Grace Moore

Grace Moore died in a plane crash in Copenhagen Airport on January 26, 1947. Among the victims was also Prince Gustav Adolf of Sweden, father of the present Swedish king, Carl XVI Gustaf. She publicly condemned the use of alcohol and cigarettes, and suggested that marriage killed all romance. Moore's life story was made into a movie, So This is Love, in 1953, starring Kathryn Grayson. She was especially well known for her laidback and honest style. She was at one point chosen by Florenz Ziegfeld as one of the most beautiful women in the world. Her children are Georgia (from the first marriage), Dinah, Charles and Christopher (from the third marriage). Born in Slabtown, Tennessee, she won fame as an opera, Broadway and Hollywood star, and was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actress in 1935 for One Night of Love. Married three times, she took her third husband's name and was known as Suzy Parker Dillman after she retired from celebrity life.

Mary Willie Grace Moore (December 5, 1898 - January 26, 1947) was an American operatic soprano and actress. Her other acting credits included Kiss Them for Me, Ten North Frederick and appearances in the TV series Tarzan and The Twilight Zone. Her acting debut was in the 1957 film Funny Face with Fred Astaire and Audrey Hepburn. She is often called the 'original supermodel'. She was the first model to earn more than $US100 per hour and $100,000 per year, and at one point she was the highest paid model in the industry at $US200 per hour.

She was a successful model during the 1950s and was the 'signature face' for Coco Chanel during much of that period. Dorian introduced her to Eileen Ford, a famous modelling agent, at the age of 15. The sister of model Dorian Leigh, she grew up and attended school in Highland Park, New Jersey. She died on May 3, 2003 in Montecito, California at the age of 69.

Suzy Parker was an American model and actress, born Cecilia Ann Renee Parker on October 28, 1932 on Long Island, New York, USA.