Annabelle Schofield, a supermodel and actress who captivated the fashion world in the 1980s, has died after battling cancer. She was 62.
According to a recent report by the Daily Mail, on Feb. 28 she died in Los Angeles, California. Born in Wales, she was an icon of the 1980s London glamour fashion scene.
She graced the covers of hundreds of magazines and served as the face of global brands such as Yves Saint Laurent and Revlon, but the image most indelibly etched in the public's mind was the Bugle Boy jean commercial. Driving a black Ferrari across the desert, she delivered the line "Excuse me, are those Bugle Boy jeans you're wearing?" which created huge buzz at the time and made her an icon of the era.
Melissa Richardson, the former head of the Take Two agency that discovered her, was plunged into deep grief upon hearing the news. Melissa recalled, "She was one of master David Bailey's most treasured models, and she graced countless photo shoots for Italian Vogue."
She added, "The reason we loved her was that she was humorous, down-to-earth and, above all, humble," and she paid tribute: "She was exactly the same pure Welsh girl I first met at 17. She was loyal and the ultimate professional who did her job more perfectly than anyone."
Born the daughter of British film producer John D. Schofield, Annabelle naturally entered the entertainment industry. She enjoyed a peak as an actress appearing opposite Larry Hagman in the drama Dallas, and she appeared in films including Solar Crisis and Eye of the Widow.
Her passion did not stop in front of the camera. Later reinventing herself as a producer, she founded her production company Bella Bene Productions and demonstrated her skills across fashion projects and music videos. She also wrote an autobiographical novel, The Cherry Alignment, which she dedicated to her close friend the late Heath Ledger, revealing a special friendship.
[Photo] still from Solar Crisis (1990)
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