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Christa Brooke Camille Shields (born May 31, 1965) is an American actress, born in New York City, New York, USA. She attended Princeton University.Shields' career started among much ballyhoo over her appearance in Pretty Baby in which she had numerous nude scenes. Since she was only 13 at the time, it raised questions of child pornography. Shields later testified before a Congressional inquiry that older body doubles were used in some of her nude scenes.
After two decades of movies, her best-known films are still arguably The Blue Lagoon ( 1980) and Endless Love ( 1981), both made near the beginning of her career. Shields played in a number of television productions, the most successful being the series Suddenly Susan.
She was married from 1997 to 1999For the album by Prince, see 1999 (album 1999 is a common year starting on Friday (see link for calendar), and was designated the International Year of Older Persons by the UN. Events Kosovo War Former child star Gary Coleman files for bankruptcy Y2K prep to professional tennis player, Andre AgassiAndre Kirk Agassi (born April 29, 1970, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA) is a American professional tennis player ( 1986-). As of 2004, he has won over $25 million in prize money and achieved a number 1 ranking on the ATP tour. Agassi, an ethnic Armenian, was born. Since 20012001 is a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar), and also: The International Year of the Volunteer The United Nations Year of Dialogue Among Civilizations Events January January 1 A black monolith measuring approximately nine feet tall ap she has been married to Christopher Thomas Henchy : they are parents of one daughter born in 20032003 is a common year starting on Wednesday (link will take you to calendar), and also: The International Year of Freshwater The European Disability Year Summary Perhaps the defining global event of the year 2003 was the Invasion of Iraq launched by the U.
She won the People's Choice AwardThe People's Choice Awards are a series of American awards given annually in several television, film, and music categories. They were first awarded in March 1975. The awards are based on nation-wide opinion polling conducted by the Gallup Organization. in the category of Favorite Young Performer in four consecutive years from 1981 to 1984This page is about the year 1984. For other uses of 1984, see 1984 (disambiguation). 1984 is a leap year starting on Sunday (link shows calendar). Events January January 1 Brunei becomes a fully independent state January 1 AT&T is broken up into 22 indepe and more than a decade later she won again in the category of Favorite Female Performer in a New Television Series in 1997.
Her parents are the late Francis Alexander Shields who married Brooke´s mother, Maria Theresia Schmonin, in 1964. Her paternal grandparents are Francis Xavier Shields, (a tennis aristocrat), and Italian princess Donna Marina Torlonia di Civitella-Cessi, who is sister of Don Alessandro Torlonia, 5th Prince di Civitella-Cessi, the husband of the Spanish Infanta Beatrix of Bourbon-Battenberg (aunt of King Juan Carlos I of Spain). Through her grandmother, Brooke Shields is a descendant of Henri IV, King of France, the Emperor Charles V, Lucrezia Borgia, and Honore I, Prince of Monaco. Her great-grandmother, Elsie Moore, was the sister of Glenn Close's grandfather. Her ancestry is traced in William Addams Reitwiesner 's monograph, The Lesbian Ancestors of Prince Rainier of Monaco, Dr. Otto von Habsburg, Brooke Shields, and the Marquis de Sade.
