Lauren Hutton
About
Biography
Filmography
Family & Companions
Bibliography
Notes
The 1993 edition of Quigley's Motion Picture Almanac states that Hutton has, as a model, been on the covers of more magazines than any other American--though such a claim would necessarily be rather difficult to prove.
"We have to be able to grow up. Our wrinkles are our medals of the passage of life, they are what we've been through and who we want to be. I don't think I will ever cut my face, because once I cut it I'll never know where I've been." --Lauren Hutton in Arena Magazine, Spring 1991
Biography
Lauren Hutton was an American model and actress born on November 17, 1943 in Charleston, South Carolina. Born to Lawrence and Minnie Hutton, who divorced shortly after Lawrence returned from London and World War II, Hutton would never actually meet her father. He died in 1955 at age 36 while working as a reporter. She graduated from Chamberlain High School in Tampa, Florida in 1961, then briefly attended the University of South Florida. Hutton moved to New York for a time and worked in the Playboy Club, but returned to the South to attend Newcomb College, a coordinate school with Tulane University. She graduated with a bachelor of arts in 1964. But Hutton couldn't be kept away from New York, and went back in the late 1960s to begin a modeling career. She landed her first notable advertisement in 1968 for Chanel, photographed by Richard Avedon. The same year, Hutton made her film debut in "Paper Lion" (1968), a sports drama starring Alan Alda. Throughout the '70s and early '80s, she appeared in numerous films and TV movies while continuing to model. Hutton appeared in the Robert Redford-led "Little Fauss and Big Halsy" (1970) and made her television debut in TV movie "A Time for Love" (1973). She landed a massive contract with Revlon in 1973, the largest in the modeling industry to that point. It was worth $250,000 a year for 20 days' work. Hutton worked with Revlon in this capacity for ten years. Hutton continued to accumulate acting credits, starring in "The Gambler" with James Caan in 1974 and the Evel Knievel film "Viva Knievel!" in 1978. She also co-starred in Paul Schrader's "American Gigolo" (1980) with Richard Gere, and played recurring character Colette Ferrier on the short-lived soap opera "Paper Dolls" (ABC, 1984). Hutton starred as a vampiric countess seducing a young Jim Carrey (in one of his earliest film roles) in "Once Bitten" (1985) before appearing on film and television less frequently, besides a short-lived incarnation of her own talk show, "Lauren Hutton and." (1995-96). But Hutton modeled continued to model extensively through her seventies, appearing on the cover of Vogue a record 26 times and posing nude for the first time at age 61 for Big magazine to combat the shame women are made to feel. She made a notable return to television in a two-part appearance in "Nip/Tuck" (FX, 2003-10) in 2007 and played matriarch and makeup company head Lily LeClaire in the Amy Schumer-led "I Feel Pretty" (2018).
Filmography
Cast (Feature Film)
Misc. Crew (Feature Film)
Cast (Special)
Producer (Special)
Misc. Crew (Special)
Cast (TV Mini-Series)
Life Events
1960
Moved to New York and worked for a time as a Playboy bunny
1965
Worked as the house model at Christian Dior for $50 per week
1966
Discovered by legendary "Vogue" magazine editor Diana Vreeland and appeared on the cover of "Vogue" many times over the next several years; often photographed by the famous and influential Richard Avedon
1968
Made film debut in sports drama "Paper Lion" alongside Alan Alda
1973
Signed contract with Revlon, the largest in modeling history, worth $250,000 a year for 20 days' work (nearly $1.5 million today)
1974
Negotiated a contract with Revlon to be associated exclusively with the "Ultima II" brand; making Hutton the first million-dollar model
1974
Starred in "The Gambler" with James Caan
1977
First major TV role, played one of the leads in the historical miniseries, "The Rhinemann Exchange" (NBC)
1978
Starred in John Carpenter's TV movie "Someone's Watching Me!" (NBC)
1980
Starred in Paul Schrader's "American Gigolo"
1983
Made her stage debut in the revenge-for-a-rape stage play "Extremities"
1984
Played recurring character Colette Ferrier on short-lived soap opera "Paper Dolls"
1985
Starred in "Once Bitten," playing a vampiric countess seducing a young Jim Carrey
1991
Returned to modeling as a Revlon representative for "Eterna 27" skin treatments
1995
Played the recurring role of Linda Fairchild in the short-lived CBS soap "Central Park West"
1995
Hosted her own talk show, "Lauren Hutton and "
1998
Hosted the Travel Channel's "Three Perfect Days"
1998
Made a cameo appearance in "54"
2002
Launched signature cosmetic line, Lauren Hutton's Good Stuff
2007
Made two-part appearance in "Nip/Tuck"
2010
Co-starred with David Duchovny and Demi Moore in the independent comedy "The Joneses"
Family
Companions
Bibliography
Notes
The 1993 edition of Quigley's Motion Picture Almanac states that Hutton has, as a model, been on the covers of more magazines than any other American--though such a claim would necessarily be rather difficult to prove.
"We have to be able to grow up. Our wrinkles are our medals of the passage of life, they are what we've been through and who we want to be. I don't think I will ever cut my face, because once I cut it I'll never know where I've been." --Lauren Hutton in Arena Magazine, Spring 1991
"Even if you don't learn well from experience, you've had so much experience by this age [50] that you just have to know not to ride too high on the good times...As wonderful and useful as my body and face were in my twenties and thirties, I knew that my mind was more important. I came from a time when women were terminally frightened of age. Men came into their prime hitting their forties, but women's lives were over. They were psychically eliminiated...There have always been attractive, sexually viable older women in France and Italy. For the first time, my generation is around in America. I myself didn't have anyone to look up to except Margaret Mead. I loved her. She spoke out even when she had something to lose--she didn't give a damn...The glory of age is your mind. Surprisingly, if you haven't burned it out, your mind gets better. --From Interview, November 1993
