Brooke ShieldsChrista Brooke Camille Shields (born May 31, 1965) is an American actress, born in New York City, New York, USA. She attended Princeton University. Shields' career started among much ballyhoo over her appearance in Pretty Baby in which she had numerous nude scenes. Since she was only 12 when the film was released, and possibly 11 when it was filmed it raised questions of child pornography. After two decades of movies, her best-known films are still arguably The Blue Lagoon (1980) (more nude scenes, but Shields later testified before a Congressional inquiry that older body doubles were used in some of them), and Endless Love (1981), both made near the beginning of her career. Shields played in a number of television productions, the most successful being the series Suddenly Susan. She was married from 1997 to 1999 to professional tennis player, Andre Agassi. Since 2001 she has been married to Christopher Thomas Henchy: they are parents of one daughter born in 2003. She won the People's Choice Award in the category of Favorite Young Performer in four consecutive years from 1981 to 1984 and more than a decade later she won again in the category of Favorite Female Performer in a New Television Series in 1997. Her parents are the late Francis Alexander Shields who married Brooke´s mother, Maria Theresia Schmonin, in 1964. Her paternal grandparents are Francis Xavier Shields, (a tennis aristocrat), and Italian princess Donna Marina Torlonia di Civitella-Cessi, who is sister of Don Alessandro Torlonia, 5th Prince di Civitella-Cessi, the husband of the Spanish Infanta Beatrix of Bourbon-Battenberg (aunt of King Juan Carlos I of Spain). Through her grandmother, Brooke Shields is a descendant of Henri IV, King of France, the Emperor Charles V, Lucrezia Borgia, and Honore I, Prince of Monaco. Her great-grandmother, Elsie Moore, was the sister of Glenn Close's grandfather. Her ancestry is traced in William Addams Reitwiesner's monograph, The Lesbian Ancestors of Prince Rainier of Monaco, Dr. Otto von Habsburg, Brooke Shields, and the Marquis de Sade. [1] (http://members.aol.com/eurostamm/lesbian.html)
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Her ancestry is traced in William Addams Reitwiesner's monograph, The Lesbian Ancestors of Prince Rainier of Monaco, Dr. The beginning of the 1970s saw a resurgence in her film career, with character roles in The World According to Garp, Best Friends, Still of the Night (all 1982) and The Bostonians (1984), and the hit film Cocoon (1985), opposite Cronyn, with whom she reteamed for *Batteries not included (1987) and Cocoon: The Return (1988). Her great-grandmother, Elsie Moore, was the sister of Glenn Close's grandfather. After her Tony-winning performance as Blanche DuBois in the original Broadway production of Tennessee Williams' A Streetcar Named Desire, she concentrated on the stage and only appeared sporadically in films such as The Light in the Forest (1957) and The Birds (1963). Through her grandmother, Brooke Shields is a descendant of Henri IV, King of France, the Emperor Charles V, Lucrezia Borgia, and Honore I, Prince of Monaco. She made her American film debut in The Seventh Cross (1944), and appeared in The Valley of Decision (1945), The Green Years (1946, as Cronyn's daughter!), and Forever Amber (1947). Her paternal grandparents are Francis Xavier Shields, (a tennis aristocrat), and Italian princess Donna Marina Torlonia di Civitella-Cessi, who is sister of Don Alessandro Torlonia, 5th Prince di Civitella-Cessi, the husband of the Spanish Infanta Beatrix of Bourbon-Battenberg (aunt of King Juan Carlos I of Spain). Following her first marriage to actor Jack Hawkins, she moved to New York and met actor Hume Cronyn, who became her second husband and frequent partner on stage and screen. Her parents are the late Francis Alexander Shields who married Brooke´s mother, Maria Theresia Schmonin, in 1964. She also worked in British films. She won the People's Choice Award in the category of Favorite Young Performer in four consecutive years from 1981 to 1984 and more than a decade later she won again in the category of Favorite Female Performer in a New Television Series in 1997. From a young age she was determined to be an actress, and first appeared on the London stage in 1927, playing, among others, Katherine opposite Laurence Olivier's Henry V and Cordelia opposite John Gielgud's King Lear. Since 2001 she has been married to Christopher Thomas Henchy: they are parents of one daughter born in 2003. After an acting career spanning some 65 years, Tandy found latter-day movie stardom in big-budget, major-studio releases and intimate dramas alike. She was married from 1997 to 1999 to professional tennis player, Andre Agassi. Jessica won a Tony Award in 1982 for Foxfire, in 1978 for The Gin Game, and in 1948 for A Streetcar Named Desire. Shields played in a number of television productions, the most successful being the series Suddenly Susan. Later the same year, she was diagnosed with ovarian cancer. After two decades of movies, her best-known films are still arguably The Blue Lagoon (1980) (more nude scenes, but Shields later testified before a Congressional inquiry that older body doubles were used in some of them), and Endless Love (1981), both made near the beginning of her career. She is the mother of actress Tandy Cronyn, and was chosen by People magazine as one of the 50 Most Beautiful People in the world in 1990. Since she was only 12 when the film was released, and possibly 11 when it was filmed it raised questions of child pornography. Jessica Tandy (June 7, 1909 – September 11, 1994) was a British-born American actress who was born in London. Shields' career started among much ballyhoo over her appearance in Pretty Baby in which she had numerous nude scenes. 1992: Fried Green Tomatoes. She attended Princeton University. 1989: Driving Miss Daisy. Christa Brooke Camille Shields (born May 31, 1965) is an American actress, born in New York City, New York, USA. Cocoon the Return. Holy Terror) (1976). 1988: The House on Carroll Street
Communion (a.k.a. 1985 Cocoon. Pretty Baby (1978). 1984 The Bostonians. Tilt (1978). Still of the Night. King of the Gypsies (1978). Best Friends. Just You and Me, Kid (1979). 1982: The World According to Garp
Sahara (1983). 1962: Hemingway's Adventures of a Young Man. The Muppets Take Manhattan (1984). 1951: The Desert Fox. Speed Zone! (a.k.a. Cannonball Fever) (1989). 1950: September Affair. Brenda Starr (1989). 1947: A Woman's Vengeance. Backstreet Strays) (1990). 1946: Dragonwyck. Backstreet Dreams (a.k.a. 1944: The Seventh Cross. Born Wild) (1992). 1938: Murder in the Family. Running Wild (a.k.a. 1932: Indiscretions of Eve. Hideous Mutant Freekz) (1993). Freaked (a.k.a. The Seventh Floor (1994). Freeway (1996). The Misadventures of Margaret (1998). The Weekend (1999). Black and White (1999). The Bachelor (1999). After Sex (2000). Rent-a-Husband (2003). |