Tessa Kennedy

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Tessa Georgina Kennedy (born 6 December 1938) is a British

Kennedy was born in Guildford, Surrey, one of three daughters of Osijek-born Daška Ivanović (1915–2004), and her first husband Geoffrey Alexander Farrer Kennedy (1908–1996).

She is a niece of diplomat and former

Kennedy attended

At age 18, Kennedy became a cause célèbre after she eloped with the painter Dominick Elwes.^[3]

On 27 November 1957, Geoffrey Kennedy obtained a restraining order against Elwes. However, the High Court Tipstaff was not authorized to apprehend Elwes in any place outside England and Wales.^[4]

After attempting to wed in Scotland, while being pursued by the press, the young couple eloped to Havana, Cuba.^[5] Mobster Meyer Lansky provided accommodation for them at the Habana Riviera, and the couple were wed in a civil ceremony on 27 January 1958.

When

A member of the British Interior Design Association (BIDA), Kennedy was the first woman to work in Saudi Arabia with her own company.[15] Following two years as President of the International Society of Interior Designers in Britain and three years on the International Board, she made a Fellow of the International Interior Design Association (IIDA).

Personal life

With Elwes, Kennedy had three sons: film producer Cassian Elwes, artist Damian Elwes and actor Cary Elwes. By her second husband, the Hollywood film producer Elliott Kastner (7 January 1930 – 30 June 2010), she has a son and a daughter, Dillon and Milica (d. 2021)^[16]

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• Jacobson, Stuart E.; Lovi, Steve (1987). The Art of Giving. New York: Harry N Abrams Inc. p. 216.
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• Who's Who in Interior Design by Barons Who's Who (1988)
• The Decorator by Florence de Dampierre. Rizzoli (1989)
• ABC: The First Name in Entertainment by Allen Eyles. Burgess Hill Cinema Theatre Assoc. [U.A.] (1993)
• Empowered Spaces: Architects & Designers at Home and at Work by Carol Soucek King. Rizzoli (1993)
• The Bedroom by Diane Berger (photography by Fritz von der Schulenburg). Abbeyville Press (1995)
• Designing with Tile, Stone & Brick: The Creative Touch by Carol Soucek King. PBC International (1995)
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• Domestic Bliss: Simple Ways to Add Style to Your Life by Rita Konig. Fireside (2003)
• Sam Spiegel by Natasha Fraser-Cavassoni. Simon and Schuster (2003)
• The New Curtain Book: Master-Classes with Today's Top Designers by Stephanie Hoppen & Fritz Von der Schulenburg. Allen & Unwin (2003)
• Almanac of Architecture & Design by James P Cramer & Jennifer Evans Yankopolus. Greenway Group, (2005)
• 100 Hotels & Resorts: Destinations that Lift the Spirit by Howard J. Wolff, Allison Wimberly, Tong & Goo. Images Pub. (2008)