Penelope Tree
Penelope Tree | |
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Born | David Bailey Stuart MacFarlane | December 2, 1949
Children | Paloma Fataar Michael MacFarlane |
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Relatives | Jeremy Tree (half-brother) Frances FitzGerald (half-sister) |
Penelope Tree (born 2 December 1949) is an English
Family
Penelope Tree is the only child of
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
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
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
- ^ a b "Penelope Tree". Models.com. Retrieved 16 May 2023.
- ^ 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.
- ISBN 978-0-470-09821-9.
- ^ Davis. Party of the Century. p. 227.
- ISBN 978-0670888184.
- ^ 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!'
- ^ 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.
- IMDb
- ISSN 2041-6318.
- ^ Felt - Penelope Tree, June 1983, retrieved 30 June 2023