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7.2/10 • 3

2025-03-071h 30m

Documentary

The woman behind the icon.

Twiggy takes a comprehensive look at the life story of UK model and cultural icon Twiggy, real name Lesley Lawson, whose career kickstarted in the 1960s. It features interviews with Twiggy and her husband Leigh Lawson, as well as commentary from Erin O’Connor, Paul McCartney, Lulu, Poppy Delavigne, Brooke Shields, Pattie Boyd and Zandra Rhodes.

Directors
Sadie Frost
Editors
Kristina Hetherington

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  1. Twiggy

    Twiggy

    Self

  2. Leigh Lawson

    Leigh Lawson

    Self

  3. Carly Wiggins

    Carly Wiggins

    Self

  4. Michael Witney

    Michael Witney

    Self (archival footage)

  5. Justin de Villeneuve

    Justin de Villeneuve

    Self (archival footage)

  6. Joanna Lumley

    Joanna Lumley

    Self

  7. Tommy Tune

    Tommy Tune

    Self

  8. Brooke Shields

    Brooke Shields

    Self

  9. Sienna Miller

    Sienna Miller

    Self

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CinemaSerf

Mar 12, 2025

7/10

This reminded me a little of the “Quant” (2021) documentary as it took us on a career retrospective of a woman who did take the world by storm in the 1960s. Using an extensive array of archive and some contributors who avoided the pitfalls of adulation, we get not just a sense of just how successful she was, but of the scope of an industry that was brutal, fickle and lucrative - if you got the luck and stayed the course. She is an engaging lady who does have a look about her that reeks of appreciation. She knows that she was in the right place at the right time and has worked hard ever since to stay at the top of a global game that’s not for the feint hearted. Former fellow model Dame Joanna Lumley adds some insight into just how tough it was, and there is added input from more recent treaters of the catwalk, as well as a few industry insiders (though not, curiously, Dame Anna Wintour) to add a bit of soul to a story of a woman not without her ups and downs as she moved from modelling to acting - on film and on stage, most notably “The Boyfriend” in 1971; singing and she even had her own peak-time television series a bit like Lulu. She comes across as quite an humble and down to earth character and with ninety minutes of nostalgia from just about every media there is to augment this biography, it’s well worth watching and remembering the clothes we wore, the cars we drove and some of the films we watched and wished we hadn’t.

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Status
Released
Original Language
English
Budget
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Revenue
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Keywords
london, englandcountry musicmusician1970shollywoodmodelfashionfilmmakingacting1960smemoirmovie industryit girlcelebrity interviewmusic industrydocumentaryvintage fashionbritish