Vera von Lehndorff (born May 14, 1939 in Königsberg, East Prussia now known as Kaliningrad, Russia) is a German supermodel, actress, and artist popular during the 1960s. Better known simply as Veruschka or Veruschka von Lehndorff, she is also a daughter of Heinrich Graf von Lehndorff-Steinort, a member of German Resistance. May 14 is the 134th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (135th in leap years). ... 1939 (MCMXXXIX) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display full year calendar). ... Former German name of the city of Kaliningrad. ... East Prussia (German: Ostpreu en; Polish: Prusy Wschodnie; Russian: Восточная Пруссия — Vostochnaya Prussiya) was a province of Kingdom of Prussia, situated on the territory of former Ducal Prussia. ... May 14 is the 134th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (135th in leap years). ... 1939 (MCMXXXIX) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display full year calendar). ... Former German name of the city of Kaliningrad. ... East Prussia (German: Ostpreu en; Polish: Prusy Wschodnie; Russian: Восточная Пруссия — Vostochnaya Prussiya) was a province of Kingdom of Prussia, situated on the territory of former Ducal Prussia. ... Kaliningrad (Russian: ), until 1945 known by its German name Königsberg, then briefly as Kyonigsberg (), is a seaport and the administrative center of Kaliningrad Oblast, the Russian exclave between Poland and Lithuania on the Baltic Sea. ... Brazilian supermodel Gisele Bündchen. ... Actors in period costume sharing a joke whilst waiting between takes during location filming. ... The definition of an artist is wide-ranging and covers a broad spectrum of activities to do with creating art, practising the arts and/or demonstrating an art. ... Heinrich Graf von Lehndorff-Steinort Heinrich Ahasverus Graf von Lehndorff-Steinort (born 22 June 1909 in Hanover; died 4 September 1944 in Berlin) was a member of the July 20 Plot against Adolf Hitler. ... Bust of Colonel Claus Schenk Graf von Stauffenberg (Memorial to the German Resistance, Berlin) The German Resistance refers to those individuals and groups in Nazi Germany who opposed the regime of Adolf Hitler between 1933 and 1945. ...

Early life

Veruschka was born in 1939 in East Prussia as Countess Vera Gottliebe Anna von Lehndorff. For a short time, she enjoyed a wealthy lifestyle residing in East Prussia in a 100-room house on an enormous estate that had been in her family for centuries. Her father, Count Heinrich Graf von Lehndorff-Steinort, was a wealthy landowner and German army reserve officer who became a key member of the German Resistance after witnessing Jewish children being beaten and killed. When she was just a child, Heinrich Graf von Lehndorff-Steinort was executed for attempting to assassinate Adolf Hitler in the July 20 Plot. After his death, the remaining family members spent their times in camps until the end of World War II. By the end of the war, her family was left homeless. Her traumatic childhood experiences later triggered heavy depression in 1974. 1939 (MCMXXXIX) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display full year calendar). ... East Prussia (German: Ostpreu en; Polish: Prusy Wschodnie; Russian: Восточная Пруссия — Vostochnaya Prussiya) was a province of Kingdom of Prussia, situated on the territory of former Ducal Prussia. ... Heinrich Graf von Lehndorff-Steinort Heinrich Ahasverus Graf von Lehndorff-Steinort (born 22 June 1909 in Hanover; died 4 September 1944 in Berlin) was a member of the July 20 Plot against Adolf Hitler. ... Bust of Colonel Claus Schenk Graf von Stauffenberg (Memorial to the German Resistance, Berlin) The German Resistance refers to those individuals and groups in Nazi Germany who opposed the regime of Adolf Hitler between 1933 and 1945. ... The word Jew ( Hebrew: יהודי) is used in a wide number of ways, but generally refers to a follower of the Jewish faith, a child of a Jewish mother, or someone of Jewish descent with a connection to Jewish culture or ethnicity and often a combination... Hitler redirects here. ... Claus von Stauffenberg The July 20 Plot was an attempt to assassinate Adolf Hitler, the dictator of Germany, on July 20, 1944. ... Combatants Allied powers: China France Great Britain Soviet Union United States and others Axis powers: Germany Italy Japan and others Commanders Chiang Kai-shek Charles de Gaulle Winston Churchill Joseph Stalin Franklin Roosevelt Adolf Hitler Benito Mussolini Hideki Tōjō Casualties Military dead: 17,000,000 Civilian dead: 33,000... 1974 (MCMLXXIV) was a common year starting on Tuesday. ...

Rise to fame

She studied art in Hamburg and then to Florence where she was discovered at age 20 by the photographer Ugo Mulas and became a full-time model. Back then tall models were not considered desirable in Paris, but there she met Eileen Ford, head of the prestigious Ford Modeling Agency. In 1961, she moved to New York City, but she did not score any booking. To make her stand out she returned to Munich and told people that she was really from Russia and changed her name to create a mysterious persona, which earned her many bookings. She had also garnered attention when she made a brief yet powerful five minute appearance in the cult film Blowup by Michelangelo Antonioni in 1966. In the same year, she did her first shoot wearing nothing but body paint, which she would continue to do for years. She once worked with Salvador Dalí and photographer Peter Beard, who took her to Kenya, where she painted herself with black shoe polish to resemble surreal plants and animals in an attempt to "go native". At her peak, she earned as much as $10,000 a day. In 1975, however, she departed from the fashion industry due to disagreements with Grace Mirabella, the newly appointed editor-in-chief of Vogue, who wanted to change her image to make it more relatable and approachable to average women. In 1985, she entered the art world putting on a body-painting show in Tribeca; on her naked body, she was painted with different outfits transforming her into wild animals and archetypes such as film stars, dandies, gangsters and dirty old men. Occasionally, she still appears on catwalks, for example, as a guest model in the Melbourne Fashion Festival in 2000 in Australia. Hamburg from above Hamburgs motto: May the posterity endeavour with dignity to conserve the freedom, which the forefathers acquired. ... Florence (Italian: ) is the capital city of the region of Tuscany, Italy. ... Ugo Mulas (born August 28 1928) was an Italian photographer noted for his portraits of artists and his street photography. ... City flag City coat of arms Motto: Fluctuat nec mergitur (Latin: Tossed by the waves, she does not sink) Paris Eiffel tower as seen from the esplanade du Trocadéro. ... Eileen and Jerry Ford Eileen Ford (born March 25, 1922) is a model agency executive and co-founder, in 1946 with her husband Gerard Jerry Ford, of Ford Models one of the earliest and internationally best known modelling agencies in the world. ... Ford Models, Inc. ... 1961 (MCMLXI) was a common year starting on Sunday (the link is to a full 1961 calendar). ... New York, NY redirects here. ... Munich (German: , pronounced  ; Austro-Bavarian: Minga [1]) is the capital of the German Federal State of Bavaria. ... Blowup (also rendered as Blow-Up) is an award-winning 1966 British-Italian art film directed by Michelangelo Antonioni, his first English language film. ... Michelangelo Antonioni (born September 29, 1912) is an Italian modernist film director whose films are widely considered as some of the most influential in film aesthetics. ... 1966 (MCMLXVI) was a common year starting on Saturday (the link is to a full 1966 calendar). ... Salvador Felipe Jacinto Dalí Domènech Marquis of Pubol (May 11, 1904 – January 23, 1989), popularly known as Salvador Dalí, was a Spanish (Catalan) artist and one of the most important painters of the 20th century. ... 1975 (MCMLXXV) was a common year starting on Wednesday. ... For other meanings, see vogue. ... 1985 (MCMLXXXV) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Hudson Street in TriBeCa. ... 2000 (MM) was a leap year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

Filmography

• Blowup (1966)
• Veruschka: Poetry of a Woman (1971)
• Salomé (1972)
• Cattivi pensieri (1976)
• Couleur chair (1978)
• Milo-Milo (1979)
• Bizarre Styles (1981)
• Dorian Gray im Spiegel der Boulevardpresse (1984)
• Vom Zusehen beim Sterben (1985)
• The Bride (1985)
• Orchestre rouge, L' (1989)
• Casino Royale (2006)

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Trivia

• She attended 13 schools.
• Premiere named her five minute scene in Blowup sexiest scene in film history despite the fact that there was no nudity.
• Said scene from Blow-up was the inspiration for a photo story in Q Magazine's October 2003 featuring rock musician David Bowie and model Kate Moss titled "Clash of the Titans". It was shot by Ellen von Unwerth.
• The make-up brand MAC sells a lipstick called Veruschka named after her for her influence in the fashion industry during the 60s.
• A picture of Veruschka graces the cover of 'The Drowners', debut single of the British band Suede.

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Quotes

• "I dressed all in black and went to see all the top photographers, like Irving Penn, and said, 'I am Veruschka who comes from the border between Russia, Germany and Poland. I'd like to see what you can do with my face.'"
• "I was always being different types of women. I copied Ursula Andress, Brigitte Bardot, Greta Garbo. Then I got bored so I painted myself as an animal,"

Ursula Andress as Honey Ryder in the film Dr. No. ... Brigitte Bardot (born Brigitte Ann-Marie Bardot) on September 28, 1934) is a French actress, former fashion model, nationalist, singer, animal rights activist, and considered the embodiment of the 1950s and 1960s sex kitten. ... This article or section is not written in the formal tone expected of an encyclopedia article. ...

External links

• Veruschka, after a fashion
• Veruschka's enduring mystique
• Veruschka von Lehndorff filmography
• Picture gallery of Veruschka von Lehndorff
• Veruschka at the Internet Movie Database