Neith Hunter

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Neith Hunter
Born
Neith Andrina Hunter

San Francisco, California, U.S.
OccupationActor, model
Years active1986–1999
Spouse
Warren Fahy
(m. 2009)
Children1

Neith Andrina Hunter is an American former model and actress. She began her modeling career in the 1980s in her home town of San Francisco, California, where she was discovered as a teen by John Casablancas; she was the first graduate of his exclusive model training center. French couturier Hubert de Givenchy offered her an exclusive contract to work for his House of Givenchy in Paris.

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She is well known for playing Marcie (better known as "The redheaded woman in the green dress") in the film Born in East L.A. [1] She would later appear in several other films, including Fright Night 2 (1988) and Silent Night, Deadly Night 4: Initiation (1990). [2]

Career

In the early-1980s, Hunter established herself as a muse of French-based fashion designer Diane Pernet. [3] Hunter went on to become an international model on runways and in print appearing regularly in publications such as Vogue Italia and Victoria's Secret catalogs. Neith worked with photographers Gian Paolo Barbieri, Albert Watson, Sheila Metzner, Arthur Elgort, Guy Bourdin, Helmut Newton, Mario Testino, Irving Penn, Antonio Guccioni, Matthew Rolston and Steven Meisel. Returning to the states, Neith modeled in New York City for American Vogue and became the signature model for avant-garde designer and fashion journalist, Diane Pernet, and worked extensively with photographer Herb Ritts. [4]

She studied acting with Daniel Mann in the mid-1980s, and relocated to Los Angeles. Working with Ritts, Hunter collaborated on the iconic image, Neith with Tumbleweed, for his book, Pictures, as well as, Neith with Shadows and images for Ritts' book, Men / Women. Neith also appeared in books by photographers Matthew Rolston and Gian Paolo Barbieri for Vogue Italia . [5]

Helmut Newton introduced Neith to master sculptor, Robert Graham. Neith became Graham's muse and the two were a couple, during which time Graham sculpted, sketched and photographed Neith for such installations as the Duke Ellington memorial in Central Park and Study for Column 1, in the Rolfe Courtyard, at UCLA.

Hunter would later appear in films and television as an actress making her film debut in Born in East L.A. (1987). [6] Other films include Less than Zero (1987), Fright Night Part 2 (1988) and Brian Yuzna's Silent Night, Deadly Night 4: Initiation (1990). [7]

Personal life

Hunter attended the California Institute of the Arts and graduated with a BFA degree in studio art in 2002. She has one child with songwriter Andrew Scandal and was married to author Warren Fahy in 2009.

Filmography

Film

YearTitleRoleNotes
1987 Born in East L.A. Marcie
1987 Near Dark Lady in Car
1987 Less than Zero Alana
1988 Fright Night Part 2 Young Admirer
1990 Silent Night, Deadly Night 4: Initiation Kim Levitt
1991Inside OutAngelaSegment "The Diaries"
1991 Silent Night, Deadly Night 5: The Toy Maker Kim Levitt
1995 Carnosaur 2 Joanne Galloway
1995Gentlemen's BetLauren Bernard
1996 Red Shoe Diaries 6: How I Met My Husband Alice
1999 Liar's Poker Brooke

Television

YearTitleRoleNotes
1986 Sledge Hammer! Doll1 Episode
1987 Miami Vice Trace1 Episode
1988 Nightingales JulieTelevision film
1990–1991 One Life to Live Laura Jean Ellis
1992–1996 Red Shoe Diaries Daughter / Alice2 Episodes
1994Jonathan Stone: Threat of InnocenceNora WalshTelevision film
1994–1995 Silk Stalkings Elise / Gayla Everett3 Episodes
1995 In the Name of Love: A Texas Tragedy Elaine PhelpsTelevision film

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References

  1. "1987 Press Photo Cheech Marin, Neith Hunter in "Born In East L.A."". Born in East L.A. Historic Images. Retrieved July 3, 2022.
  2. Skin 2009, p. 126.
  3. Pernet, Diane (August 6, 2018). "Neith Hunter was my muse from 1982 to 1987 till Herb Ritts discovered her and…". A Shaded View on Fashion. Archived from the original on December 22, 2018. Retrieved December 22, 2018.
  4. Martineau 2012, p. 206.
  5. "Neith Hunter, Vogue Italia, 1983: Hahnemühle Fine Art Baryta, 308 gr., Edition: 2/15". Ocula. Retrieved January 11, 2017.
  6. "Neith Hunter". British Film Institute (BFI). Retrieved December 28, 2016.
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