Lauren Hutton (born Mary Laurence Hutton; November 17, 1943) is an American model and actress. Born and raised in the southern United States, Hutton relocated to New York City in her early adulthood to begin a modeling career. Though she was initially dismissed by agents for a signature gap in her teeth, Hutton signed a modeling contract with Revlon in 1973, which at the time was the biggest contract in the history of the modeling industry. She graduated from Chamberlain High School in Tampa in 1961 and was among the first students to attend the University of South Florida in 1961. The pair lived in Europe, the Bahamas and later moved to New Orleans, where she attended Newcomb College, then a coordinate college within Tulane University, and graduated with a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1964. Hutton eventually retained this "imperfection" and the All Movie Guide stated that it "gave her on-camera persona a down-home sensibility that other, more ethereal models lacked." She continued to book modeling jobs, and appeared in a Chanel advertisement in 1968, photographed by Richard Avedon.
In 1973, Hutton signed a contract with Revlon cosmetics, worth US$250,000 a year for 20 days' work (), a professional relationship that lasted for 10 years. At the time, it was the biggest contract in the history of the modeling industry. Hutton's initial contract with Revlon involved representation of the Ultima II brand. Twenty years later, she signed a new contract with Revlon to be the spokeswoman for Results, a collection of corrective moisturizing treatments.
In 1982, Hutton appeared in two Pepsi Light commercials, one where she strips down to her one-piece swimsuit and dives into a swimming pool and one where she gets all wet when the shower turns on by itself.
In 1988, she appeared in a campaign for Barneys New York, and in 1993, performed as a runway model for designer Calvin Klein, to which the New York Times responded by publishing an article stating that Hutton was "just as good as the current flock of fledglings." In 1997, Hutton became a brand ambassador and appeared in multiple advertising campaigns for the Australian department store David Jones. In 2001, she was replaced by Megan Gale.
Hutton was presented on the November 1999 Millennium cover of American Vogue as one of the "Modern Muses". Following her recovery from a motorcycle accident in 2000, she became the spokeswoman for her own signature brand of cosmetics, "Lauren Hutton's Good Stuff", a line of cosmetic products for mature women. The brand was sold primarily in the USA, but was also available through secondary distribution channels throughout Europe and South America.
In October 2005, Hutton was interviewed on ABC's Good Morning America program in relation to the future release of an edition of Big magazine that was entirely dedicated to Hutton's career and included eight pages of nude photos. Hutton agreed to pose nude for the feature, titled "Lauren Hutton: The Beautiful Persists", when she was 61 years old, and explained to GMA:
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I want them [women] not to be ashamed of who they are when they're in bed. Society has told us to be ashamed ... The really important [thing] is that women understand not to listen to a 2,000-year-old patriarchal society.</blockquote>
Hutton, who is supposedly one of four women offered US$1 million by Larry Flynt to pose nude, also explained that she first sought permission from her 14 godchildren, who told her the photographs would be "inspirational". During the same year, retailer Mango launched a fashion collection inspired by Hutton's personal style, and she also appeared in Lord & Taylor's fall/winter and spring collections. The following year, she was featured in a campaign by Badgley Mischka.
Alongside celebrity models such as Iman and Paulina Porizkova, Hutton was one of the panel members in a roundtable discussion for the "Model as Muse: Embodying Fashion" gala, an annual event organized by the Metropolitan Museum's Costume Institute. Held in May 2009, the discussion occurred at New York's Minetta Tavern. Photographs of Hutton were also displayed as part of the exhibition The Model as Muse: Embodying Fashion that was taking place at The Met and acknowledged the significance of fashion models.
A third-party licensing brand of the Jim Henson Company, Henson Independent Properties (HIP), entered into an agreement with Hutton in November 2010 to act as the global licensing agent for her merchandising program. Targeted at women over 40 years of age, the brand launched products such as eyewear, handbags, and luggage, and home décor, globally in 2012. HIP's senior vice president at the time referred to Hutton as a "trailblazer" in the press release. Hutton was also a guest judge on the fashion designer reality television show Project Runway in 2010, also appearing in advertisements for J.Crew the same year.
In 2011, Hutton walked the runway for Tom Ford's spring 2012 collection, Her photos for the campaign were shot by Jack Pierson. Hutton then appeared alongside people such as actress Shuya Chang and Annie Lennox's daughter Tali Lennox in the spring 2011 ad campaign for the Club Monaco retail brand. The lookbook was photographed by Ryan McGinley, the youngest photographer to be featured in the Whitney Museum of American Art at the time of the Club Monaco shoot.
She appeared in a campaign title "Do Something" by designer Alexander Wang, alongside Rod Stewart and Kate Moss in 2015, and was featured in Tod's Timeless Icons retrospective in 2016. She was also featured in H&M's fall 2016 video campaign alongside Hari Nef. In 2016 for Milan Fashion Week, Hutton walked the runway for Bottega Veneta's Spring 2017 show.
Film and television career
thumb|Hutton in 1997
Before becoming an established model, Hutton made her film debut in Paper Lion (1968), and later 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 female lead in American Gigolo (1980). She went on to appear in Lassiter (1984), Once Bitten (1985), a modest hit, and Guilty as Charged (1992). She also made an uncredited cameo appearance as a celebrity party guest in the 1985 film Perfect.
In 1984, Hutton joined the cast of the short-lived primetime soap drama, Paper Dolls, which co-starred Lloyd Bridges and Morgan Fairchild. In 1986, she co-starred in the lavish TV miniseries Sins, which starred Joan Collins, and also starred opposite Stacy Keach in The Return of Mike Hammer TV movie. In the spring of 1987, Hutton had a starring role opposite William Devane in a sci-fi themed CBS Movie of the Week titled Timestalkers, and later that year guest-starred in the primetime soap drama Falcon Crest for several episodes.
In 1995, Hutton was cast in the CBS soap opera Central Park West, playing the wealthy socialite Linda Fairchild until the show was canceled the following year. Williamson squandered some $13 million of her money.
Hutton is the original vice-president of the Guggenheim Museum Motorcycle Club, and, in 2003, was a board member of the National Museum of Women in Arts in Washington, D.C., US. As of 2004, Hutton resided mainly in Taos, New Mexico, where she owns a prefab steel home.
Scuba diving
Hutton was inducted into the Women Divers Hall of Fame in 2007 as a conservationist and scuba advocate. She started scuba diving in the 1960s, and has dived worldwide. She used her status as a celebrity to promote marine conservation, particularly of sharks, and supports the Shark Research Institute. She has also supported the recreational activity of scuba diving in interviews, articles and personal appearances at dive shows.
Filmography
Film
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! Year
! Title
! Role
! class="unsortable" | Notes
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|1968
|Paper Lion
|Kate
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|1970
|Pieces of Dreams
|Pamela Gibson
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|1970
|Little Fauss and Big Halsy
|Rita Nebraska
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|1971
|My Name Is Rocco Papaleo
|Jenny
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|1974
|'
|Billie
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|-
|1976
|Gator
|Aggie Maybank
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|-
|1976
|Welcome to L.A.
|Nona Bruce
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|-
|1977
|Viva Knievel!
|Kate Morgan
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|-
|1978
|'
|Florence Farmer
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|-
|1980
|American Gigolo
|Michelle
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|-
|1981
|Zorro, The Gay Blade
|Charlotte Taylor Wilson
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|-
|1981
|Paternity
|Jenny Lofton
|
|-
|1982
|All Fired Up
|Jane
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|-
|1982
|Hécate
|Clothilde de Watteville
|
|-
|1983
|Starflight One
|Erica
|made-for-TV
|-
|1984
|Lassiter
|Kari Von Fursten
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|-
|1985
|Once Bitten
|Countess
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|-
|1986
|Flagrant désir
|Marlene Bell-Ferguson
|
|-
|1987
|Timestalkers
|Georgia Crawford
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|-
|1987
|Malone
|Jamie
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|-
|1988
|Run for Your Life
|Sarah Forsythe
|
|-
|1989
|Forbidden Sun
|Mrs. Lake
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|-
|1990
|Fear
|Jessica Moreau
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|-
|1991
|Missing Pieces
|Jennifer
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|-
|1991
|Millions
|Cristina Ferretti
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|-
|1991
|Guilty as Charged
|Liz
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|-
|1994
|My Father the Hero
|Megan
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|-
|1997
|A Rat's Tale
|Evelyn Jellybelly
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|-
|1998
|54
|Liz Vangelder
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|-
|1998
|Just a Little Harmless Sex
|Elaine
|
|-
|1999
|Loser Love
|Annie Delacroix
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|-
|2009
|'
|KC
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|-
|2013
|Walking Stories
|Aunt Ruthie
|Short film
|-
|2018
|I Feel Pretty
|Lily LeClaire
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|-
|TBA
|Alone at Dawn
|
|Filming
|}
Television
{| class="wikitable sortable"
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! Year
! Title
! Role
! class="unsortable" | Notes
|-
|1973
|'
|Darleen
|TV film
|-
|1977
|'
|Leslie Jenner Hawkewood
|TV miniseries
|-
|1978
|Someone's Watching Me!
|Leigh Michaels
|TV film
|-
|1979
|Institute for Revenge
|Lilla Simms
|TV film
|-
|1983
|Starflight: The Plane That Couldn't Land
|Erica Hansen
|TV film
|-
|1983
|'
|Kathy DeMaio
|TV film
|-
|1984
|Paper Dolls
|Colette Ferrier
|Recurring role
|-
|1985
|Scandal Sheet
|Meg North
|TV film
|-
|1985
|Faerie Tale Theatre
|The Lady of Summer
|"The Snow Queen"
|-
|1985
|From Here to Maternity
|Caroline
|TV short
|-
|1986
|Monte Carlo
|Evelyn MacIntyre
|TV miniseries
|-
|1986
|Sins
|ZZ Bryant
|TV miniseries
|-
|1986
|'
|Joanna Lake
|TV film
|-
|1987
|Timestalkers
|Georgia Crawford
|TV film
|-
|1987
|Falcon Crest
|Liz McDowell
|4 episodes
|-
|1987
|'
|Tess
|"Riding the Nightmare"
|-
|1988
|Perfect People
|Barbara Laxton
|TV film
|-
|1990
|'
|Gerda Minsker
|TV miniseries
|-
|1995–1996
|Central Park West
|Linda Fairchild Rush
|TV series
|-
|1996
|We the Jury
|Wynne Atwood
|TV film
|-
|1999
|The Last Witness
|Cynthia Kirkman Sutherland
|TV film
|-
|2007
|Manchild
|Joyce
|TV film
|-
|2007
|Nip/Tuck
|Fiona McNeil
|"Carly Summers", "Joyce and Sharon Monroe"
|}
References
External links
- Lauren Hutton at the Fashion Model Directory