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Brooke Shields
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Brooke Christa Camille Shields (born May 31, 1965) is an American actress and supermodel.
Biography
Career
Modeling career
Shields' career as a model began in the mid 1960s when she was an infant.
Her first job was for Ivory Soap, shot by Francesco Scavullo. She continued
as a successful child model with model agent Eileen Ford, who, in her
Lifetime Network biography, stated that she started her children's division
just for Brooke. In early 1980 (at age 14), Shields was the youngest fashion
model ever to appear on the cover of the top fashion publication Vogue
magazine. Later that same year, Shields appeared in controversial print and
TV ads for Calvin Klein jeans. The TV ad included her saying the famous
tagline, "You want to know what comes between me and my Calvins? Nothing."
By the age of 16, Shields had become one of the most recognizable faces in
the world because of her dual career as a provocative fashion model and
controversial child actress. TIME magazine reported, in its February 9, 1981
cover story, that her day rate as a model was $10,000. In 1983 Shields
appeared on the cover of the September issue of Paris Vogue, the October and
November issues of American Vogue and the December edition of Italian Vogue.
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Film career
Shields' first major film role was her 1978 appearance in Louis Malle's
Pretty Baby, a movie in which she played a child living in a brothel (and in
which there were numerous nude scenes). Because she was only 12 when the
film was released, and possibly 11 when it was filmed, questions were raised
about child pornography. This was followed by a slightly less controversial,
but also less notable film, Wanda Nevada (1979).
After two decades of movies, her best-known films are still arguably The
Blue Lagoon (1980), which included a number of nude scenes between teenage
lovers on a deserted island (Shields later testified before a U.S.
Congressional inquiry that older body doubles were used in some of them),
and Endless Love (1981). She won the People's Choice Award in the category
of Favorite Young Performer in four consecutive years from 1981 to 1984.
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Career stalling
Shields put her film career on hold to attend Princeton University from 1983
to 1987, graduating with a degree in French literature. . Her senior thesis
was titled "The Initiation: From Innocence to Experience: The
Pre-Adolescent/Adolescent Journey in the Films of Louis Malle, Pretty Baby
and Lacombe Lucien." It was here at Princeton where she spoke openly about
her sexuality and virginity. During her tenure at Princeton, Shields was a
member of the Princeton Triangle Club and the Cap and Gown Club.
Shields' career stalled at various times, and she has told interviewers that
her height (6') prevented her from getting roles opposite shorter male
actors.
Television appearances
Shields has appeared in a number of television shows, the most successful
being the NBC sitcom Suddenly Susan, in which she starred from 1996 until
2000 and which earned her a People's Choice Award in the category of
Favorite Female Performer in a New Television Series in 1997 and two Golden
Globe nominations.
Shields made a couple of guest appearances on That '70s Show. She played Pam
Burkhart, Jackie's (Mila Kunis) mother, who later was briefly involved with
Donna's (Laura Prepon) father (played by Don Stark). Shields left That '70s
Show when her character was written out. She also appeared in one episode of
the popular comedy sitcom Friends playing Joey's stalker. Shields recorded
the narration for the Sony/BMG recording of The Runaway Bunny, a Concerto
for Violin, Orchestra, and Reader by Glen Roven. It was performed by the
Royal Philharmonic and Ittai Shapira. Earlier in 1980, Shields was the
youngest guest star to ever appear on The Muppet Show, in which she and the
Muppets put on their own version of Alice In Wonderland. She has also
starred in episodes of Hannah Montana as Miley Stewart's mother. She is
currently playing Wendy Healy in the television series Lipstick Jungle on
NBC.
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On-stage productions
Shields has appeared in many on-stage productions, mostly musical revivals,
including Grease, Cabaret, Wonderful Town and Chicago on Broadway; she also
performed in Chicago in London's West End.
Personal life
Shields with Princeton University Band for taping of Sally Jesse Raphael's
Show (Feb 1991)Shields was born in New York City into a well-known American
society family with links to Italian nobility. Her paternal grandmother was
Marina Torlonia (1916-1960), daughter of the Italian 4th Prince of
Civitella-Cesi, an Italian aristocrat, and through him Brooke can claim
descent from Henri IV, King of France, Lucrezia Borgia,Charles V, Holy Roman
Emperor and Honore I , Prince of Monaco, among others. Marina's brother, 5th
Prince Alessandro (1911-1986) married the Infanta Beatriz of Spain
(1909-2002), an aunt of King of Spain Juan Carlos de Borbón. Their
granddaughter Sibilla Sandra Weiller (b. 12 Jun 1968), Brooke's second
cousin, married in 1994 Prince Guillaume of Luxembourg (b. 1963), a younger
brother of the reigning Grand Duke of Luxembourg.
Her father was Francis Alexander Shields, and her mother is Teri Shields
(née Maria Theresa Schmonn). Shields adopted her middle name, Camille, for
her Confirmation at age 10. Shields' parents divorced when she was a child,
and her father later married Diana Lippert Auchincloss, the former wife of
Thomas Gore Auchincloss (a half-brother of Gore Vidal and a stepbrother of
Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis). The actress has three half-sisters: Marina (who
married Thomas William Purcell), Olympia, and Christina Shields. She also
has two stepsiblings, Diana Luise Auchincloss and Thomas Gore Auchincloss
Jr. She attended the all-girl Lenox School. She graduated from
Dwight-Englewood School in Englewood, New Jersey.
Her paternal grandparents were Francis Xavier Shields, a tennis star of
Irish descent, and his second wife, the Italian princess Donna Marina
Torlonia di Civitella-Cesi, a half-Italian, half-American socialite who was
a sister of Don Alessandro Torlonia, 5th Prince di Civitella-Cesi, the
husband of Infanta Beatriz of Spain (an aunt of King Juan Carlos I of
Spain). Through her grandmother she is related to several Italian noble
families (most notably Borgia, Medici, d'Este and di Savoia). The paternal
grandmother of Shields' great-grandfather, Don Marino Torlonia (the fourth
prince of Civitella-Cesi), was Princess Donna Anna Sforza-Cesarini, a
descendant of Ludovico Sforza, Duke of Milan and patron of Leonardo da
Vinci. Torlonia's maternal grandmother was Princess Donna Leopoldina
Doria-Pamphilli-Landi, the granddaughter of Leopoldina of Savoy, a princess
of the royal family of Piedmont and Sardinia, which later became the Royal
Family of Italy. The descendant of many popes, Torlonia inherited the
administration of the Banca Torlonia, which worked the finances of the
Vatican and several other investments. He was one of the richest noblemen in
Italy around the beginning of the twentieth century, and introduced the
first motor car in Rome. Shields is a second cousin once removed of the
actress Glenn Close. Shields's great-grandmother Mary Elsie Moore (wife of
Don Marino Torlonia, 4th Prince di Civitella-Cesi) was Close's great-aunt, a
sister of Close's maternal grandfather, Charles Arthur Moore.
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Into the mid-1980s, Shields was a resident of Haworth, New Jersey
During the 1980s and 1990s, Shields' romantic relationships were the subject
of many tabloid articles. Among the celebrities she dated were Ted McGinley
(her high school prom escort), Dean Cain (her Princeton roommate), John F.
Kennedy Jr., Michael Bolton, Prince Albert II of Monaco, George Michael and
Michael Jackson (his date to the 1984 Grammy Awards).
Shields was married from April 19, 1997, to April 9, 1999, to professional
tennis player Andre Agassi; their marriage was annulled. Since April 4,
2001, she has been married to television writer Chris Henchy. They have two
daughters: Rowan Frances (b. May 15, 2003) and Grier Hammond (b. April 18,
2006).
Honorary Ambassador of Peace for the Harvey Ball Foundation along with
Jackie Chan, A. V. T. Shankardass, Jerry Lewis, Prince Albert of Monaco,
Jack Nicklaus, Greg Norman, Phil Collins, Jimmy Buffett, Dale Earnhardt Jr.,
Darrell Waltrip, Heather Mills, Yoko Ono, Patch Adams, Sergei Khrushchev and
Winnie Mandela.
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Postpartum depression
Brooke Shields (2007-11-05)In the spring of 2005, Shields spoke to magazines
(such as Guideposts) and appeared on The Oprah Winfrey Show to publicize her
battle with postpartum depression, an experience that included depression,
thoughts of suicide, an inability to respond to her baby's needs, and
delayed maternal bonding. The illness may have been triggered by a traumatic
childbirth, the death of her father three weeks earlier, stress from in
vitro fertilization, a miscarriage, and a family history of depression, as
well as the hormones and life changes brought on by childbirth. Her book,
Down Came the Rain, discusses her experience.
In May 2005, Tom Cruise, a Scientologist whose beliefs frown upon
psychiatry, condemned Shields both personally and professionally,
particularly for both using and speaking in favor of the antidepressant drug
Paxil. As Cruise said, "Here is a woman, and I care about Brooke Shields
because I think she is an incredibly talented woman, you look at [and
think], where has her career gone?" Shields responded that Cruise's
statements about anti-depressants were "irresponsible" and "dangerous." She
said he should "stick to fighting aliens", (a reference to Cruise's starring
role in War of the Worlds as well as some of the more exotic aspects of
Scientology doctrine and teachings), "and let mothers decide the best way to
treat postpartum depression." The actress responded to a further attack by
Cruise in an essay War of Words published in The New York Times on July 1,
2005, in which she made an individual case for the medication and said, "In
a strange way, it was comforting to me when my obstetrician told me that my
feelings of extreme despair and my suicidal thoughts were directly tied to a
biochemical shift in my body. Once we admit that postpartum is a serious
medical condition, then the treatment becomes more available and socially
acceptable. With a doctor's care, I have since tapered off the medication,
but without it, I wouldn't have become the loving parent I am today." On
August 31, 2006, according to USAToday.com, Cruise privately
apologized to Shields for the incident, and Shields accepted, saying it was
"heartfelt." Three months later, she and her husband attended the wedding of
Cruise and Katie Holmes in November 2006.
Since writing her book, Shields has guest-starred on shows like FX's
Nip/Tuck and CBS' Two and a Half Men. In 2007, she made a guest appearance
on Disney's Hannah Montana playing Susan Stewart, Miley and Jackson's
mother. In 2008, she returned in the primetime drama Lipstick Jungle.
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