Lisa Marie (actress)

Lisa Marie
Born	Lisa Marie Smith December 5, 1968 (1968-12-05) (age 42) Piscataway, New Jersey, United States
Nationality	American
Occupation	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]

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

1. ^ 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

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Name	Marie, Lisa
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Date of birth	1968-12-05
Place of birth	Piscataway, New Jersey, US
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