Movies Funny Face Role Model | Name Sunny Harnett Years active 1957–1964 Ex-spouse Walter Alshuk | |
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Full Name Annemarie Margot Harnett Died 1987, United States of America | ||
Annemarie Margot "Sunny" Harnett (1924 - May 1987) was an American model in the 1950s and actress. She can be found in fashion magazines throughout that era — including frequently on the cover of Vogue — and was often a model of choice by photographer Edgar de Evia. Harper′s Bazaar ranks her as one of the 26 greatest models of all time.
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After becoming an assistant to Eileen Ford of Ford Models, she soon quit modeling. Harnett allegedly turned down the chance to represent Naomi Sims, who eventually became the first African-American supermodel, because Ford had "too many" black models already.
At some point, Harnett gained weight and underwent a mastectomy. Due to health concerns, she was later placed in a home for long-term care. According to fellow 1950s Ford model Betsy Pickering, Gerald W. ″Jerry″ Ford, founder of Ford Models, hospitalized Harnett for mental illness. Harnett died from injuries sustained in a fire at the home in May 1987 when she was 63.
She was also an actress and appeared in the film Funny Face. An ash blonde, she was a favorite model of photographer Richard Avedon, who served as a thinly veiled model for Fred Astaire′s character of Dick Avery in Funny Face. Avedon snapped one of the most famous photos of Harnett, in which, clad in an evening gown by Grès, she peers at a roulette wheel in a casino in Le Touquet, France. That iconic August 1954 photograph fetched $35,000 when Christie's auctioned it in October 2012.
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