Born 1932 as Cecilia Ann Renee Parker, American model and actress Suzy Parker was active from 1947 until 1970. Her modeling career reached its zenith during the 1950s, when she appeared on the covers of dozens of magazines and in advertisements and movie and television roles.
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| Suzy Parker as a model in the early 1950s |
Parker appeared in advertisements for Revlon and many other cosmetic companies, including Solo Products, the largest hair care product company in the country at the time. (Models did not have exclusive cosmetic company contracts until Lauren Hutton and Karen Graham in the early 1970s).
In 1956, at the height of her modelling career, Parker became the first model to earn $100,000 per year ($1,076,000 today). A song that The Beatles wrote for her, though not released on record, appeared in their 1970 documentary film Let It Be, which won the Academy Award for Best Original Score.
Parker died in 2003, at age 70, in Montecito, California. Take a look at these stunning photos to see portraits of a young Suzy Parker as a model in the early 1950s.
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| Suzy Parker in enamel blue on black crêpe dress, the blue is built into the bodice then flows from the waist as free panel, by Mallinson from design by Jean Dessès, photo by Lillian Bassman, Harper's Bazaar, September 1951 |
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| Suzy Parker in gray silk shantung halter dress with white passementerie bib with white ball fringe that is detachable by Cohama, photo by Genevieve Naylor, Harper's Bazaar UK, June 1951 |
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| Suzy Parker in lovely gown of Bianchini white silk chiffon worn with apple-green taffeta stole by Irene, Kodachrome by Richard Avedon, Harper's Bazaar, April 1951 |
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| Suzy Parker in pretty Enka rayon organza dress by Filcol, photo by Francesco Scavullo, Harper's Bazaar, November 1951 |
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| Suzy Parker in silk shantung dress with white embroidered detail by Cohama, photo by Genevieve Naylor, New York, 1951 |
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| Suzy Parker in slate-blue suit by Brigance, photo by Horst P. Horst, 1951 |
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| Suzy Parker in a summer dress of white linen by Mollie Parnis, photo by Clifford Coffin, February 1952 |
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| Suzy Parker in belted beige jacket worn over slim black skirt, photo by Richard Rutledge, 1952 |
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| Suzy Parker in black crepe dress with finely pleated skirt by Larry Aldrich, jewelry by Verdura, photo by Irving Penn, 1952 |
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| Suzy Parker in gown by Jacques Fath, photo by Horst P. Horst, Vogue, April 1952 |
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| Suzy Parker in Norell's red sequin sheath, photo by Milton Greene for the cover of Life, September 8, 1952 |
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| Suzy Parker in tiny fringed black silk organza coat tied on with satin ribbons worn with black velvet hat with one white rose by Balenciaga, photo by Richard Avedon, Harper's Bazaar, November 1952 |
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| Suzy Parker in water-lily green chiffon and ivory ribbed silk skirt by Christian Dior, Vogue, March 15, 1952 |
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| Suzy Parker in white plastron with butterfly print scarf attached by Hattie Carnegie, pin by Halbé, photo by Richard Rutledge, Vogue, March 15, 1952 |
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| Suzy Parker is wearing a jewelled stamen of gold and turquoise cabochons, to pin in a flower, by Schlumberger, winged earrings by Trifari, white cashmere sweater by Pringle, photo by Horst P. Horst, Vogue, November 15, 1952 |
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| Suzy Parker wearing a white chiffon strapless gown by Christian Dior, photo by Frances McLaughlin-Gill, 1952 |
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| Suzy Parker, photo by Irving Penn for cover of Vogue, May 1952 |
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| Suzy Parker, photo by Richard Rutledge, 1952 |
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| Suzy Parker, photo by Richard Rutledge, Vogue, March 15, 1952 |
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| Suzy Parker in a wonderful dress of Italian silk print with a close bodice and yards-wide skirt by Harvey Berin, Baku hat by Chanda, photo by Horst P. Horst, Vogue, March 15, 1953 |
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| Suzy Parker in ball gown of blue satin with intricately seamed bodice, back-swung and bow-knot sleeves by Jacques Fath, photo by John Rawlings, Vogue, November 1, 1953 |
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| Suzy Parker in Christian Dior, photo by John Rawlings, Vogue, October 15, 1953 |
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| Suzy Parker in Dior gown for a Modess ad, photo by Ed Pfizenmaier, 1953 |
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| Suzy Parker in dusky rose lace and satin dress by Balenciaga, diamond jewelry by Van Cleef & Arpels, photo by Henry Clarke, Vogue, November 1, 1953 |
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| Suzy Parker in fitted evening gown of wool with a lustrous sheen that looks like satin by Christian Dior, EMBA Lutetia mink by Holt Renfrew, photo by John Rawlings, Vogue, November 1, 1953 |
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| Suzy Parker in Jacques Griffe, photo by John Rawlings, Vogue, October 15, 1953 |
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| Suzy Parker in pale yellow lace dress with blue satin ribbon by Balenciaga, photo by Henry Clarke, 1953 |
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| Suzy Parker wearing beige button-front suit with white flowered hat, both from Christian Dior, photo by Clifford Coffin, March 1953 |
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| Suzy Parker wearing dress from a Vogue Pattern, photo by Clifford Coffin, New York, American Vogue, March 1, 1953 |
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| Suzy Parker wearing pants and blouse by Pucci, photo by John Rawlings, Vogue, December 1953 |
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| Suzy Parker with daffodils, photo by Georges Dambier, Paris, 1953 |
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| Suzy Parker, Tender Pink lipstick and nailpolish by Helena Rubinstein, photo by Richard Avedon, Harper's Bazaar UK, August 1953 |
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| Suzy Parker, wearing Givenchy's Chinese swinging lacquer-printed skirt with lace petticoat and quilted satin jacket, photo by John Rawlings, Vogue, 1953 |
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