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Camilla Antoinette Clifford (29 June 1885 – 28 June 1971), known professionally as Camille Clifford, was a Belgian-born stage actress whose short theatrical career was highlighted by her performance as "Miss New York" in the Henry W. Savage production of The Prince of Pilsen, a role in which she impersonated a "Gibson Girl"-like woman.
An iconic Gibson Girl portrait by its creator, Charles Dana Gibson, circa 1891 The Gibson Girl was the personification of the feminine ideal of physical attractiveness as portrayed by the pen-and-ink illustrations of artist Charles Dana Gibson during a 20-year period that spanned the late 19th and early 20th centuries in the United States. [1]
Her nickname was "The Gibson Girl," because she won first place over 4,000 contestants in the New York World "Gibson Girl" beauty contest sponsored by a fabric company, Spring Maid, that was an occasional route to movie contracts. [4] Some movie magazines claimed she had actually posed for artist Charles Dana Gibson. [5] [6]
Gibson died of a heart ailment in 1944, aged 77, at 127 East 73rd Street, his home in New York City. [1] After a private funeral service at the Gibson home in New York, he was interred at Mount Auburn Cemetery in Cambridge, Massachusetts. [22] His widow died at her home in Greenwood, Virginia in April 1956 at the age of 83. [12]
Earlier this month, Richard Gere had us all fooled while shooting his newest film. Dressed as a homeless man, he was so convincing that a tourist even stopped to offer him some food.
The Gibson Goddess (1909) “Oh! Why do they call me the Gibson Girl?” These lines of a popular song were uttered with a sigh by the heroine of this Biograph comedy, for beauty is sometimes an annoying possession. Nanette Renfrae, after an arduous season of society’s whirl, decides to spend a quiet Summer at a secluded seaside resort.
An agonizing 34 hours had passed since 9-year-old Charlotte Sena disappeared from an upstate New York campground when police got the break they needed to bring the girl home safely. At 4:20 a.m ...
Police are asking the public for assistance in locating a 9-year-old girl who was abducted from a New York campground Saturday evening. New York State Police issued an Amber Alert for Charlotte E ...