Twiggy
Acting
Born September 19, 1949, London, England, UK
Dame Lesley Lawson DBE (born 19 September 1949), widely known by the nickname Twiggy, is an English model and actress. Considered a British cultural icon and a prominent teenage model of the '60s, she first came to prominence for her big eyes, long eyelashes, and short hair.
Filmography
- 2017The Summer of Love
- 2012Twiggy: The Face of '66 — Elle-même
- Alan Titchmarsh's Walks of Fame
- Twiggy's Frock Exchange
- ShakespeaRe-Told
- 2005The Taming of the Shrew — Mrs. Minola
- 2003Broadway's Lost Treasures — Edith Herbert (segment "My One and Only")
- 1998Woundings — Viv
- 1997Something Borrowed, Something Blue — Eve Hamel (as Twiggy Lawson)
- Stick with Me, Kid — Squidge
- 1993Body Bags — Cathy
- The Nanny — Jocelyn Sheffield
- Heartbeat — Lady Janet Whitly
- Princesses — Princess Georgina 'Georgy' De La Rue
- 1989Istanbul — Maud
- Tales from the Crypt — Bonnie
- Young Charlie Chaplin — Hannah Chaplin
- 1988Madame Sousatzka — Jenny
- 1988Sun Child — Fen Harris
- 1988The Diamond Trap — Det. Sgt. Charlie Lawson
- 1986Club Paradise — Phillipa Lloyd
- 1986The Little Match Girl — Josie Roberts
- 1985The Doctor and the Devils — Jennie Bailey
- Celebrity Playhouse — Eliza Doolittle
- 1981Pygmalion — Eliza
- 1980The Blues Brothers — Chic Lady
- 1980The Donna Summer Special — Bad Girl
- 1980There Goes The Bride — Polly Perkins
- The Val Doonican Music Show — Singer
- Mike Yarwood In Persons
- 1976The Frontiers of Science — Florence Cook
- The Sonny and Cher Show
- Victorian Scandals — Florence Cook
- 1974W — Katie Lewis
- 1971The Boy Friend — Polly
- 1971The Devils — Pageboy (uncredited)
- One Pair of Eyes
- 1966Lucy in London — Twiggy (uncredited)
- Midnight Men: A John Schlesinger and Michael Childers Story
Appearances as themselves (53)
- 2026Peter Asher: Everywhere Man — Self
- 2025Twiggy — Self
- 2023imagine... French & Saunders: Pointed, Bitchy, Bitter — Self
- 2022The Evolution of the Supermodel — Herself
- 2021Peter O'Toole Réalta & Rógaire — Self
- RuPaul's Drag Race UK — Self - Guest Judge
- 2017My Generation — Self (voice)
- Harry Hill's Tea Time — Self
- 2014Pop Models — Self
- The Kumars — Self
- Gottschalk Live — Self
- 2012Ken Russell: A Bit of a Devil — Self
- 2011Bert Stern - Original Madman — Self
- 2010Brunes et Blondes — Self
- The Alan Titchmarsh Show — Self
- 2007The Powder & the Glory — Herself
- 2006Best Ever Muppet Moments — Self
- Germany's Next Topmodel — Self - Guest Judge
- The One Show — Self - Guest
- Parkinson — Self - Guest
- 2004The Best of So Graham Norton — Self (archive footage)
- Who Do You Think You Are? — Self
- America's Next Top Model — Self - Judge
- American Idol — Self
- 2002Fame, Fashion and Photography: The Real Blow Up — Self
- Friday Night with Jonathan Ross — Self
- 1998A Bing Crosby Christmas — Self (archive footage)
- So Graham Norton — Self
- Late Night with Conan O'Brien — Self - Guest
- Absolutely Fabulous — Self
- Sacrée soirée — Self
- 1985An Audience with Billy Connolly — Self - Audience Member (uncredited)
- Die Spielbude — Self
- 1979Echoes of the Sixties: A Musical Trip — Self - Hostess
- 1979The Muppets Go Hollywood — Self (uncredited)
- An Audience with... — Self
- 1977Bing Crosby's Merrie Olde Christmas — Self
- 1977The Butterfly Ball — Herself
- 1977US Against the World — Self
- The Muppet Show — Self - Special Guest Star / Lola Thomas
- Am laufenden Band — Self - Guest
- Dinah! — Self
- Musikladen — Self
- 1971Beaton by Bailey — self
- Film '72 — Self
- Treffpunkte — Self
- 1969Popcorn — Self
- Cilla — Self
- 1967Opus — Herself
- 1967Top Class People — Self
- 1966Go Go Go Said the Bird — Herself
- The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson — Self
- The Mike Douglas Show — Self - Co-Hostess