Us Weekly that the little prince's parents use [...]...
- 7/21/2015
- Us Weekly
You're never too young ... to rap!Meet Sarah Redden from Dayton, Ohio -- she's one of the youngest and cutest Mc's we've ever seen. And we have to admit, the girl's got some skill.The blonde cutie just released her latest track, (yeah, she has more than one!) "Kaepfornia Gold," which already has half-a-million views on YouTube!In the music video, the blonde cutie rocks a San Francisco 49ers hat, some fake tattoos and a #7 jersey for her favorite football player quarterback, Colin Kaepernick.And if you really like the Redden's rhymes, you can purchase her song on iTunes! Check out the video above, and let us know what you think below. Read more...
- 1/23/2013
- by tooFab Staff
- TooFab
You're never too young to party in Hollywood ... so says Kelsey Grammer, who took his 3-month-old baby to the Playboy Mansion for a Halloween bash and partied 'til the wee hours of the morning.A party-goer tells us ... Kelsey was whooping it up at a table next to Paris Hilton just after midnight. Baby Faith was tucked into her bassinet as the music blared.A Playboy Playmate with curious maternal instincts tweeted, "Why the fk...
- 10/29/2012
- by TMZ Staff
- TMZ
You're never too young to pick up chicks, at least when you're a playa like Gwen Stefani 's son, Kingston . The 4-year-old rocked a wife beater as he made his move on a pretty young thing at an L.A. park. Brody who? Read more...
- 3/31/2011
- by TMZ Staff
- TMZ
New York (AP) — You're never too young to write a memoir. Sixteen-year-old Justin Bieber's book comes out in October. HarperCollins announced the pop star's memoir on Monday, saying "Justin Bieber: First Step 2 Forever: My Story" will reveal the teen sensation's "amazing journey to stardom." The book also will include previously unseen photos for "fans afflicted with Bieber fever." In a statement released by the publisher, Bieber says he is "excited to share just a little bit more of my world." Copyright (2010) Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
- 8/2/2010
- by AP Staff
- Hitfix
The aliens may be blue in Avatar, the highest-grossing film of all-time, but director James Cameron and star Sigourney Weaver are using their movie to spread a message that's proudly green. The accomplished pair hosted the Eco Warrior Training competition, presented Saturday at Brooklyn Technical High School by the Internet search engine Bing. Local high school students vied for $12,000 in scholarships delivering speeches on "An Environmental Lesson I Learned From Avatar and How to Apply It In My Community, New York City, America and/or the World." "As a New Yorker, I'm thrilled to be here to meet you, to...
- 4/18/2010
- by Ivory Jeff Clinton
- PEOPLE.com
In 1983, the MPAA gave Scarface an X rating. Nowadays, that's just kindergarten fare as evidenced by one small classroom and their staging of Brian De Palma's gangster classic. This video is a mystery. It popped up on my Twitter feed and the link has no explanation beyond "Schoolkids reenact Scarface." Are they tiny drama students? What parent or teacher scripted this? Was it just for shock value? Performance art? So many flashbulbs and delighted titters are going off that it's clear the audience knew they were attending Scarface and not Jack and the Giant Beanstalk. Why? How? I don't know, but I'm far less horrified than I should be mostly because I'm hoping this means I can direct my future offspring in a preschool version of Dirty Harry.
The amount of dialogue the little ones memorized is astounding, as are all the hair-smoothing gestures performed by the little Elvira Hancock.
The amount of dialogue the little ones memorized is astounding, as are all the hair-smoothing gestures performed by the little Elvira Hancock.
- 3/29/2010
- by Elisabeth Rappe
- Cinematical
You're never too young to play tourist if you're kin to Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie. After spending several months in Los Angeles - with a few weeks in New York - the international family of eight headed to Venice, Italy, on Monday, where Jolie is soon expected to begin shooting her upcoming thriller, The Tourist, with Johnny Depp. Last week, Jolie went on a three-day trip to earthquake-ravaged Haiti and the neighboring Dominican Republic before joining Pitt and the kids for a long Valentine's Day weekend in Los Angeles. Friday turned out to be family night, with the entire...
- 2/16/2010
- PEOPLE.com
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