Margaux Hemingway

Acting

Born
February 16, 1954
Died
July 1, 1996
Place of birth
Portland, Oregon, USA

Biography

Margaux Louise Hemingway was an American fashion model and actress. She earned success as a supermodel in the mid-1970s, appearing on the covers of magazines including Cosmopolitan, Elle, Harper's Bazaar, Vogue and Time.

She signed a million-dollar contract for Fabergé as the spokes-model for Babe perfume. She was the granddaughter of writer Ernest Hemingway. Her later years were marred by highly publicized episodes of addiction and depression, before her suicide from a drug overdose on July 1, 1996, at the age of 42.

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