Marianne Faithfull
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About
Award-winning singer-songwriter and actress whose career spanned more than fifty years. She released the hit album Broken English in 1979. Her song "The Ballad of Lucy Jordan" has gained over 30 million streams on Spotify.
Before Fame
She struggled through tuberculosis as a child. Her musical career started in coffee shops, where she would play folk songs.
Trivia
She co-wrote "Sister Morphine" for the Rolling Stones album Sticky Fingers. In 2009, she won a Lifetime Achievement Award at the Women's World Awards.
Family Life
She married John Dunbar in 1965; after their divorce a year later, she married Ben Brierly in 1979 and then married Giorgio Della Terza in 1988.
Associated With
She had a highly publicized romantic relationship with Rolling Stones' lead singer, Mick Jagger.
