Christine Margaret Shrimpton (born 15 July 1945) is an English former 1960s

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and

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Personal life

Shrimpton is

Jean Shrimpton Jean Rosemary Shrimpton (born 7 November 1942) is an English model and actress. She was an icon of Swinging London and is considered to be one of the world's first supermodels. She appeared on numerous magazine covers including ''Vogue,'' ''Har ...

's younger sister and was the girlfriend of

the Rolling Stones The Rolling Stones are an English rock band formed in London in 1962. Active for six decades, they are one of the most popular and enduring bands of the rock era. In the early 1960s, the Rolling Stones pioneered the gritty, rhythmically d ...

frontman

Mick Jagger Sir Michael Philip Jagger (born 26 July 1943) is an English singer and songwriter who has achieved international fame as the lead vocalist and one of the founder members of the rock band the Rolling Stones. His ongoing songwriting partnershi ...

from 1963 to 1966. According to the Stones biographer Stephen Davis, their 1966 album ''

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'' was a source of embarrassment for Shrimpton, since "people generally identified her with the lbum'sscathing put-downs", and that it led to an argument she and Jagger had while attending a party hosted by

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heir

Tara Browne Tara Browne (4 March 1945 – 18 December 1966) was a London-based Irish socialite and heir to the Guinness fortune. His December 1966 death in a car crash was an inspiration for the Beatles' song " A Day in the Life". Early life Browne was t ...

in April 1966.

In popular culture

In the

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'' We'll Take Manhattan'' (2012), about her sister

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and photographer

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's affair in New York City, Shrimpton is played by Clemmie Dugdale. It's thought that the

Small Faces Small Faces were an English rock band from London, founded in 1965. The group originally consisted of Steve Marriott, Ronnie Lane, Kenney Jones and Jimmy Winston, with Ian McLagan replacing Winston as the band's keyboardist in 1966. The band w ...

song " Talk to You" is about her. Steve Marriott All Too Beautiful pg.149

Films

*''G.G. Passion'' (1966) as G.G.'s main girlfriend *''

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'' (1969) as Boutique Attendant *'' My Lover My Son'' (1970) as Kenworthy's Friend * ''

All the Right Noises ''All the Right Noises'' is a 1971 British drama film directed by Gerry O'Hara and starring Tom Bell, Olivia Hussey, Judy Carne and John Standing. It is set in London. Premise A married man with two young children, working as a lighting techn ...

'' (1971) as Waitress

References

External links

* Living people English female models The Rolling Stones Actresses from London Mick Jagger 1945 births {{England-actor-stub