Penelope Tree

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Penelope Tree
Born (1949-12-02) December 2, 1949 (age 74)
David Bailey
Stuart MacFarlane
ChildrenPaloma Fataar
Michael MacFarlane
Parents
RelativesJeremy Tree (half-brother)
Frances FitzGerald (half-sister)

Penelope Tree (born 2 December 1949) is an English

swinging sixties in London
.

Family

Penelope Tree is the only child of

MP, and Marietta Peabody Tree, a U.S. socialite and political activist. She is the half-sister of both the racehorse trainer Jeremy Tree and the author Frances FitzGerald and a niece of former Massachusetts governor Endicott Peabody
.

Life and career

Tree's family initially objected to her career as a model, and when she was first photographed at the age of 13 by Diane Arbus, her father vowed he would sue if the pictures were published.[2]

Tree made a striking appearance at the 1966 Black and White Ball thrown by the author Truman Capote, wearing a black V-neck tunic with long slashes from the bottom making floating panels, worn over black tights.[3]

The sensation she caused led photographers

David Bailey described Penelope as "an Egyptian Jiminy Cricket".[5]

In 1967, Tree moved into Bailey's flat in London's Primrose Hill neighbourhood. It became a social space for hippies during the "Swinging Sixties" who, Bailey recalled, would be "smoking joints I had paid for and calling me a capitalist pig!" In another famous quote, when John Lennon was asked to encapsulate Tree in three words, he replied, "Hot, Hot, Hot, Smart, Smart, Smart!"[6]

Tree has been extensively compared to The Beatles for inspiring the swinging 60's movement and for galvanizing a generation of young American females.[citation needed] Scars from late-onset acne ended her career in the early 1970s: "I went from being sought-after to being shunned because nobody could bear to talk about the way I looked."[7] In 1972, she was arrested for possession of cocaine.[6][7] In 1974, Bailey and Tree split up and she moved to Sydney. She appeared in the British comedy film The Rutles in 1978.[8]

She was married to

Beach Boys). She has two children, Paloma Fataar (a graduate of Bard College and a student of Tibetan Buddhism
and music), and Michael MacFarlane, by her relationship with Australian Jungian analyst Stuart MacFarlane.

Penelope Tree is a patron of Lotus Outreach, a charity which works in Cambodia in partnership with local grassroots women's organisations to give girls from the very poorest families the wherewithal to go to school.[9]

In 2011, she appeared as an interviewee for a documentary on the life of fashion editor Diana Vreeland.[citation needed]

In 2017, she was interviewed for a documentary about Beaton called Love,Cecil

In 1983, English indiepop band Felt released a song called Penelope Tree, featuring a picture of her on the cover.[10]

References

  1. ^ a b "Penelope Tree". Models.com. Retrieved 16 May 2023.
  2. ^ Seebohm, Caroline (October 21, 1997). "No Regrets: The Life of Marietta Tree". Washington Monthly. Simon & Schuster. Archived from the original (Book Review) on February 28, 2008.
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  4. ^ Davis. Party of the Century. p. 227.
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  6. ^ a b France, Louise (August 2, 2008). "People thought I was a freak. I kind of liked that". The Observer. London: Guardian News and Media Limited. When John Lennon was asked to describe her in three words he is said to have replied: 'Hot, hot, hot, smart, smart, smart!'
  7. ^ a b France, Louise (August 24, 2008). "I felt just like an alien — so I thought I could look like one". Independent.ie. Dublin, Ireland. Retrieved September 6, 2017.
  8. IMDb
  9. ISSN 2041-6318
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  10. ^ Felt - Penelope Tree, June 1983, retrieved 30 June 2023

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