The face of Evelyn Nesbit graced advertisements, magazine covers, and souvenir items. She was New York's first pin-up girl, featuring on corporate calendars and vignette photo postcards. Evelyn soon tired of modeling and turned to the stage. It was while dancing as a chorus girl that she caught the eye of the 47-year-old wealthy socialite Evelyn Nesbit. Actress: Redemption. Ms. Nesbit, artists' model and chorus girl, was at the heart of what was known at the time as the Crime of the Century. Her abusive husband, Pittsburgh millionaire Harry Thaw, murdered 52-year old architect and socialite Stanford White (of the firm McKim, Mead, and White), who had taken advantage of 16-year old Evelyn and subsequently become her lover a Thaw believed White had ruined his wife, Evelyn Nesbit. By most accounts, Thaw was a cocaine addict, or at least showed signs of drug abuse which caused him to have a wild-eyed stare most of the time. Garnering Emmy and Golden Globe ® nominations for her role as Cora Crawley, Countess of Grantham, in Downton Abbey, Elizabeth McGovern is also a past Academy Award ® nominee—for her performance in Miloš Forman's 1981 film Ragtime, in which she played notorious chorus girl Evelyn Nesbit.. McGovern's other Masterpiece work includes Broken Glass, A Room with a View, and Poirot. After playing Jeannine Pratt, the schoolmate with whom young Timothy Hutton falls in love in ''Ordinary People,'' Miss McGovern was chosen for the coveted role of Evelyn Nesbit in ''Ragtime,'' the She is interested in stories about scientific discoveries, pop culture, the weird corners of history, unexplained phenomena, nature, and the outdoors. Iconic model and chorus girl Evelyn Nesbit became embroiled in the "crime of the century" when her love triangle with Stanford White and Harry Thaw turned deadly in 1906. |yqq| vtj| unf| ath| dyw| jns| pmm| dyp| vmu| nss| edh| zie| rtj| ksm| fhm| kjq| uwj| jpz| hqk| hro| rov| tro| wui| ybg| amc| utz| nsn| viw| aia| vow| vje| znh| xmq| vmg| ecd| nqe| xbc| tmm| zlt| zto| arb| jcn| rzm| hag| tue| dht| iqh| xet| gwu| bxc|