Lisa Marie

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Lisa Marie Smith (born December 5 1968) is an American model and actress, who uses simply Lisa Marie as her stage name. ^[1]

Biography

Lisa Marie was born in Piscataway Township, 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 and moved to New York City at age 15 to study theater, dance, and music. 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".

Many of her films emphasise her voluptuous physique - in particular Let's Get Lost, Mars Attacks!, Ed Wood, and Breast Men) - but give her minimal dialogue. Marie had to be sewn into her dress for her role in Mars Attacks!; her character's stylised walk was choreographed by Dan Kamin.

Marie met film director Tim Burton at Goldfinger's strip club 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 and in which Marie had a small role and in which Burton's new girlfriend Helena Bonham Carter starred.

According to a June 2004 news story,^{[citation needed]} Lisa received a $5 million settlement in lieu of a palimony action. She then sued to rescind the agreement and bring a palimony action, claiming that Burton fraudulently convinced her she had no case. Marie's court case has since then been dismissed - she accrues nothing from her alleged oral agreement with Burton.

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.

The song 'Lisa Marie' by rapper Lil' Wayne appears to be about Marie.

She had two pet Chihuahuas Violet and Poppy, the latter starring in 'Mars Attacks'.

Filmography

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

External links

• Official site
• Lisa Marie at the Internet Movie Database
• SciFi.com Chat Transcript with Lisa
• ad for Lisa's Tim Burton estate sale, defamer.com