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Lisa Marie Born Lisa Marie Smith
December 5, 1968
Piscataway, New Jersey, United StatesNationality 
AmericanOccupation Model, actress Years active 1988-present Height 5 ft 6 in (1.68 m) Partner Tim Burton (1993-2001) Website lisamarie.com Lisa Marie Smith (born December 5, 1968) is an American model and actress, who uses simply Lisa Marie as her professional name.[1]
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Early life
Lisa Marie was born in Piscataway, New Jersey, where she was raised by her father and grandparents. She studied ballet for eight years at the New Jersey Ballet, and learned classical piano. She moved to New York City at age 15 to study theater, dance and music.[citation needed]
Career
Marie was a model for Robert Mapplethorpe and was featured in photographer Bruce Weber's ad campaign for designer Calvin Klein's Obsession perfume.
Marie went on to appear briefly in Let's Get Lost, Weber's documentary on the life of jazz trumpeter Chet Baker, and had a small role in Woody Allen's film Alice. In 1989 she appeared on Malcolm McLaren's song "Something's Jumpin' in Your Shirt" from his 1989 album Waltz Darling.
Marie met film director Tim Burton at Starbucks in New York on New Year's Eve in 1992 when she had just quit modeling for Calvin Klein and he was having difficulty in his four-year marriage to his wife. According to a Boston Herald article they claimed to have bonded over mutually witnessing two UFO sightings in California. She was engaged to him from Valentine's Day 1993 to 2001 and appeared in small roles in most of his productions made during this time.
Burton abruptly ended their relationship following the premiere of 2001's Planet of the Apes, which he directed. Marie had a small role in the film, while Burton's new girlfriend Helena Bonham Carter was one of its lead actors.
Marie has appeared in numerous magazines including Maxim and Esquire. She’s also had her own photographs exhibited and published in magazines; Vanity Fair ran photos side by side that Marie and Burton each took.
Filmography
Year Title Role 1988 Let's Get Lost Herself 1990 Alice Office Xmas Party Guest 1994 Ed Wood Vampira 1996 Mars Attacks! Martian Girl 1997 Breast Men Vanessa 1998 Frogs for Snakes Myrna L'Hatsky 1999 Tail Lights Fade Kitty Sleepy Hollow Lady Crane If... Dog... Rabbit... Judy 2000 Chasing the Dragon Claire Oberon The Beat Nicks Sophie Stainboy voice of Match Girl/Stainboy's Mother/Cracker Girl 2001 Planet of the Apes Nova 2003 Starring (a short film by fashion designer Jeremy Scott) 2008 Secret World of Superfans Herself 2012 The Lords of Salem Priscilla Reed TV appearances
- Miami Vice, Cinder - in the episode "Baseballs of Death" (1988)
- Showbiz Today, herself - in the episode dated 12 December 1996
- The Howard Stern Radio Show, herself - in the episode dated 11 December 1999
- Exposure (TV series), herself as presenter (2000–2001)
References
- ^ Lee, Linda. "A Night Out with: Lisa Marie; A Vargas Girl in the City", The New York Times, 29 July 2001. Accessed 1 October 2007. "Lisa Marie (née Smith) has been dating Mr. Burton for nine and a half years, engaged to him for eight and a half years, sober for three and a half years.... She was raised in Piscataway, N.J., and came to the city in her teens to study dance."
External links
- Official site
- Lisa Marie at the Internet Movie Database
- ad for Lisa's Tim Burton estate sale, defamer.com
Categories:- 1968 births
- Living people
- Actors from New Jersey
- American female models
- American film actors
- People from Middlesex County, New Jersey
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