32 Facts About Suzy Parker

Suzy Parker appeared in advertisements for Revlon and many other cosmetic companies, including Solo Products, the largest hair care product company in the country at the time.

Suzy Parker was born Cecilia Ann Renee Parker in Long Island City, New York, to George and Elizabeth Parker, who married in 1916.

Suzy Parker had three older sisters: Dorian, Florian, and Georgiabell.

Suzy Parker was a model with the Walter Thornton agency and later her sister Dorian, herself one of the top models of the era, introduced her to Eileen Ford.

When Suzy Parker was about age 15, Dorian telephoned Ford Modeling Agency and told Eileen and Jerry Ford that she would sign on with them if they took her younger sister, sight unseen.

Suzy Parker's photo appeared in Life magazine when she was 15.

Suzy Parker was the first model to earn $200 per hour and $100,000 per year.

Suzy Parker worked non-stop for Vogue, Revlon, Hertz, Westinghouse, Max Factor, Bliss, DuPont, Simplicity, Smirnoff, and Ronson shavers, to name a few.

Suzy Parker was on the covers of about 70 magazines around the world, including Vogue, Elle, Life, Look, Redbook, Paris Match and McCall's.

Suzy Parker played dramatic roles in TV shows such as Burke's Law and The Twilight Zone plus appearances as herself on a number of quiz shows such as I've Got a Secret.

Suzy Parker did, in a way, make one other film "appearance" in The Beatles' 1970 documentary film Let It Be, in which the band performed their song "Suzy Parker".

Suzy Parker was already modeling in the United States and Europe while Ronald was attending the University of Pennsylvania as a freshman.

Suzy Parker met journalist Pierre de la Salle at a Jacques Fath party outside of Paris.

Suzy Parker returned to the United States and asked Ronald for a divorce, but he would only agree to a quick divorce if Parker gave him a large monetary settlement, paid for plastic surgery on his nose and paid for his acting lessons.

Suzy Parker agreed, and their divorce was finalized in Mexico in 1953.

In 1958, Suzy Parker was a passenger in a car her father was driving when they were hit by an oncoming train.

Suzy Parker's father died of his injuries at the hospital.

Suzy Parker was hospitalized, with broken bones and embedded glass, under the name Mrs Pierre de la Salle.

Suzy Parker began psychotherapy to cope with her rocky second marriage and the death of her beloved father.

Suzy Parker named her daughter after her older sisters Georgiabell and Florian and purposely left Dorian's name off.

Dorian and Suzy Parker feuded for many years, as Suzy Parker was fed up with Dorian's promiscuous lifestyle and her not taking care of her children.

In 1960, Suzy Parker met actor Bradford Dillman on the set of their 1960 movie, A Circle of Deception.

Suzy Parker was still married to de la Salle but no longer living with him.

Suzy Parker obtained a divorce and married Bradford in 1963 on board a boat at sea.

Suzy Parker changed her name to Suzy Parker Dillman following the marriage.

Suzy Parker enjoyed being a stay-at-home mother and, like her sister Dorian, who was a Cordon Bleu-level chef, Suzy Parker was an excellent cook.

Suzy Parker had three children with Dillman: daughter Dinah and sons Charlie and Christopher.

Suzy Parker broke bones in the 1958 car accident that killed her father.

Suzy Parker long suffered from allergies, and in the 1990s, developed ulcers.

Suzy Parker had multiple hip surgeries, and then her kidneys began to fail.

Suzy Parker spent the last five years of her life in and out of the hospital.

Suzy Parker returned home and died at age 70 surrounded by family at her orchard in Montecito, California on May 3,2003.