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8 unusual facts about Brooke Shields


Carmen Jovet

Besides her career as a journalist, Jovet was an occasional actress and had a small role in the 1989 film Brenda Starr starring Brooke Shields.

Christine Marie of France

It was revealed on NBC's Who Do You Think You Are? that one of her descendants is model/actress Brooke Shields.

Drama Desk Award

The awards ceremony was held on June 3, 2012 at The Town Hall, New York City, hosted by Brooke Shields and Brian d'Arcy James.

Familypedia

Familypedia does not have any notability requirements for the people listed, but it does have many prominent families (including the royals of France, Germany and the UK) and people (such as the ancestry of every president of the United States) as well as trivia facts (such as the relationship between Brooke Shields and Charlemagne).

Gianni Garko

Popular in Europe but little known in America, in an interview, Garko mentioned that he had turned down the lead role in Pretty Baby (1978 with Brooke Shields).

Gottex

By the 1980s, Gottex swimsuits were being worn by Diana, Princess of Wales, Spain's Queen Sofia, Elizabeth Taylor and Brooke Shields.

James Talmadge

Talmadge's paintings, described as frenzied and vibrant, have found a place among the art collections of celebrities such as Brooke Shields and Charlie Sheen.

Magic Is a Child

Brooke Shields, 13 years old at the time, is the model on the cover.


Alan Hopgood

He has worked with a large number of actors including Frank Thring, Meryl Streep, Brooke Shields, Sam Neill, Judy Davis.

Broadway Dance Center

Dancers and performers such as Bette Middler, Brooke Shields, Britney Spears, Madonna, *NSYNC, Jason Samuels Smith, Almamy and Elizabeth Berkley have taken class or rehearsed at the school and many Broadway performers take class there daily.

Eyebrow restoration

The New York Daily News reported a rise in the popularity of eyebrow transplants as a result of the prominence of celebrities such as Keira Knightley, Megan Fox, Brooke Shields, Jennifer Connelly and the Olsen twins opting for “the untamed look”.

House of Torlonia

Marino married the rich American Mary Elsie Moore; they were the parents of Don Alessandro Torlonia, 5th Prince di Civitella-Cesi, who married the Infanta Beatriz of Spain, the daughter of King Alfonso XIII— and of Donna Marina Torlonia di Civitella-Cesi, the wife of American tennis player Francis Xavier Shields and grandmother of the American actress Brooke Shields.

Koos Van Den Akker

After the success of the Bill Cosby Sweaters his success was everywhere with more celebrities donning Koos garments with the likes of Stevie Wonder, Chita Rivera, Brooke Shields, Isabella Rossellini, Glenn Close, Lauren Sutton and NBA stars Isaiah Thomas (basketball) & Magic Johnson.

Penelope Milford

She plays a supporting role in the 1981 film Take This Job and Shove It, starring Barbara Hershey and also in 1981 appears in the Franco Zeffirelli Oscar nominated Endless Love, starring Brooke Shields and Shirley Knight.


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Ernesto Barba

He easily got Anne Parillaud, the young “Brooke Shields” of Paris (who later won the French Oscar for her lead role in Nikita) to come instead.