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Top model of the late 1960s who made skinny an "inny" along with other famous skinny models such as Jean Shrimpton ("The Shrimp"), Veruschka von Lehndorff, and Penelope Tree ("The Tree"). She was born Leslie Hornby in Twickenham, Middlesex, England on September 19, 1949, one of three daughters of William Norman and Helen Hornby... See full bio »

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Leslie Hornby
in Neasden, England, UK
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Twiggy with manager-boyfriend Justin de Villeneuve leaving Heathrow airport in London to vacation in Bermuda September 1, 1971 Twiggy Still of Twiggy in America's Next Top Model Still of Tyra Banks, Twiggy, Nigel Barker and J. Alexander in America's Next Top Model Twiggy with her manager-boyfriend Justin de Villeneuve in New York to promote her first film Twiggy with her manager-boyfriend Justin de Villeneuve leaving London to vacation in Barbados May 11, 1970
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Hide HideActress (29 titles)
2005 ShakespeaRe-Told (TV mini-series)
Mrs. Minola
– The Taming of the Shrew (2005) … Mrs. Minola (as Twiggy Lawson)
 
1998 Woundings
Viv
 
1998 Edge of Seventeen
Marlene Dichtrich
 
1997 Something Borrowed, Something Blue (TV movie)
Eve Hamel (as Twiggy Lawson)
 
1995 The Late Show (TV series documentary)
Sophie's Mother
– Sophie's World (1995) … Sophie's Mother
 
1994 Heartbeat (TV series)
Lady Janet Whitly
– A Winter's Tale (1994) … Lady Janet Whitly (as Twiggy Lawson)
 
1994 The Nanny (TV series)
Jocelyn Sheffield
– Stop the Wedding, I Want to Get Off (1994) … Jocelyn Sheffield (as Twiggy Lawson)
 
1993 Body Bags (TV movie)
Cathy Matthews (segment "Eye")
 
1992 Tales from the Crypt (TV series)
Bonnie
– The New Arrival (1992) … Bonnie
 
1991 Princesses (TV series)
Princess Georgina 'Georgy' De La Rue
– Georgy Sings the Blues (1991) … Princess Georgina 'Georgy' De La Rue
– Someday My Prince Will Gum (1991) … Princess Georgina 'Georgy' De La Rue
– Luv Leddahs (1991) … Princess Georgina 'Georgy' De La Rue
– Her Highness for Hire (1991) … Princess Georgina 'Georgy' De La Rue
– Pilot (1991) … Princess Georgina 'Georgy' De La Rue (as Twiggy Lawson)
See all 8 episodes »
 
1989 Istanbul
Maud
 
1989 Wonderworks: Young Charlie Chaplin (TV series)
Hannah Chaplin
– Episode #1.6 (1989) … Hannah Chaplin
– Episode #1.5 (1989) … Hannah Chaplin
– Episode #1.4 (1989) … Hannah Chaplin
– Episode #1.3 (1989) … Hannah Chaplin
– Episode #1.2 (1989) … Hannah Chaplin
See all 6 episodes »
 
1988 The Diamond Trap (TV movie)
Det. Sgt. Charlie Lawson
 
1988 Madame Sousatzka
Jenny
 
1988 Sun Child (TV movie)
Fen Harris
 
1986 The Little Match Girl (TV movie)
Josie Roberts
 
1986 Club Paradise
Phillipa Lloyd
 
1985 The Doctor and the Devils
Jennie Bailey
 
1981/I Pygmalion (TV movie)
Eliza Doolittle
 
1980 There Goes the Bride
Polly Perkins
 
1980 The Blues Brothers
Chic Lady
 
1980 The Donna Summer Special (TV movie)
Bad Girl
 
1979 Bonkers! (TV series)
– Episode #1.1 (1979)
 
1977 David Essex (TV series)
– Episode dated 4 October 1977 (1977)
 
1976 Victorian Scandals (TV series)
Florence Cook
– The Frontiers of Science (1976) … Florence Cook
 
1975 Twiggy (TV series)
– Episode dated 17 December 1975 (1975)
– Episode dated 3 December 1975 (1975)
– Episode dated 19 November 1975 (1975)
– Episode #1.3 (1975)
– Episode dated 15 October 1975 (1975)
See all 6 episodes »
 
1975 Am laufenden Band (TV series)
Singer
– Episode #2.9 (1975) … Singer
 
1974 W
Katie Lewis
 
1971 The Boy Friend
Polly Browne
 
Show ShowSoundtrack (8 titles)
2003 Great Performances (TV series)
– Broadway's Lost Treasures (2003) (performer: "Kickin' the Clouds Away")
 
1988 Madame Sousatzka (performer: "Hiding from the Eyes of Love")
 
1986 The Little Match Girl (TV movie) (performer: "Mistletoe and Wine")
 
1980 The Donna Summer Special (TV movie) (performer: "Bad Girls")
 
1976-1978 Top of the Pops (TV series)
– Episode dated 27 April 1978 (1978) (performer: "Fallen Angel")
– Episode dated 2 June 1977 (1977) (performer: "A Woman in Love")
– Episode dated 9 September 1976 (1976) (performer: "Here I Go Again")
– Episode dated 19 August 1976 (1976) (performer: "Here I Go Again")
– Episode dated 5 August 1976 (1976) (performer: "Here I Go Again")
 
1976 The Muppet Show (TV series)
– Twiggy (1976) (performer: "In My Life", "Ain't Nobody's Business but My Own")
 
1976 The Sonny and Cher Show (TV series)
– Episode #2.10 (1976) (performer: "Pieces Of April")
 
1971 The Boy Friend (performer: "The Boy Friend", "Any Old Iron", "I Could Be Happy with You", "You Are My Lucky Star", "A Room in Bloomsbury", "Act II Finale: I Could Be Happy with You - Part I", "Act II Finale: I Could Be Happy with You - Part II", "All I Do is Dream of You", "Poor Little Pierrette" / as Twiggy Lawson)
 
Show ShowSelf (82 titles)
2012 Gottschalk Live (TV series)
Herself
– Folge 8 (2012) … Herself
 
2012 Ken Russell: A Bit of a Devil (TV documentary)
Herself
 
2012 Twiggy: The Face of '66 (documentary)
Herself
 
2008-2011 Loose Women (TV series)
Herself
– Episode #16.77 (2011) … Herself
– Episode #14.193 (2010) … Herself
– Episode #14.21 (2009) … Herself
– Episode #14.13 (2009) … Herself
– Episode #13.37 (2008) … Herself
 
2009-2011 The ONE Show (TV series)
Herself
– Episode dated 23 November 2011 (2011) … Herself
– Episode dated 9 July 2009 (2009) … Herself
 
2011 Bert Stern: Original Madman (documentary)
Herself
 
2008-2009 Xposé (TV series)
Herself
– Episode #4.13 (2009) … Herself
– Episode #3.33 (2008) … Herself
 
2005-2009 Breakfast (TV series)
Herself
– Episode dated 14 September 2009 (2009) … Herself
– Episode dated 29 July 2005 (2005) … Herself
 
2009 Beyond Biba: A Portrait of Barbara Hulanicki (documentary)
Herself
 
2008 The Alan Titchmarsh Show (TV series)
Herself
– Episode dated 23 September 2008 (2008) … Herself
 
2008 Friday Night with Jonathan Ross (TV series)
Herself
– Episode #14.10 (2008) … Herself
 
2005-2008 America's Next Top Model (TV series)
Herself - Judge / Herself - Judge - Fashion Icon / Fashion Icon
– Exposed: Part II (2008) … Herself - Judge
– Exposed: Part 1 (2008) … Herself - Judge
– The Girl Who Becomes America's Next Top Model (2007) … Herself - Judge - Fashion Icon
– The Girls Go to the Great Wall (2007) … Herself - Judge - Fashion Icon
– The Girls Go on Go-See Adventures (2007) … Herself - Judge/Fashion Icon
See all 62 episodes »
 
2007 The Powder & the Glory (documentary)
Herself (as Twiggy Lawson)
 
2007 Mumbai Calling (TV series)
Herself
– Pilot (2007) … Herself
 
2005-2006 The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson (TV series)
Herself
– Episode #3.54 (2006) … Herself
– Episode #2.36 (2005) … Herself
 
2006 Tubridy Tonight (TV series)
Herself
– Episode #3.4 (2006) … Herself
 
2005-2006 The Tyra Banks Show (TV series)
Herself
– Model Madness (2006) … Herself
– Icons: Tarantino & Twiggy (2006) … Herself
– So You Think You Can Model (2005) … Herself
 
2006 E! True Hollywood Story (TV series documentary)
Herself
– America's Next Top Model (2006) … Herself
 
2006 Best Ever Muppet Moments (TV documentary)
Herself
 
2006 Wogan Now & Then (TV series)
Herself
– Episode #1.9 (2006) … Herself
 
1974-2005 Parkinson (TV series)
Herself
– Episode dated 19 February 2005 (2005) … Herself
– Episode dated 29 May 1978 (1978) … Herself
– Episode dated 16 November 1974 (1974)
 
2004 The Best of 'So Graham Norton' (video)
Herself
 
2003 Today with Des and Mel (TV series)
Herself
– Episode dated 9 September 2003 (2003) … Herself
 
2002 Fame, Fashion and Photography: The Real Blow Up (TV documentary)
Herself
 
2001 This Morning (TV series)
Presenter
 
2001 Absolutely Fabulous (TV series)
Herself
– Menopause (2001) … Herself (as Twiggy Lawson)
– Parallox (2001) … Herself (as Twiggy Lawson)
 
2001 Celebrity Ready, Steady, Cook (TV series)
Herself
– Episode dated 21 February 2001 (2001) … Herself
 
2000 The Beatles Revolution (TV documentary)
Herself
 
1999 So Graham Norton (TV series)
Herself
– Episode #3.2 (1999) … Herself
 
1999 The Annual Film Society of Lincoln Center Honors Mike Nichols (TV movie)
Herself
 
1999 Comic Relief: The Record Breaker (TV special)
Herself
 
1998 The Laurence Olivier Awards 1998 (TV movie)
Herself - Presenter
 
1997 An Audience with the Spice Girls (TV special)
Herself - Audience Member
 
1997 Light Lunch (TV series)
Herself
– Twiggy and Heaven Leigh (1997) … Herself
 
1996 Àngels de nit (TV series)
Herself
– Episode #1.4 (1996) … Herself
 
1993 Vicki! (TV series)
Herself
– Great Gals (1993) … Herself
 
1992 The 9th Annual American Cinema Awards (TV movie)
Herself
 
1991 The Annual National Convention of Christians and Jews (TV movie)
Herself
 
1991 Saturday Night Clive (TV series)
Herself
– Episode #4.6 (1991) … Herself
 
1991 One on One with John Tesh (TV series)
Herself
– Episode #1.1 (1991) … Herself
 
1988 The 1988 Annual Women in Film Awards (TV movie)
Herself
 
1985-1988 Aspel & Company (TV series)
Herself
– Episode #5.11 (1988) … Herself
– Episode #4.1 (1987) … Herself
– Episode #2.4 (1985) … Herself
 
1988 An Audience with Peter Ustinov (TV movie)
Herself
 
1986 Joan Rivers: Can We Talk? (TV series)
– Episode dated 10 March 1986 (1986)
 
1985 An Audience with Billy Connolly (TV movie)
Herself - Audience Member (uncredited)
 
1985 Good Morning Britain (TV series)
Herself
– Episode dated 25 September 1985 (1985) … Herself
 
1971-1984 The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (TV series)
Herself
– Episode dated 29 October 1984 (1984) … Herself
– Episode dated 30 November 1971 (1971) … Herself
 
1984 The 56th Annual Academy Awards (TV special documentary)
Herself - Co-Presenter: Best Costume Design
 
1982 The 34th Annual Directors Guild Awards (TV movie)
Herself
 
1981 A Gift of Music (TV movie)
Herself - Host
 
1979 Bonkers! (TV series)
Herself
– Episode #1.15 (1979) … Herself
 
1978 Golden Gala (TV movie)
Herself
 
1978 Happy Birthday, Bob (TV special)
Herself
 
1978 America 2-Night (TV series)
Herself
– The Benefits of Sugar (1978) … Herself
 
1976-1978 Top of the Pops (TV series)
Herself
– Episode dated 27 April 1978 (1978) … Herself
– Episode dated 2 June 1977 (1977) … Herself
– Episode dated 19 August 1976 (1976) … Herself
– Episode dated 5 August 1976 (1976) … Herself
 
1977-1978 The Val Doonican Music Show (TV series)
Herself
– Episode #2.2 (1978) … Herself
– Episode #1.1 (1977) … Herself
 
1978 Mike Yarwood in Persons (TV series)
Herself
– Episode #2.4 (1978) … Herself
 
1977 Bing Crosby's Merrie Olde Christmas (TV movie)
Herself
 
1977 US Against the World (TV movie)
Herself
 
1977 Night Out at the London Casino (TV series)
Herself
– Episode #1.2 (1977) … Herself
 
1977 Dinah! (TV series)
Herself
– Episode dated 18 July 1977 (1977) … Herself
 
1976-1977 Musikladen (TV series)
Herself
– Episode #1.33 (1977) … Herself
– Episode #1.29 (1976)
 
1977 The Butterfly Ball
Herself
 
1977 Supersonic (TV series)
Herself
– Episode #2.26 (1977) … Herself
 
1976 The Muppet Show (TV series)
Herself / Lola Thomas
– Twiggy (1976) … Herself/Lola Thomas (uncredited)
 
1976 Good Morning America (TV series)
Herself
– Episode dated 8 December 1976 (1976) … Herself
 
1976 The Sonny and Cher Show (TV series)
Herself / Various Characters
– Episode #2.10 (1976) … Herself/Various Characters
 
1976 The Basil Brush Show (TV series)
Herself
– Episode dated 13 November 1976 (1976) … Herself
 
1976 Treffpunkte (TV series documentary)
Herself
– Episode dated 13 October 1976 (1976) … Herself
 
1976 Bring on the Girls (TV movie)
Herself
 
1974 Twiggs (TV series)
Herself
– Episode #1.4 (1974) … Herself
– Episode #1.3 (1974) … Herself
– Episode #1.2 (1974) … Herself
– Episode #1.1 (1974) … Herself
 
1974 The 46th Annual Academy Awards (TV special)
Herself - Presenter: Best Costume Design
 
1974 Cilla (TV series)
– Episode #7.1 (1974)
 
1972 The David Frost Show (TV series)
Herself
– Episode #4.90 (1972) … Herself
 
1971 Beaton by Bailey (TV documentary)
Herself
 
1971 All Talking... All Singing... All Dancing (documentary short)
Herself
 
1969 This Is Your Life (TV series documentary)
Herself
– Twiggy (1969) … Herself
 
1969 Popcorn (documentary)
Herself
 
1969 Twiggy (TV documentary)
 
1967 Juke Box Jury (TV series)
Herself - Guest panellist
– Episode dated 6 December 1967 (1967) … Herself - Guest panellist
 
1967 Today (TV series)
Herself
– Episode dated 22 March 1967 (1967) … Herself
 
1966 Go Go Go Said the Bird (documentary short)
Herself
 
Show ShowArchive Footage (14 titles)
2012 Love Lust (TV series documentary)
 
2009 20 to 1 (TV series documentary)
 
2008 60/90 (TV series)
 
2006 Video on Trial (TV series)
 
2006 The Tyra Banks Show (TV series)
 
2005 Favouritism (TV series)
 
2004 Why I Hate the 60s: The Decade That Was Too Good to Be True (TV documentary)
Herself (uncredited)
 
2004 The Rise of the Celebrity Class (TV documentary)
Herself
 
2003 Great Performances (TV series)
 
1999 Heartbeat Chronicles (video)
Lady Janet Whitly (uncredited)
 
1998 Carry on Snogging (TV documentary short)
Herself
 
1998 A Bing Crosby Christmas (video documentary)
Herself
 
1985 Childrens Songs and Stories with the Muppets (video)
Herself
 
1976 Top of the Pops (TV series)
 
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Personal Details

Other Works:

(1982) Stage: Starred with Tommy Tune on Broadway in "My One and Only, The New Gershwin Musical", nominated for a Tony award. See more »

Publicity Listings:

1 Print Biography  | 4 Interviews  | 4 Articles  | 8 Magazine Cover Photos  | See more »

Official Sites:

Official Site | Official Site | See more »

Alternate Names:

Twiggy Lawson

Height:

5' 6" (1.68 m)
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Did You Know?

Personal Quote:

[on her favourite album] I've got about 20, but if it's just one, it's got to be Sgt. Pepper. I was in London when it was released, and everywhere you went, they were playing Sgt. Pepper, it was the soundtrack to our lives. Two close seconds are Blue by Joni Mitchell and Harvest by Neil Young. See more »

Trivia:

Daughter, Carly Witney, born 1978. See more »

Trademark:

Blonde pixie haircut See more »

Star Sign:

Virgo