Twiggy

Twiggy

Known for
Acting
Born
September 19, 1949 (age 77)
Birthplace
London, England, UK

Biography

Dame Lesley Lawson DBE (born 19 September 1949), widely known by the nickname Twiggy, is an English model and actress. Considered a British cultural icon and a prominent teenage model of the '60s, she first came to prominence for her big eyes, long eyelashes, and short hair.

Known For

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Filmography

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Midnight Men: A John Schlesinger and Michael Childers Story poster

Midnight Men: A John Schlesinger and Michael Childers Story

Movie

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Mad Dad

Mad Dad

Movie · as Self

2026
Peter Asher: Everywhere Man poster

Peter Asher: Everywhere Man

Movie · as Self

2025
Twiggy poster

Twiggy

Movie · as Self

2023
imagine... French & Saunders: Pointed, Bitchy, Bitter poster

imagine... French & Saunders: Pointed, Bitchy, Bitter

Movie · as Self

2022
The Evolution of the Supermodel poster

The Evolution of the Supermodel

Movie · as Herself

2021
Peter O'Toole Réalta & Rógaire poster

Peter O'Toole Réalta & Rógaire

Movie · as Self

2019
RuPaul's Drag Race UK poster

RuPaul's Drag Race UK

TV · as Self - Guest Judge · 1 ep

2017
My Generation poster

My Generation

Movie · as Self (voice)

2017
The Summer of Love poster

The Summer of Love

Movie

2016
Harry Hill's Tea Time poster

Harry Hill's Tea Time

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2014
Pop Models poster

Pop Models

Movie · as Self

2014
The Kumars

The Kumars

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2012
Ken Russell: A Bit of a Devil poster

Ken Russell: A Bit of a Devil

Movie · as Self

2012
Twiggy: The Face of '66 poster

Twiggy: The Face of '66

Movie · as Elle-même

2012
Gottschalk Live

Gottschalk Live

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2011
Bert Stern - Original Madman poster

Bert Stern - Original Madman

Movie · as Self

2010
Brunes et Blondes poster

Brunes et Blondes

Movie · as Self

2010
Alan Titchmarsh's Walks of Fame

Alan Titchmarsh's Walks of Fame

TV · 1 ep

2008
Twiggy's Frock Exchange

Twiggy's Frock Exchange

TV · 3 eps

2007
The Powder & the Glory poster

The Powder & the Glory

Movie · as Herself

2007
The Alan Titchmarsh Show

The Alan Titchmarsh Show

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2006
Best Ever Muppet Moments poster

Best Ever Muppet Moments

Movie · as Self

2006
The One Show poster

The One Show

TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep

2006
Germany's Next Topmodel poster

Germany's Next Topmodel

TV · as Self - Guest Judge · 1 ep

2005
The Taming of the Shrew poster

The Taming of the Shrew

Movie · as Mrs. Minola

2005
ShakespeaRe-Told poster

ShakespeaRe-Told

TV · 1 ep

2004
The Best of So Graham Norton poster

The Best of So Graham Norton

Movie · as Self (archive footage)

2004
Who Do You Think You Are? poster

Who Do You Think You Are?

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2004
Parkinson poster

Parkinson

TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep

2003
Broadway's Lost Treasures poster

Broadway's Lost Treasures

Movie · as Edith Herbert (segment "My One and Only")

2003
America's Next Top Model poster

America's Next Top Model

TV · as Self - Judge · 63 eps

2002
Fame, Fashion and Photography: The Real Blow Up poster

Fame, Fashion and Photography: The Real Blow Up

Movie · as Self

2002
American Idol poster

American Idol

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2001
Friday Night with Jonathan Ross poster

Friday Night with Jonathan Ross

TV · as Self · 1 ep

1998
Woundings poster

Woundings

Movie · as Viv

1998
A Bing Crosby Christmas poster

A Bing Crosby Christmas

Movie · as Self (archive footage)

1998
So Graham Norton poster

So Graham Norton

TV · as Self · 1 ep

1997
Something Borrowed, Something Blue poster

Something Borrowed, Something Blue

Movie · as Eve Hamel (as Twiggy Lawson)

1995
Stick with Me, Kid

Stick with Me, Kid

TV · as Squidge · 13 eps

1993
Body Bags poster

Body Bags

Movie · as Cathy

1993
The Nanny poster

The Nanny

TV · as Jocelyn Sheffield · 1 ep

1993
Late Night with Conan O'Brien poster

Late Night with Conan O'Brien

TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep

1992
Heartbeat poster

Heartbeat

TV · as Lady Janet Whitly · 1 ep

1992
Absolutely Fabulous poster

Absolutely Fabulous

TV · as Self · 2 eps

1991
Princesses poster

Princesses

TV · as Princess Georgina 'Georgy' De La Rue · 8 eps

1989
Istanbul

Istanbul

Movie · as Maud

1989
Tales from the Crypt poster

Tales from the Crypt

TV · as Bonnie · 1 ep

1989
Young Charlie Chaplin poster

Young Charlie Chaplin

TV · as Hannah Chaplin · 6 eps

1988
Madame Sousatzka poster

Madame Sousatzka

Movie · as Jenny

1988
The Diamond Trap poster

The Diamond Trap

Movie · as Det. Sgt. Charlie Lawson

1988
Sun Child

Sun Child

Movie · as Fen Harris

1987
Sacrée soirée poster

Sacrée soirée

TV · as Self · 1 ep

1986
Club Paradise poster

Club Paradise

Movie · as Phillipa Lloyd

1986
The Little Match Girl poster

The Little Match Girl

Movie · as Josie Roberts

1985
An Audience with Billy Connolly poster

An Audience with Billy Connolly

Movie · as Self - Audience Member (uncredited)

1985
The Doctor and the Devils poster

The Doctor and the Devils

Movie · as Jennie Bailey

1982
Die Spielbude

Die Spielbude

TV · as Self · 1 ep

1981
Pygmalion poster

Pygmalion

Movie · as Eliza

1981
Celebrity Playhouse

Celebrity Playhouse

TV · as Eliza Doolittle · 1 ep

1980
The Donna Summer Special poster

The Donna Summer Special

Movie · as Bad Girl

1980
There Goes The Bride poster

There Goes The Bride

Movie · as Polly Perkins

1980
The Blues Brothers poster

The Blues Brothers

Movie · as Chic Lady

1979
Echoes of the Sixties: A Musical Trip poster

Echoes of the Sixties: A Musical Trip

Movie · as Self - Hostess

1979
The Muppets Go Hollywood poster

The Muppets Go Hollywood

Movie · as Self (uncredited)

1978
An Audience with... poster

An Audience with...

TV · as Self · 5 eps

1977
US Against the World poster

US Against the World

Movie · as Self

1977
The Butterfly Ball poster

The Butterfly Ball

Movie · as Herself

1977
Bing Crosby's Merrie Olde Christmas poster

Bing Crosby's Merrie Olde Christmas

Movie · as Self

1977
The Val Doonican Music Show

The Val Doonican Music Show

TV · as Singer · 1 ep

1976
The Frontiers of Science poster

The Frontiers of Science

Movie · as Florence Cook

1976
The Sonny and Cher Show poster

The Sonny and Cher Show

TV · 1 ep

1976
The Muppet Show poster

The Muppet Show

TV · as Self - Special Guest Star / Lola Thomas · 1 ep

1976
Mike Yarwood In Persons poster

Mike Yarwood In Persons

TV · 1 ep

1976
Victorian Scandals poster

Victorian Scandals

TV · as Florence Cook · 1 ep

1974
W poster

W

Movie · as Katie Lewis

1974
Am laufenden Band poster

Am laufenden Band

TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep

1974
Dinah! poster

Dinah!

TV · as Self · 2 eps

1972
Musikladen poster

Musikladen

TV · as Self · 1 ep

1971
The Boy Friend poster

The Boy Friend

Movie · as Polly

1971
The Devils poster

The Devils

Movie · as Pageboy (uncredited)

1971
Beaton by Bailey poster

Beaton by Bailey

Movie · as self

1971
Film '72

Film '72

TV · as Self · 1 ep

1970
Treffpunkte

Treffpunkte

TV · as Self · 1 ep

1969
Popcorn poster

Popcorn

Movie · as Self

1968
Cilla poster

Cilla

TV · as Self · 1 ep

1967
Opus poster

Opus

Movie · as Herself

1967
Top Class People poster

Top Class People

Movie · as Self

1967
One Pair of Eyes poster

One Pair of Eyes

TV · 1 ep

1966
Go Go Go Said the Bird

Go Go Go Said the Bird

Movie · as Herself

1966
Lucy in London poster

Lucy in London

Movie · as Model (uncredited)

1962
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson poster

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

TV · as Self · 1 ep

1961
The Mike Douglas Show poster

The Mike Douglas Show

TV · as Self - Co-Hostess · 1 ep