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It was performed by the Royal Philharmonic and Ittai Shapira. In , she returned in the primetime drama Lipstick Jungle. The series ended a year later. Starting in , she made guest appearances on The Middle as the mother of a brood of terror-inducing children and the nemesis of Frankie Heck played by Patricia Heaton. In the June issue of Health magazine, Shields related that she lost her virginity at age 22 to actor Dean Cain while they were dating at Princeton.
She said it would have occurred earlier had she had a better self-image. In the s, Shields promoted physical fitness as an extension of femininity, maintaining that femininity and athletics are compatible.
Shields is a vegan and an animal rights activist. However, despite coming out against the fur industry in , Shields later went on to create her own mink fur coat at Kopenhagen Fur. Shields has been married twice. From to , she was married to tennis player Andre Agassi ; the couple had been together since Following her divorce from Agassi, she married television writer Chris Henchy in , after they had met through common friends in Game Shows Wiki Explore.
Random page. Tournament of Champions Jeopardy! Champions Wildcard Pop Culture Jeopardy! Joe Haggerty. Community portal forum. Explore Wikis Community Central. In , fashion designer Calvin Klein recruited Shields for an overtly sexy television and print ad campaign for his new line of super-tight jeans. Franco Zeffirelli cast Shields in his film Endless Love, a romantic drama about teen sex and parental disapproval.
Critics also pointed to nude photos of year-old Shields that were taken in Ultimately, in a ruling announced in March , the New York Court of Appeals sided with Gross; the photographer retained his rights, as long as he did not sell them to pornographic publications. Shields survived the enormous and often inappropriate demands of the television, film, and modeling industries, navigating a very adult world as a child, often on her own.
She credits her ability to break free of—and in fact, to survive—the intense, often toxic, spotlight of the film and modeling industries, to her experience at Princeton University. Princeton was a personal awakening for Shields. It was also during this time that she discovered her love of comedy and dance. It was all very surface, which is fine.
I had a blast. Shields graduated with honors from the Ivy League school in , with a degree in romance languages.
Later, when a Prince print of Shields was included in his Spiritual America exhibit at the Tate Modern , it created a stir. It was removed from an exhibition after a warning from the police. Prince created a numbered series of 10 prints and two artists proofs measuring 20 inches by 24 inches In , the year-old Shields let Prince photograph her wearing a bikini in the same pose as the childhood nude photo, in front of a motorcycle.
After making a minor appearance in The Muppets Take Manhattan , Shields took a career hiatus to focus on her academic studies. She enrolled at Princeton University in the fall of and graduated with a Bachelor of Arts degree in French literature in Her autobiography, On Your Own , was published in Shields played the eponymous lead in the movie Brenda Starr , which had been shot in for an intended release but was held up for years over legal problems due to the rights to the comic strip and demands from Shields' mother that she receive top-billing in the picture, which co-starred Timothy Dalton.
When the film was finally released in , it was roasted by critics and bombed at the box office. Kevin Thomas in the Los Angeles Times wrote, " Brenda Starr citywide arrives after some five years of legal disputes over distribution rights. It would have been an act of kindness for all concerned, including the paying customer, to have left it on the shelf where it belongs.
Peter Travers , writing for Rolling Stone , gave the film a negative review, writing, "There's been so much negative insider buzz about Brooke's 'Brenda' that you might be harboring a hope that the damned thing turned out all right. Get over it.
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Brenda Starr is not as bad as the also-rans that Hollywood traditionally dumps on us before Labor Day In , Shields made a guest appearance in a fourth-season episode of The Simpsons , called " The Front ". In a episode of the popular comedy sitcom Friends , Shields played Joey Tribbiani 's stalker. This role led directly to her being cast in the title role of the NBC sitcom Suddenly Susan , in which she starred from until , and which earned a People's Choice Award in the category of Favorite Female Performer in a New Television Series for her, in , and two Golden Globe nominations.
In , she played a lesbian , Lily, in The Misadventures of Margaret. In , Lifetime aired the film What Makes a Family , starring Shields and Cherry Jones in a true story of a lesbian couple who fought the adoption laws of Florida. Shields left That '70s Show when her character was written out.
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In September , she replaced Donna Murphy in the role of Ruth Sherwood in the revival of Wonderful Town until the show closed four months later. It was performed by the Royal Philharmonic and Ittai Shapira. In , she returned in the prime time drama Lipstick Jungle. The series ended a year later. Starting in , she made guest appearances on The Middle as the mother of a brood of terror-inducing children and the nemesis of Frankie Heck Patricia Heaton.
The two-part series, which aired on Hulu on 3 April , is "A look at actor, model and icon Brooke Shields as she transforms from a sexualized young girl to a woman discovering her power. Shields is the author of three books. In , she penned the book Down Came the Rain: My Journey Through Postpartum Depression , in she published There Was a Little Girl about the relationship she had with her mother, who suffered from alcoholism throughout Shields's life, and in she published Brooke Shields is not Allowed to Get Old about aging as a woman.
In , she launched a podcast called Now What? In the s, Shields promoted physical fitness as an extension of femininity, maintaining that femininity and athletics are compatible.
Phoebe cates biography: She was born on May 31, in New York City, to Teri (Schmon) and Frank Shields. At age 12, she starred as a child prostitute in Pretty Baby (). Could this movie even be made today? It was considered risky and controversial in It was followed by another blockbuster, the romance adventure drama The Blue Lagoon ().
Despite coming out against the fur industry in , [ 95 ] Shields later went on to create her own mink fur coat at Kopenhagen Fur. Shields has been married twice. In , she began a relationship with Andre Agassi ; the couple married in and divorced in In , she met television writer Chris Henchy through common friends. The pair wed in Between April and May , Shields spoke to magazines such as Guideposts and appeared on The Oprah Winfrey Show to publicize her battle with postpartum depression , an experience that included depression, thoughts of suicide, an inability to respond to her baby's needs and delayed maternal bonding.
In May , actor Tom Cruise —a Scientologist whose beliefs frown upon psychiatry —condemned Shields, both personally and professionally, for using and speaking in favor of the antidepressant drug Paxil. As Cruise said, "Here is a woman and I care about Brooke Shields, because I think she is an incredibly talented woman, you look at [and think], where has her career gone?
She also argued that he should "stick to fighting aliens" a reference to Cruise's role in War of the Worlds as well as some of the more esoteric aspects of Scientology doctrine and teachings , "and let mothers decide the best way to treat postpartum depression. Once we admit that postpartum is a serious medical condition, then the treatment becomes more available and socially acceptable.
With a doctor's care, I have since tapered off the medication but, without it, I wouldn't have become the loving parent I am today. That November, she and her husband attended Cruise's wedding to Katie Holmes. On July 7, , Shields spoke at the memorial service for Michael Jackson. Thinking back to when we met and the many times that we spent together and whenever we were out together, there would be a caption of some kind, and the caption usually said something like 'an odd couple' or 'an unlikely pair,' but to us it was the most natural and easiest of friendships Michael always knew he could count on me to support him or be his date and that we would have fun no matter where we were.
We had a bond Both of us needed to be adults very early, but when we were together, we were two little kids having fun.
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In her eulogy , she shared anecdotes, including an occasion in which she was his date for one of Elizabeth Taylor 's weddings, and the pair sneaked into Taylor's room to get the first look at her dress, only to discover Taylor asleep in the bed. Shields gave a tearful speech, referring to the many memories she and Jackson shared and briefly joked about his famous sequin glove.
She also mentioned Jackson's favorite song, " Smile " by Charlie Chaplin , which was later sung in the memorial service by Jermaine Jackson. Jackson stated in his interview with Oprah Winfrey that he was dating Shields at the time. That was one of the loves of my life. I think she loved me as much as I loved her, you know? We dated a lot.
We, we went out a lot. Her pictures were all over my wall, my mirror, everything. She comes up to me she goes, 'Will you dance with me? I will dance with you.
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It was great. Shortly after Shields graduated from Princeton University , her four-year transcript was published in the July edition of Life magazine. Based on that transcript, The New York Times published a light-hearted op-ed piece intended to tweak the claim that Princeton produced superior, well-rounded graduates.
Noting that Shields "got all As and Bs, and obviously paid attention to her school work", it claimed she "got cheated" because Princeton did not require her to take any classical studies, medieval, modern or American history, or any course in mathematics, philosophy, economics, political science, world literature, or science with laboratory experience.
The article was indicative of the intense media scrutiny faced by Shields after the release of the film Pretty Baby , in which she, as a child actor, was filmed nude and in sexual situations. In a March Vogue profile of Shields, Chloe Malle, the daughter of the film's director, discussed the film as well as the January documentary Pretty Baby: Brooke Shields that it inspired:.
The media loved her, but they also pilloried her. Like Framing Britney Spears , the documentary clarifies—with the benefit of time and perspective—the role of the media as the relentless villain in Shields's story. Reporters' lack of tenderness toward a preteen girl and demands that she answer for the way that she was sexualized onscreen are perhaps the most gasp-inducing parts of the film.
Contents move to sidebar hide. Article Talk. Read View source View history. Tools Tools. In February she was the youngest model ever to be on the cover of Vogue magazine. She was Later that year she was in adverts for Calvin Klein jeans. In , she starred in The Blue Lagoon. In Shields got a degree from Princeton University in French literature.
On April 19, , Shields married Andre Agassi. On July 7, Shields gave a speech at Michael Jackson 's memorial service. Jackson and Shields met when she was They became friends instantly. In his interview with Oprah, Jackson said that he was dating Shields.