Lauren Hutton

Lauren Hutton (born November 17, 1943) is an American modeland actress. She is best-known for her starring roles in the movies American Gigolo and Lassiter, and also for her fashion modeling career.

Personal life

Hutton was born Mary Laurence Hutton in Charleston, South Carolina. Known as Mary Hall in high school, she graduated from Chamberlain High School in Tampa, Florida in 1961. She was among the first students to attend the University of South Florida in Tampa in 1960,but she later transferred to Tulane University, where she graduated with a bachelor of arts degree in 1964.

Career

As an actress, Hutton made her film debut in the Paper Lion (1968), and she won notices for her performances in James Toback's The Gambler (1974), opposite James Caan. She also starred in John Carpenter's TV movie Someone's Watching Me! (1978) and played the wealthy adventurous adulteress in American Gigolo (1980). Important roles in major films were relatively few, however, and her acting career diminished during the 1980s,^[ with most of her appearances being in minor European features or American films that fizzled at the box office, such as Lassiter (1984), Once Bitten (1985), and Guilty as Charged (1992).
In 1984, she was offered a role for a TV series Paper Dolls. MGM decided to produce a weekly series based on the TV movie for ABC, recasting several of the original roles from the 1982 production. However, the series was short-lived and was canceled after 13 episodes.
1995 was a notable year for Hutton, as she was cast in the CBS soap-opera Central Park West, playing the wealthy socialite Linda Fairchild. Also, her late night talk show Lauren Hutton and ... debuted. However, both were short-lived and canceled the following year. She was presented on the November 1999 Millennium cover of American Vogue as one of the "Modern Muses".
A motorcycle enthusiast, Hutton made headlines in October 2000 when, at the age of 56, she was involved in a serious motorcycle accident. She was on a 100-mile (160 km) ride near Las Vegas with various motorbikers, including actors Dennis Hopper and Jeremy Irons, to celebrate a planned motorcycle exhibit at the Hermitage-Guggenheim museum. Irons reportedly had given Hutton a full-face helmet just minutes before she crashed. Losing control on a curve, she skidded about 100 feet (30 m) and then went airborne, ultimately suffering multiple leg and arm fractures, broken ribs, a punctured lung, cuts, and bruises. Following her recovery, she became the spokeswoman for her own signature brand of cosmetics, Good Stuff, sold primarily via Lauren Hutton Good Stuff in the USA, as well as through numerous secondary distribution channels throughout Europe and South America.
In October 2005, at the age of 61, Hutton agreed to pose nude for Big magazine. "I want them (women) not to be ashamed of who they are when they're in bed", Hutton told ABC's Good Morning America.
She is signed to IMG Models in New York City, Paris, and London. She has never married.

Selected filmography

Paper Lion (1968) Little Fauss and Big Halsy (1970) Pieces of Dreams(1970) My Name Is Rocco Papaleo (1971)            The Gambler (1974) Gator (1976) Welcome To L.A. (1976) Viva Knievel! (1977) Someone's Watching Me! (1978) American Gigolo (1980) Zorro, The Gay Blade (1981) Paternity (1981) Hécate (1982) Starflight One (1983) Paper Dolls (1984) (4 episodes)

Lassiter (1984) Kari Perfect (1985) (as herself) Once Bitten (1985) Scandal Sheet (1985) The Snow Queen (1985) Sins (1986) From Here to Maternity (1986) Monte Carlo (1986) Malone (1987) Timestalkers (1987) Falcon Crest (1987) (4 episodes)            Scandalous (1988) Forbidden Sun (1989) Fear (1990)

Millions (1991) Missing Pieces (1991) Guilty as Charged (1992) Central Park West (1995–96) My Father the Hero (1994) We the Jury (1996) 54 (1998) A Rat's Tale (1998) Beautopia (1999) Caracara (1999) Just A Little Harmless Sex (1999) Loser Love (1999) High Fidelity (deleted scene, 2000)            Nip/Tuck (2007) (2 episodes)