Suddenly Susan is an American television sitcom that aired on NBC from September 19, 1996, to December 26, 2000. The series was created by Clyde Phillips and starred Brooke Shields in her first regular series. Shields played Susan Keane, a glamorous San Francisco magazine writer who begins to adjust to being single, and who learns to be independent-minded after having been taken care of all her life. The series was developed by Gary Dontzig and Steven Peterman , who also served as executive producers during the first three seasons, and was produced by Warner Bros. Television .
64-640: Susan Keane ( Brooke Shields ) has always been taken care of by someone else. She worked as a copy editor at The Gate , a fictional San Francisco magazine. On her wedding day, she realizes that she and her wealthy, vain fiancé, Kip, are not meant for each other and that there is more to life than just being known as the "s" in "The Kip Richmonds." She abruptly leaves him at the altar. Now, she's suddenly just Susan. Susan's parents (guest stars Swoosie Kurtz and Ray Baker ) were less than ecstatic about their daughter deciding to end her engagement to Kip, though her grandmother and confidant, Nana ( Barbara Barrie ) stands as
128-568: A lesbian , Lily, in The Misadventures of Margaret . In 2001, 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 . For four months, beginning July 2001, Shields portrayed Sally Bowles in the long-running Broadway revival of Cabaret . In 2004, Shields made several recurring guest appearances on That '70s Show playing Pam Burkhart, Jackie 's ( Mila Kunis ) mother, who later
192-421: A child "performer" rather than a model. In 1983, in the wake of the legal battle over ownership of the photos, artist Richard Prince photographed one of Gross' photos of the 10-year-old Shields standing naked in a bathtub. Prince had found the picture in a copy of Gross' self-published book Little Women onto Ektachrome slide film, then blew it up to 8x10 inch print. Put in a gold fame, a Prince reproduction of
256-442: A child named Violet who lived in a brothel, the daughter of a prostitute played by Susan Sarandon . There were numerous nude scenes in the film, including those in which Shields appeared naked. Her appearance in the film spurred significant controversy, as public worry regarding child sexual abuse had begun to rise at the time of its release. Gossip columnist Rona Barrett called the film " child pornography ", and director Malle
320-456: A crush on Susan. When the series was picked up, former Murphy Brown writers/producers Gary Dontzig and Steven Peterman were brought in to redevelop the concept, being appointed as the show's co-showrunners. Other changes between the pilot and the series included Barbara Barrie replacing Nancy Marchand in the role of Nana, and Swoosie Kurtz and Ray Baker replacing Kurt Fuller and Caroline McWilliams as Susan's parents, Bill and Liz;
384-603: A featured celebrity in NBC 's genealogy documentary reality series, Who Do You Think You Are? , where it was revealed that, through her father's ancestry, she is the distant cousin (many generations removed) of King Louis XIV of France, and thus a descendant of both Saint Louis and Henry IV of France . Shields took over the role of Morticia Addams in the Broadway musical The Addams Family beginning on June 28, 2011. Starting in 2013, Shields has been an occasional guest co-host in
448-440: A guest appearance on Disney 's Hannah Montana , playing Susan Stewart, protagonist Miley Stewart 's ( Miley Cyrus ) mother, who died in 2004. In 2008, she returned in the prime time drama Lipstick Jungle . The series ended a year later. Starting in 2010, 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 ). She also appeared as
512-454: A hope that the damned thing turned out all right. Get over it. Brenda Starr is not as bad as the also-rans that Hollywood traditionally dumps on us before Labor Day... it's a heap worse." Entertainment Weekly would later place the film on its list of "21 Worst Comic-Book Movies Ever". In 1993, Shields made a guest appearance in a fourth-season episode of The Simpsons , called " The Front ". The following year, she starred as Rizzo in
576-576: A lead in The Blue Lagoon (1980), which included nude scenes between teenage lovers stranded on a tropical island (Shields later testified before a U.S. Congressional inquiry that older body doubles were used in some of them). The same year, she was the youngest guest star to ever appear on The Muppet Show , in which she and the Muppets put on their own version of Alice's Adventures in Wonderland . She
640-434: A model when she was 11 months old in 1966. Her first job was for Ivory Soap , when she was photographed by Francesco Scavullo . She continued as a successful child model with model agent Eileen Ford , who, in her Lifetime biography, stated that she started her children's division just for Shields. Ford said of her: "She is a professional child and unique. She looks like an adult and thinks like one." After appearing in
704-730: A number of important landmarks. It runs in an approximately straight 5.2 mi (8.4 km) east–west line from the Financial District to Lincoln Park in the far northwest corner of the city. California Street begins at the intersection of Market Street , Main Street, and Drumm Street in front of the Hyatt Regency Embarcadero Center , one block from the Ferry Building , then travels through Chinatown , over Nob Hill , through Lower Pacific Heights , Laurel Heights, and
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#1732869203996768-523: A number of noble families from Italy, in particular from Genoa and Rome. These are namely (in chronological order of descent from 1355 to 1965) the Gattilusi - Palaiologos - Savoy , Grimaldi , Imperiali , Carafa , Doria , Doria-Pamphili-Landi , Chigi-Albani , and Torlonia dynasties. Her paternal grandmother was Italian noblewoman Marina Torlonia di Civitella-Cesi , who was the daughter of an Italian prince and an American socialite . Her great-uncle
832-570: A pillar of support for Susan. The day after the wedding, Susan goes to her boss, Jack Richmond ( Judd Nelson ), the rebellious brother of Susan's former fiancé, Kip, begging for her job back. Instead, Jack assigns Susan to write a regular column about being suddenly single. Susan's coworkers include photographer Luis Rivera ( Nestor Carbonell ), boyish rock music reporter Todd Stites ( David Strickland ), restaurant critic Vicki Groener ( Kathy Griffin ), and, in later episodes, investigative reporter and Susan's old enemy Maddy Piper ( Andréa Bendewald ). In
896-610: A provocative fashion model and child actress. Time magazine reported in its February 9, 1981, cover story that her day rate as a model was $ 10,000 (equivalent to $ 28,000 in 2023 ). In 1983, Shields appeared on the cover of the September issue of Paris Vogue , the October and November issues of American Vogue and the December edition of Italian Vogue . During that period Shields became a regular at New York City's nightclub Studio 54 . In
960-403: A publishing house to a magazine, the main office set retained most of its features from the pilot; the most noticeable difference was that the elevator was at stage right. While the pilot's storyline featuring Elizabeth Ashley as one of the publishing house's clients was not used in the series, a cardboard cut out of Ashley that was featured in the pilot appears throughout the first three seasons of
1024-542: A romantic lead in Sahara (1983) for a fee variously reported as $ 1 million or $ 1.5 million. Her mother Teri Shields was executive producer of the picture, with a fee of $ 25,000. The movie was a critical and financial failure, released only in the Western United States after poor previews and grossing $ 1.2 million against a budget of $ 15 million (equivalent to $ 40 million in 2023 ). For Sahara , Shields earned
1088-564: Is "A look at actor, model and icon Brooke Shields as she transforms from a sexualized young girl to a woman discovering her power." In 2024, Shields was elected the president of the Actors' Equity Association . California Street (San Francisco) California Street is a major thoroughfare in San Francisco , California . It is one of the longest streets in San Francisco, and includes
1152-544: Is faced with a new set of problems and has to prove herself all over again. Besides the task of putting together a magazine and focusing on the lead character's life, Suddenly Susan also focuses on the private lives of many employees in the show. In the show's original pilot, written by Billy Van Zandt and Jane Milmore and based on a dramatic script by Clyde Phillips , Susan worked at a publishing house editing children's books. After breaking up with her live-in boyfriend Ted ( Brian McNamara ), Susan finds herself "single" for
1216-563: Is twelve. She poses nude. Teri is her mother. She thinks it's swell. Although the September 26, 1977 issue was listed in a 2008 collection of classic covers on the New York Magazine website for its 40th anniversary, unlike the other listed issues, there is no link to the cover story about Shields' career as a nude model. The 11-year-old Shields was cast as the lead in French director Louis Malle 's Pretty Baby (1978), in which she played
1280-517: 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
1344-540: The 1974 TV adaptation of Arthur Miller 's play After the Fall , Shields made her feature film debut in the New Jersey -shot horror film Alice, Sweet Alice (1976), portraying a young girl who is murdered during her first communion. She was cast in the part after director Alfred Sole had seen her in a print advertisement for Vogue magazine. The film was later re-released in 1981, capitalizing on Shields's rising fame at
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#17328692039961408-525: The NBC sitcoms Suddenly Susan (1996–2000), for which she received two Golden Globe nominations, and Lipstick Jungle (2008–2009). In 2017, Shields returned to NBC with a major recurring role in Law & Order: Special Victims Unit in the show's 19th season. Shields voiced Beverly Goodman in the Adult Swim animated series Mr. Pickles (2014–2019) and its spin-off Momma Named Me Sheriff . Shields
1472-556: The NBC All Night overnight block. On Rotten Tomatoes , season 1 has an approval rating of 55% based on reviews from 11 critics. The website's critical consensus was: "Comedic inspiration doesn't spark Suddenly for this Susan, hampered by derivative gags that undermine Brooke Shields' energetic performance." Caryn James of the New York Times wrote: "Like its lead character, Suddenly Susan has no identity of its own. The beauty of
1536-650: The People's Choice Award in the category of Favorite Young Performer in four consecutive years from 1981 to 1984. During this same period, she starred in the USPHS PSA sponsored by the American Lung Association as an initiative that VIPs should become examples and advocates of non-smoking. By the age of 16, Shields had become one of the most recognizable faces in the United States, because of her dual career as
1600-481: The 1994 Broadway revival of Grease . In a 1996 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 1996 until 2000, and which earned a People's Choice Award in the category of Favorite Female Performer in a New Television Series for her, in 1997, and two Golden Globe nominations. In 1998, she played
1664-528: The 9:00 hour of Today on NBC. She also recurred during Season Nineteen of Law & Order: Special Victims Unit as Sheila Porter, the maternal grandmother of Olivia Benson 's ( Mariska Hargitay ) adopted son, Noah Porter. Shields is the subject of the 2023 documentary, Pretty Baby: Brooke Shields , directed by Lana Wilson , who also directed the Taylor Swift documentary, Miss Americana . The two-part series, which aired on Hulu on 3 April 2023,
1728-666: The Gross photo was the sole work displayed in his first "Spiritual America" exhibition at store-front art gallery on the Lower East Side of Manhattan. Later, when a Prince print of Shields was included in his 2009 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 (50.8 cm. x 60.9 cm.) of his reproduction of
1792-516: The Gross/Shields photo. In May 2014, copy #10 of Prince's reproduction of the Gross photo was auctioned off by Christie's , fetching a price of $ 3,973,000. The realized price was within Christie's pre-auction estimate of $ 3.4–4.5 million. In 2005, the 40-year-old Shields let Prince photograph her wearing a bikini in the same pose as the childhood nude photo, in front of a motorcycle. Shields played
1856-640: The Lake District. The street makes a slight bend at 8th Avenue, then parallels the edge of the Presidio of San Francisco through the Richmond District until its dead end terminus just west of 32nd Avenue, at Lincoln Park. Fifty-four blocks of California Street, from Van Ness Avenue westward to the dead end past 32nd Avenue, comprised the last major leg of the final 1928 alignment of the Lincoln Highway ,
1920-461: The Life", which killed off his character, Todd Stites. The episode's plot finds Susan desperately trying to find Todd when she suspects he has gone missing after he fails to show up to work one morning. As the episode progresses, Susan learns about a number of good deeds that Todd had done around his neighborhood that she never knew about. In-character interviews with the supporting cast also appear throughout
1984-505: The bay to a dingy former warehouse in Chinatown . In tow, Ian brought his own team of workers, including executive assistant and U.S. Navy veteran Miranda Charles ( Sherri Shepherd ), sports writer Nate Knaborski ( Currie Graham ), and freelance photographer Oliver Browne ( Rob Estes ). Faced with new challenges, Susan suddenly had to prove herself all over again. Airing between Seinfeld and ER during its first season, Suddenly Susan
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2048-442: The camera cuts away before the news of Todd's fate can be revealed. The episode ends with memorable clips of Strickland from the show and the memorial subtitle: "The Gods of comedy looked down upon you and smiled". Before production began on the fourth and final season, Judd Nelson and Andrea Bendewald left the show; Peterman and Dontzig also stepped down as showrunners, and the series replaced almost its entire writing staff (with
2112-411: The characters of Eric and Ted were reworked into the roles of Jack Richmond (played by Nelson) and his brother, Kip ( Anthony Starke ), whom Susan jilts during their wedding. (McNamara would later play Cooper Elliot, a friend of Jack's who briefly replaces him as publisher of The Gate through a poker game bet and takes Susan to Italy at the end of Season 1.) In the series, though the setting switches from
2176-621: The distinction of being the only actress ever to win the Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Supporting Actor . At the 1984 Razzies , she was nominated for both the Worst Actress Award and Worst Supporting Actor, as "Brooke Shields (with a moustache)". 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
2240-406: The episode, with each actor sharing their personal experiences they had with Strickland before his death, framed as each character's own memories of Todd. As the episode comes to an end, Todd's favorite song, " Praise You " by Fatboy Slim , plays outside of Luis' apartment as Susan and her co-workers sit in a circle praying for Todd's well-being. At last, the phone in the middle of the room rings, but
2304-478: The eponymous lead in the 1989 movie Brenda Starr , which had been shot in 1986 for an intended 1987 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 1993, it was roasted by critics and bombed at the box office. Kevin Thomas in
2368-492: The exception of executive producer Maria Semple, who joined the show at the start of Season 3 and took over showrunning duties alongside Mark Driscoll , one of the new writers hired for the fourth season). The departures of Nelson and Bendewald, along with the death of Strickland, prompted Driscoll and Semple to retool the series: The Gate was transformed into a men's magazine by its new owner, Ian Maxtone-Graham ( Eric Idle ), and relocated from its trendy uptown offices overlooking
2432-650: The fall of 1983 and graduated with a Bachelor of Arts degree in French literature in 1987. She was a member of the Princeton Triangle Club and the Cap and Gown Club . Her autobiography, On Your Own , was published in 1985. Her 1987 senior thesis was titled "The Initiation: From Innocence to Experience: The Pre-Adolescent/Adolescent Journey in the Films of Louis Malle , Pretty Baby and Lacombe Lucien ." Shields played
2496-432: The film a thumbs down. Siskel said, "Brooke Shields is not very interesting when she's on the screen," and called her a model "who just can't act." Siskel's newspaper review further stated that her part in the film had "no substance, and she is incapable of appearing fresh. It's a stilted, nervous performance from a teen-ager who has not had a single acting lesson and could use a dozen." Other movies Shields appeared in, in
2560-496: The first road across America , leading out to the highway's western terminus in Lincoln Park . The route has four to six lanes for its entire length. A cable car line runs on the eastern portion from Market to Van Ness Avenue and a trolleybus line runs on the western portion between Steiner and 32nd Avenue. Two novels are named for San Francisco's California Street: California Street (1959) by Niven Busch , which documents
2624-447: The first time in years. Concurrently, Susan faces even greater challenges at work when her boss, Eric ( Philip Casnoff ), assigns her the task of working as an editor with Charlotte ( Elizabeth Ashley ), a hugely successful and highly opinionated romance novelist. Always on hand to provide support is Susan's grandmother, Nana ( Nancy Marchand ), her co-workers, acerbic best friend Marcy ( Maggie Wheeler ) and Neil ( David Krumholtz ), who has
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2688-409: The headline "Brooke Shields, 12, stirs furor over child porn in films." She or her body double also appeared in a dorsal nude scene in the 1979 release Just You and Me, Kid , which co-starred George Burns . In the movie, Shields also appeared in a scene where she apparently is naked, covered only by a deflated car tire inner tube while lying in the trunk of Burns' vintage automobile. Shields also
2752-439: The magic time slot is that it gives Suddenly Susan, with its engaging star and flexible format, a well-deserved chance to grow." Ken Tucker of Entertainment Weekly gave it a grade C and called it: "A wearyingly self-conscious updating of The Mary Tyler Moore Show : nice girl trying to make it in the competitive workplace of a big town." Twenty-three episodes were produced for season four, but episode 18, "The Gay Parade"
2816-561: The mid-1980s, Shields began her support of the USO by touring with Bob Hope . From 1981 to 1983, Shields, her mother, photographer Garry Gross , and Playboy Press were involved in litigation in the New York City Courts over the rights to photographs her mother had signed away to Gross (when dealing with models who are minors, a parent or legal guardian must sign such a release form while other agreements are subject to negotiation). Gross
2880-504: The most beautiful child and I'm going to help her with her career." Growing up, Shields took piano, ballet, and horse-riding lessons. Shields was raised in the Roman Catholic faith. For her confirmation at age 10, she took the name Camille , after Camillus de Lellis . While attending high school, she resided in Haworth, New Jersey . Shields has stated that her first encounter with
2944-546: The narration for the Sony/BMG recording of The Runaway Bunny , a concerto for violin, orchestra, and reader, by Glen Roven . It was performed by the Royal Philharmonic and Ittai Shapira . In the late 2000s, Shields guest-starred on shows like FX 's Nip/Tuck and CBS 's Two and a Half Men . In 2005, Shields appeared in a second-season episode of HBO 's Entourage , entitled "Blue Balls Lagoon". In 2007, she made
3008-755: The paparazzi was in the Grand Ballroom of the Waldorf Astoria New York at the age of 12, stating that she "stood like a statue wondering why they were all hired to photograph me" and that she " debuted at the Waldorf." Shields attended the New Lincoln School until eighth grade. She graduated from the Dwight-Englewood School in Englewood, New Jersey , in 1983. Shields began her career as
3072-686: The role, but wrote that she fell short of Donna Murphy's "perfection." In April 2005, Shields played Roxie Hart in a long-running production of Chicago at the Adelphi Theatre in London's West End. Later the same year, she reprised the role in the Broadway revival, from September 9 to October 30. This made her the first performer to have starred in Chicago , Cabaret , and Grease on Broadway, three long-running revivals noted for " stunt casting " of celebrities not known for musical theatre. Shields recorded
3136-601: The show barely ranked in the top 100, prompting NBC to pull it from the schedule in January. It returned briefly in June, but at the end of the month was pulled from the network's prime-time schedule with five episodes left unaired. One episode, "The Gay Parade", remained unaired by NBC (but was eventually shown on Lifetime a few years later); the final four episodes (including the two-part series finale) were burned off from 2:00 to 4:00 a.m. EST on December 26, 2000, airing as part of
3200-461: The show – it can be seen briefly behind Susan's desk, near the filing cabinets along the back wall. The actual location for the exterior shots of the office was the Newhall Building at 260 California Street in San Francisco. David Strickland committed suicide in a Las Vegas motel room on March 22, 1999. Strickland's death was later incorporated into the show's third season finale, "A Day in
3264-429: The show's final season, The Gate is taken over by Ian Maxtone-Graham ( Eric Idle ) and overhauled into a men's magazine that's run out of an old warehouse in Chinatown . Along with this, Ian brings his own team of workers, including executive assistant and U.S. Navy veteran Miranda Charles ( Sherri Shepherd ), sports writer Nate Knaborski ( Currie Graham ), and freelance photographer Oliver Browne ( Rob Estes ). Susan
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#17328692039963328-406: The time. Next, Shields worked with director Woody Allen in his 1977 film Annie Hall , but her role was cut out of the final edit of the film. Shields and her mother Teri appeared on the cover of the September 26, 1977 issue of New York Magazine , in a cover story about her modeling career. The main headline on the cover read: "Meet Teri and Brooke Shields" while the subtitle read: Brooke
3392-571: The wake of Pretty Baby , were Wanda Nevada and Tilt , both of which were released in 1979. In 1980, 14-year-old Shields was the youngest fashion model ever to appear on the cover of Vogue . Later that same year, Shields appeared in controversial print and TV ads for Calvin Klein jeans. The TV ad included her saying the famous tagline: "You want to know what comes between me and my Calvins? Nothing." Brooke Shields ads would help catapult Klein's career to super-designer status. She next appeared as
3456-517: Was 11 years old. She continued to model into her late teenage years and starred in several dramas in the 1980s, including The Blue Lagoon (1980), and Franco Zeffirelli 's Endless Love (1981). In 1983, Shields suspended her modeling career to attend Princeton University , where she subsequently graduated with a bachelor's degree in Romance languages . In the 1990s, Shields returned to acting and appeared in minor roles in films. She also starred in
3520-483: Was also the youngest person to host ABC 's Fridays , a Saturday Night Live -like sketch comedy show, in 1981. Her next major film role was in Franco Zeffirelli 's drama Endless Love (1981). The MPAA initially rated Endless Love with an X rating . The film was re-edited to earn an R rating . For her performance in the film, she received her first Razzie Award nomination for worst actress . She won
3584-450: Was born in Manhattan , New York City, on May 31, 1965, the daughter of actress and model Teri Shields ( née Schmon) and businessman Francis Alexander Shields . Her mother was of English, German, Scotch-Irish , and Welsh descent, while her father had English, French, Irish, and Italian ancestry. According to research by William Addams Reitwiesner , Shields has ancestral links with
3648-447: Was briefly involved with Donna 's ( Laura Prepon ) father ( Don Stark ). Shields left That '70s Show when her character was written out. In September 2004, she replaced Donna Murphy in the role of Ruth Sherwood in the 2003 revival of Wonderful Town until the show closed four months later. Her performance was widely praised. Ben Brantley of The New York Times praised the "goofy sweetness" she brought to her interpretation of
3712-609: Was described as a "combination of Lolita ' s Humbert Humbert and (by that point) controversial director Roman Polanski ". Her scenes in the nude also caused the film to be banned in Argentina , South Africa , and the Canadian provinces of Ontario and Saskatchewan . The film's ban in Ontario was lifted in 1995. She graced the cover of the May 29, 1978 issue of People , which bore
3776-481: Was initially a ratings success, attracting almost 25 million viewers per episode, despite mostly unfavorable critical reviews. When the show was moved to Monday nights at 8:00 p.m. (against the Top 30 hit Cosby ) for the second season, the show experienced a large decline in viewership, sliding from #3 to #71 in one year, bringing in less than 11 million viewers. The ratings failed to bounce back, and in its final season,
3840-486: Was never broadcast. End of the series' original broadcast run. Last four episodes were aired six months later. Brooke Shields Brooke Christa Shields (born May 31, 1965) is an American actress. A child model starting at the age of 11 months, Shields gained widespread notoriety at age 12 for her leading role in Louis Malle 's film Pretty Baby (1978), in which she appeared in nude scenes shot when she
3904-523: Was portrayed as nude in a third scene where she was being held hostage. For her work in the movie, she was paid a fee of $ 250,000 (equivalent to $ 920,000 in 2023 dollars), plus six percent of the profits. Just You and Me, Kid received poor reviews. Critic Roger Ebert , in his Chicago Sun-Times newspaper review, gave the film two out of four stars, calling the film "a charming disappointment." On his Sneak Previews TV show with Chicago Tribune film critic Gene Siskel , both Ebert and Siskel gave
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#17328692039963968-407: Was pregnant, Francis's family paid her a sum to terminate the pregnancy. Teri took the money, but violated the agreement and gave birth to Brooke. Francis married Teri, but they were divorced when Shields was only five months old. She has two stepbrothers and three half-sisters. When Shields was only five days old, her mother openly stated she wanted her to be active in show business, saying: "She's
4032-510: Was the Italian nobleman Alessandro Torlonia , the husband of Infanta Beatriz of Spain . In a 2010 episode of the genealogy documentary series Who Do You Think You Are? , Shields discovered she is a descendant of Victor Amadeus I of Savoy and his wife Christine of France (a daughter of King Henry IV of France and Maria de' Medici ) through the Torlonia dynasty. When Teri announced that she
4096-581: Was the photographer of a controversial set of nude images taken in 1975 of a then ten-year-old Brooke Shields with the consent of her mother, Teri Shields, for the Playboy Press publication Sugar 'n' Spice . The images portray Shields nude, standing and sitting in a bathtub, wearing makeup and covered in oil. The courts ruled in favor of the photographer due to a strange twist in New York law. The ruling would have been decided otherwise if Shields had been considered
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