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Cary Grant and Margaux Hemingway, 1976. Hemingway made her film debut in the Lamont Johnson-directed rape and revenge film Lipstick (1976), alongside her 14-year-old sister Mariel, and Anne Bancroft. In it, she plays a fashion model who is terrorized by a rapist.
According to Margaux’s younger sister Mariel, this is right about when Margaux became “completely wild". No matter what curfews or punishments her parents put on her, Margaux went out at all hours of the day or night, skipping school to go party with her friends.
Jul 3, 1996 · Ms. Hemingway's two marriages, first to Mr. Wetson, then to Bernardo Faucher, a French-born film maker, ended in divorce. In addition to her sister, she is survived by her father and stepmother.
Her sister Mariel Hemingway, whose role in Lipstick (1976) had been suggested by Margaux, was a much greater success. Margaux had started drinking heavily; two marriages had failed. In 1988, she checked herself into the Betty Ford Center for rehabilitation.
- Actress, Additional Crew
- July 1, 1996
- February 16, 1954
Jun 5, 2022 · In 2013, her sister Mariel Hemingway confirmed the allegations, according to CNN. On July 1, 1996, Hemingway's friend found her body in her apartment in California, and evidence showed she had died several days before.
- Jessica Oconnor
Hemingway was the second of three children of John (“Jack”) Hadley Nicanor Hemingway, eldest son of the writer Ernest Hemingway and a stockbroker, writer, conservationist, and sport fisherman, and Byra (“Puck”) Whittlesey Whitlock, an airline employee. Her given name at birth was Margot Byra Hemingway.
Margaux Hemingway, granddaughter of acclaimed novelist Ernest Hemingway, emerged as a prominent American fashion model in the mid-1970s. Her tall stature and distinctive features resonated with the era’s aesthetic, landing her on the coveted covers of leading fashion magazines.
