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Audrey Marie Munson (June 8, 1891 – February 20, 1996) was an American artist's model and film actress, considered to be "America's first supermodel ." [1] . In her time, she was variously known as " Miss Manhattan ", the " Panama–Pacific Girl ", the " Exposition Girl " and " American Venus ."
Audrey Munson was America's first supermodel, modeling for dozens of famous statues. By 40 she was forgotten -- because of a murder she didn't commit.
Dec 15, 2022 · Munson was the first American leading lady to appear nude in a mainstream movie, titled “Inspiration,” the first of three silent films which had nude scenes.
Aug 6, 2022 · Audrey Munson died at the state hospital in 1996, at age 104, according to the New England Historical Society. When she was only a child, her mother had taken her to a fortune teller who told Audrey she would "be beloved and famous.
Jan 18, 2020 · Audrey Munson is the biggest supermodel you've never heard of. She was considered the feminine ideal for a generation of artists and filmmakers in the early 1920s before her career went...
Jul 5, 2018 · Not many people know Audrey Munson by name—but if you’ve spent any time in New York City, you’ve seen her face. After all, Munson’s likeness tops some of the city’s grandest buildings. She’s the subject of a handful of its largest sculptures, and is featured in a whopping 30 statues at the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
Apr 17, 2016 · Born in 1891, Audrey Munson was blessed with a classically beautiful body and the courage to bare it—or, as she put it, to “brazen it out”—in the service of art. In the new book The Curse of...
Audrey Munson was a model and actress who achieved fame in the early part of the 20th Century in the United States. Born on June 8, 1891, in Rochester, New York, Munson was the only child produced by the marriage of Edgar Munson and Katherine Mahoney Munson.
Apr 15, 2016 · “The Curse of Beauty” by James Bone profiles Audrey Munson, a New Yorker who modeled for many statues. “Jackie Robinson in Quotes” covers the athlete’s fight for racial justice.
Apr 13, 2016 · An adaptation from the new book The Curse of Beauty, about the turn-of-the-century icon Audrey Munson, whose face can still be seen all over the country, but whose wild life and tragic end have...
