Camille Clifford

Camille Clifford
Camille Clifford, the quintessential Gibson Girl.
Born
Camilla Antoinette Clifford

(1885-06-29)29 June 1885
Antwerp, Belgium
Died28 June 1971(1971-06-28) (aged 85)
England
Years active1902–1906, c. 1915c. 1918
Spouses
Hon. Henry Lyndhurst Bruce
(m. 1906; died 1914)
John Meredyth Jones Evans
(m. 1917; died 1957)

Camilla Antoinette Clifford (29 June 1885 – 28 June 1971), known professionally as Camille Clifford, was a Belgian-born stage actress whose short theatrical career was highlighted by her performance as "Miss New York" in the Henry W. Savage production of The Prince of Pilsen, a role in which she impersonated a "Gibson Girl"-like woman. While her towering coiffure and hourglass figure were representative of the Gibson Girl style, she only played the part of a Gibson Girl on the stage, and never actually modeled for any of Charles Dana Gibson's illustrations.[1]

  1. ^ Downey, Fairfax. Portrait of an Era As Drawn by C. D. Gibson: A Biography. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1936. p. 298.