Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

Gender

Female

Birthday

1949-09-19 (75 years old)

Place of Birth

London, England, UK

Also Known As

Twiggy Lawson
Lesley Lawson
Lesley Hornby
Twiggy Hornby

Twiggy

Biography

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.

Known For

7.7%

The Blues Brothers

Jun 16, 1980

8.1%

The Nanny

Nov 3, 1993

8.0%

Tales from the Crypt

Jun 10, 1989

7.5%

The Devils

Jul 16, 1971

6.1%

Body Bags

Aug 8, 1993

8.0%

The Muppet Show

Sep 5, 1976

5.1%

American Idol

Jun 11, 2002

7.6%

Absolutely Fabulous

Nov 12, 1992

7.1%

Late Night with Conan O'Brien

Sep 13, 1993

5.3%

America's Next Top Model

May 20, 2003

5.1%

Club Paradise

Jul 11, 1986

7.1%

My Generation

Oct 8, 2017

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Acting

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Midnight Men - A John Schlesinger & Michael Childers Story

2025

Twiggy as Self

2023

imagine... French & Saunders: Pointed, Bitchy, Bitter as Self

2019

RuPaul's Drag Race UK as Self - Guest Judge

2017

My Generation as Self (voice)

2014		Pop Models as Self
2014		And the Oscar Goes To... as Self (archive footage)
2014		The Kumars as Self

2012		Gottschalk Live as Self
2012		Ken Russell: A Bit of a Devil as Self

2011

Bert Stern - Original Madman as Self

2010		Brunes et Blondes as Self
2010		Alan Titchmarsh's Walks of Fame

2008

Twiggy's Frock Exchange

2007		The Alan Titchmarsh Show as Self
2007		The Powder & the Glory as Herself

2006		The One Show as Self - Guest
2006		The One Show as Self
2006		Best Ever Muppet Moments as Self

2005		The Taming of the Shrew as Mrs. Minola
2005		ShakespeaRe-Told

2004

Who Do You Think You Are? as Self

2003		Broadway's Lost Treasures as Edith Herbert (segment "My One and Only")
2003		America's Next Top Model as Self - Judge

2002		Fame, Fashion and Photography: The Real Blow Up as Self
2002		American Idol as Self

2001

Friday Night with Jonathan Ross as Self

1998		Woundings as Viv
1998		So Graham Norton as Self
1998		A Bing Crosby Christmas as Self (archive footage)

1997

Something Borrowed, Something Blue as Eve Hamel (as Twiggy Lawson)

1995

Stick With Me, Kid as Squidge

1993		The Nanny as Jocelyn Sheffield
1993		Late Night with Conan O'Brien as Self - Guest
1993		Body Bags as Cathy

1992		Absolutely Fabulous as Self
1992		Heartbeat as Lady Janet Whitly

1991

Princesses as Princess Georgina 'Georgy' De La Rue

1989		Istanbul as Maud
1989		Tales from the Crypt as Bonnie
1989		Young Charlie Chaplin as Hannah Chaplin

1988		Madame Sousatzka as Jenny
1988		Sun Child as Fen Harris
1988		The Diamond Trap as Det. Sgt. Charlie Lawson

1987

Sacrée soirée as Self

1986		The Little Match Girl as Josie Roberts
1986		Club Paradise as Phillipa Lloyd

1985		An Audience with Billy Connolly as Self - Audience Member (uncredited)
1985		The Doctor and the Devils as Jennie Bailey

1981

Pygmalion as Eliza

1980		There Goes The Bride as Polly Perkins
1980		The Blues Brothers as Chic Lady
1980		The Donna Summer Special as Bad Girl

1979

Echoes of the Sixties: A Musical Trip as Self - Hostess

1978

An Audience with... as Self

1977		Bing Crosby's Merrie Olde Christmas as Self
1977		US Against the World as Self
1977		The Butterfly Ball as Herself

1976		Mike Yarwood In Persons
1976		The Muppet Show as Self - Special Guest Star / Lola Thomas
1976		The Frontiers of Science as Florence Cook
1976		Victorian Scandals
1976		The Sonny and Cher Show

1974		Dinah! as Self
1974		W as Katie Lewis
1974		Am laufenden Band as Self - Guest

1971		The Boy Friend as Polly
1971		The Devils as Pageboy (uncredited)

1970

Treffpunkte as Self

1969

Popcorn as Self

1968

Cilla as Self

1967

Opus as Herself

1966		Go Go Go Said the Bird as Herself
1966		Lucy in London as Self (uncredited)

1961

The Mike Douglas Show as Self - Co-Hostess