Suzy Parker

About

Popular model of the 1950s who was the cover girl for Bazaar and Life magazines, as well as popular screen actress.

Before Fame

She signed on with the Ford modeling agency while still in high school, and became a model full-time after graduation.

Trivia

Rising to fame in the early early following WWII, she was the first model to earn more than $100 an hour and more than $100,000 in a year.

Family Life

Although she spoke out against marriage, saying it was anathema to romance, she turned out to have had two secret marriages.

Associated With

She was in the Hollywood musical Funny Face, which starred Fred Astaire and Audrey Hepburn.