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Lauren Hutton (born November 17, 1943, in Charleston, South Carolina) is an American former model¹ and occasional actress. She is best known for her starring roles in the movies American Gigolo and Lassiter, and also for her fashion modeling career.

Personal life

Hutton became one of the first students to attend the University of South Florida in Tampa, Florida in 1960, but later she transferred to Tulane University, where she graduated with a bachelor of arts degree in 1964.

Career

Hutton parlayed her looks into one of the major modeling careers of the 1970s and 80s, including the first huge contract by a model with a cosmetics company.^{citation needed} As an actress, Hutton made her film debut in the Paper Lion (1968), and she won notices for her performances in James Toback's The Gambler (1974), opposite James Caan. She played the wealthy adventurous adulteress in American Gigolo (1980). Important roles in major films were relatively few, however, and her acting career diminished during the 1980s, with most of her appearances being in minor European features or American films that fizzled at the box office, such as Lassiter(1984), Once Bitten (1985), and Guilty as Charged (1992). Hutton's modeling career was revived in the 1990s,^{clarification needed} and more acting offers following suit.

In 1984, she was offered a role for a TV series Paper Dolls. MGM decided to produce a weekly series based on the TV movie for ABC, recasting several of the original roles from the 1982 production. However, the series was short-lived and was canceled in December.

1995 was a notable year for Hutton, as she was cast in the ensemble of the CBS soap-opera Central Park West, playing the wealthy socialite Linda Fairchild; also, her late night talk show Lauren Hutton and ... debuted. The talk show was short-lived, but Hutton continued to work steadily, appearing in film roles and in the occasional assignment as a hostess.

The actress, an avid motorcycle enthusiast, made headlines in October 2000, when at the age of 55 she was involved in a serious motorcycle accident, while on a 100-mile (160 km) ride near Las Vegas with motorbikers, including Dennis Hopper and Jeremy Irons, to celebrate a planned motorcycle exhibit at the Hermitage-Guggenheim museum. Irons reportedly had given Hutton a full-face helmet just minutes before she crashed. Losing control on a curve, she skidded about 100 feet (30 m) and then went airborne, ultimately suffering multiple leg and arm fractures, broken ribs, a punctured lung, cuts, and bruises. Following her recovery, she became the spokeswoman for her own signature brand of cosmetics, "Good Stuff", sold primarily via LaurenHutton.com in the USA, as well as through numerous secondary distribution channels throughout Europe and South America.

In October 2005, at the age of 61, Hutton agreed to pose nude for Big magazine. "I want them (women) not to be ashamed of who they are when they're in bed", Hutton told ABC's Good Morning America.²

She is signed to IMG Models in New York City.

Today show comments

When appearing on the Today show, Hutton blamed gay writers for stereotyping single women as sluts on Sex & the City. Hutton said, "It's written by guys, who happen to be gay, who are sluts. That's what I think. Let's face it, most men are sluts. That's what testosterone is supposed to do. As a hunter, if you stayed alive after 30, nature wanted your genes out there. Women were just trying to get the best sperm to make a masterpiece. You have a bunch of guys who are sluts, writing for women and telling them they are supposed to act like this." ³⁴ The comments caused uproar in the gay community although Hutton denied having homophobic views.

Selected filmography

• Paper Lion (1968)...Kate
• Little Fauss and Big Halsy (1970) Rita Nebraska
• My Name Is Rocco Papaleo (1971)
• The Gambler (1974)
• Gator (1976)
• Welcome To L.A. (1976)
• Viva Knievel! (1977)
• Someone's Watching Me! (1978)
• American Gigolo (1980)
• Zorro, The Gay Blade (1981)
• Hécate, maîtresse de la nuit, Switzerland, France (1982)
• Starflight One (1983)
• Paper Dolls (1984)... Only 14 episodes were made before it was cancelled.
• Lassiter (1984) Kari
• Once Bitten (1985)...Countess
• Scandal Sheet (1985)
• The Snow Queen (1985)...Lady of Summer
• From Here to Maternity (1986)
• Monte Carlo (1986)
• Malone (1987)...Jamie
• Timestalkers (1987)
• Scandalous (1988)
• Forbidden Sun (1989)
• Fear (1990)
• Millions (1991)
• Missing Pieces (1991)
• Guilty as Charged (1992)...Liz Stanford
• My Father the Hero (1994)...Megan
• 54 (1998)...Liz Vangelder
• A Rat's Tale (1998)... Evelyn Jellybelly
• Beautopia (1999)
• Caracara (1999)
• Just A Little Harmless Sex (1999)...Elaine
• Loser Love (1999)
• Nip/Tuck (2007)...Fiona McNeil

References

External links

• Lauren Hutton at the Internet Movie Database
• Lauren Hutton Interview
• Lauren Hutton Good Stuff
• Lauren Hutton Cosmetics
• Lauren Hutton in the Fashion Model Directory