Twiggy

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Twiggy

Acting 77 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 m…

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The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

7.5 1962 TV Show
The Blues Brothers

The Blues Brothers

7.7 1980 Movie
The Nanny

The Nanny

8.1 1993 TV Show
The Mike Douglas Show

The Mike Douglas Show

5.8 1961 TV Show
Late Night with Conan O'Brien

Late Night with Conan O'Brien

7.3 1993 TV Show
Tales from the Crypt

Tales from the Crypt

8.0 1989 TV Show
The One Show

The One Show

4.4 2006 TV Show
American Idol

American Idol

5.0 2002 TV Show
Sacrée soirée

Sacrée soirée

5.7 1987 TV Show
The Devils

The Devils

7.5 1971 Movie
The Muppet Show

The Muppet Show

8.0 1976 TV Show
America's Next Top Model

America's Next Top Model

5.4 2003 TV Show

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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

Movies and shows, newest first

  1. 2026
    Peter Asher: Everywhere Man

    Movie Self

  2. 2025
    Twiggy

    Movie Self

  3. 2023
    imagine... French & Saunders: Pointed, Bitchy, Bitter

    Movie Self

  4. 2022
    The Evolution of the Supermodel

    Movie Herself

  5. 2021
    Peter O'Toole Réalta & Rógaire

    Movie Self

  6. 2019
    RuPaul's Drag Race UK

    TV show Self - Guest Judge

  7. 2017
    My Generation

    Movie Self (voice)

  8. 2017
    The Summer of Love

    Movie

  9. 2016
    Harry Hill's Tea Time

    TV show Self

  10. 2014
    Pop Models

    Movie Self

  11. 2014
    The Kumars

    TV show Self

  12. 2012
    Twiggy: The Face of '66

    Movie Elle-même

  13. 2012
    Gottschalk Live

    TV show Self

  14. 2012
    Ken Russell: A Bit of a Devil

    Movie Self

  15. 2011
    Bert Stern - Original Madman

    Movie Self

  16. 2010
    Brunes et Blondes

    Movie Self

More credits
  1. 2010
    Alan Titchmarsh's Walks of Fame

    TV show

  2. 2008
    Twiggy's Frock Exchange

    TV show

  3. 2007
    The Alan Titchmarsh Show

    TV show Self

  4. 2007
    The Powder & the Glory

    Movie Herself

  5. 2006
    The One Show

    TV show Self - Guest

  6. 2006
    Best Ever Muppet Moments

    Movie Self

  7. 2006
    Germany's Next Topmodel

    TV show Self - Guest Judge

  8. 2005
    The Taming of the Shrew

    Movie Mrs. Minola

  9. 2005
    ShakespeaRe-Told

    TV show

  10. 2004
    Who Do You Think You Are?

    TV show Self

  11. 2004
    The Best of So Graham Norton

    Movie Self (archive footage)

  12. 2004
    Parkinson

    TV show Self - Guest

  13. 2003
    Broadway's Lost Treasures

    Movie Edith Herbert (segment "My One and Only")

  14. 2003
    America's Next Top Model

    TV show Self - Judge

  15. 2002
    Fame, Fashion and Photography: The Real Blow Up

    Movie Self

  16. 2002
    American Idol

    TV show Self

  17. 2001
    Friday Night with Jonathan Ross

    TV show Self

  18. 1998
    Woundings

    Movie Viv

  19. 1998
    So Graham Norton

    TV show Self

  20. 1998
    A Bing Crosby Christmas

    Movie Self (archive footage)

  21. 1997
    Something Borrowed, Something Blue

    Movie Eve Hamel (as Twiggy Lawson)

  22. 1995
    Stick with Me, Kid

    TV show Squidge

  23. 1993
    The Nanny

    TV show Jocelyn Sheffield

  24. 1993
    Late Night with Conan O'Brien

    TV show Self - Guest