PLAYBOY US 1990 05 COVER MARGAUX HEMINGWAY JOHN MALKOVICH Tina Bockrath INTERVIEW Dave Barry

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Margaux Hemingway (cover)". Vogue Timeline. No.September 1975. Archived from the original on September 6, 2015. McInerny, Vivian (September 10, 2012). "Mariel Hemingway in Portland". Oregon Home Magazine . Retrieved April 2, 2016.

With a failed string of movies, Hemingway resorted to making appearances and signing copies of her Playboy photos to make ends meet. She also served as the face of her cousin's psychic hotline. Margaux Hemingway's Private Struggles Took Their Toll Over Time Despite her immediate success, Margaux Hemingway struggled with her fame. According to Vogue, she once compared celebrity to "being in the eye of a hurricane." And for the woman who'd grown up largely in rural Idaho, the New York scene was utterly overwhelming. Though her life was cut short, Margaux Hemingway has become something of a cult classic herself. Her modeling photos are still regarded as some of the best, and her films have a dedicated fan base throughout the world. Liebenson, Donald (December 1, 1994). "Video as Drive-in". Chicago Tribune . Retrieved February 3, 2021. Margaux Louise Hemingway (born Margot Louise Hemingway; February 16, 1954 – July 1, 1996) [a] was an American fashion model and actress. She gained success as a supermodel in the mid-1970s, appearing on the covers of magazines including Cosmopolitan, Elle, Harper's Bazaar, Vogue, and Time.Fonseca, Nicholas (June 29, 2001). "Papa's Little Girl". Entertainment Weekly . Retrieved February 3, 2021.

Determined to return to the silver screen, Margaux Hemingway appeared in a number of B-movies and direct-to-video features in the mid-1980s and early 1990s. Unfortunately, the movie roles did not continue to roll in, and she eventually stopped acting. Yet she also loved the parties and people who orbited around the art world in the 1970s and 1980s. Soon, she was a fixture of Andy Warhol's Studio 54, where she partied with the likes of Bianca Jagger, Grace Jones, Halston, and Liza Minnelli. She signed a million-dollar contract with Fabergé Inc. as the spokesmodel 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. Rainey (August 21, 1996). "Margaux Hemingway's Death Ruled a Suicide". Los Angeles Times. Archived from the original on August 5, 2020 . Retrieved February 27, 2022.

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a b c Holloway, Lynette (July 3, 1996). "Margaux Hemingway Is Dead; Model and Actress Was 41". The New York Times. PL Gould/IMAGES/Getty Images Margaux Hemingway with Farrah Fawcett and Cary Grant at Studio 54, c. 1980. Holmes, Baxter (September 7, 2015). "Visiting Hemingway's Grave". Esquire. Archived from the original on December 30, 2015. On July 1, 1996, Hemingway's friend found her body in her apartment in California, and evidence showed she had died several days before. A lethal dose of phenobarbital was ruled as the leading factor in her suicide. On July 1, 1996, Hemingway was found dead in her studio apartment in Santa Monica. Though her body was found reportedly badly decomposed, [20] the official autopsy and California death records list July 1 as her date of death. [a] She had taken an overdose of phenobarbital, according to the Los Angeles County coroner's toxicology report one month later, [21] although her family had difficulty accepting the fact of her suicide. [1]

Margaux Hemingway Found Early Success in Modeling

During the height of her modeling career in the mid- to late 1970s, Hemingway was a regular attendee of New York City's exclusive discothèque Studio 54, often in the company of such celebrities as Halston, Bianca Jagger, Liza Minnelli, Grace Jones, and Andy Warhol. At such social mixers, she began to use alcohol and drugs. [1] 1976–1996: film career [ edit ] Hemingway in 1976 Ron Galella/Ron Galella Collection via Getty Images Margaux Hemingway was one of the world’s first supermodels and came to define a generation of fashion and glamor in the 1970s. Irlen, Helen (1991). Reading by the Colors. p.95. ISBN 978-0-3995-3156-9 . Retrieved February 3, 2021. On New Year's Eve 1979, Hemingway married French filmmaker Bernard Faucher in Ketchum, and they lived in Paris for a year. [18] She divorced him in 1985 after six years. [16] Presenter: Joan Rivers (December 22, 2005). "Surviving Suicide of Loved One". Larry King Live. CNN . Retrieved May 24, 2008.

On July 2, 1996, news broke that supermodel Margaux Hemingway died of an intentional overdose at 42 years old. In the last years of her life, her decades-long career had been marred by a public struggle with addiction. But after her death, it was her beauty and talent that people remembered most. a b Freytag, Arny (May 1990). "Margaux Hemingway: 'Papa's Girl' (Pictorial)". Playboy. Vol.37, no.5. pp.126–35. According to The Los Angeles Times, the report showed that she'd ingested so many pills that her body didn't even have time to digest them all before she died. Hemingway continued to support herself by appearing in a small number of direct-to-video films into the 1990s, autographing her nude photos from Playboy, and endorsing a psychic telephone hotline owned by her cousin, Adiel Hemingway. Shortly before her death, she was set to host the outdoor adventure series Wild Guide on the Discovery Channel. [8] Personal life [ edit ] Hemingway with Eduardo Montes-Bradley in 1991 Determined to make a name for herself and come out of her famous grandfather's shadow, Margaux Hemingway was able to make a life all her own, captured on film for the world to continue to see.a b c d Estroff Marano, Hara (December 1, 1996). "What Killed Margaux Hemingway?". Psychology Today . Retrieved August 27, 2022. It was there that Selig made Hemingway's business and social introductions to his friends, such as Marian McEvoy, fashion editor at Women's Wear Daily; photographer Francesco Scavullo; fashion designer Halston; Vogue fashion editor Francis Stein; and Jon Revson, Selig's cousin. Revson, a scion of the Revson family that created Revlon cosmetics, declined Selig's offer for Hemingway to endorse Revlon, whereas later Fabergé signed her on with the largest salary of its day. Revson did come to visit both Selig and Hemingway (with the Hemingway family) in Ketchum to congratulate her after Hemingway's TIME magazine cover appeared in June 1975. [ citation needed] Then, in 1984, Hemingway suffered numerous injuries in a skiing accident. Her recovery led to a significant weight gain, and the downtime only worsened her existing depression. Wanting to get better and return to her life and career, she spent some time at the Betty Ford Center to work through her depression, according to Entertainment Weekly. Almost overnight, Margaux Hemingway became an international celebrity. And one with "the face of a generation, as recognizable and memorable as Lisa Fonssagrives and Jean Shrimpton," the fashion illustrator Joe Eula told The New York Times. Life As 'New York's Supermodel' Ron Galella/Ron Galella Collection via Getty Images Margaux Hemingway at the launch of the May 1990 issue of Playboy for which she appeared on the cover.