1. Gita Hall was a Swedish-American model and actress who was the second wife of actor Barry Sullivan and a member of the jet set in the 1950s and 1960s.
14 Facts About Gita Hall
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The daughter of a doctor and lawyer, turned pharmacist during World War 2, Hall spoke seven languages.
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Gita Hall worked as a model to pay tuition for her studies at a dramatic school in Sweden.
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Gita Hall appeared on dozens of magazine covers and scored a contract with Revlon.
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Gita Hall appeared with Sullivan in the 1958 movie Wolf Larsen.
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In 2013, Gita Hall settled a lawsuit she filed against Lionsgate, the production company behind the TV series Mad Men for using an image of her gleaned from a 1960s Revlon ad in the show's opening title credits sequence.
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Gita Hall was the mother of Sullivan's daughter Birgitta 'Patricia' Christina.
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Gita Hall later married Mitchell May III, an insurance broker and had two more daughters, Tracie and Samantha with May He died in 2000.
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In 2003, Gita Hall moved from Manhattan to Century City, California to go back to acting.
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Gita Hall had a short lived reality show called ' Old Skool' co-starring with actress Terry Moore.
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Gita Hall appeared in on line commercials and had small parts in several network television shows.
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Gita Hall was dressed to the nines in designer clothing and matched her dress for the day to fine jewelry she collected.
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Gita Hall died of liver failure in Studio City, Los Angeles.
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Gita Hall was survived by three daughters, nine grandchildren and one great-granddaughter.