Maxime de la Falaise

Maxime de la Falaise
Born
Maxine Birley

(1922-06-25)25 June 1922
Died30 April 2009(2009-04-30) (aged 86)
Provence, France
NationalityEnglish-Irish
Known forModel, actress, author
Spouses
Count Alain Le Bailly de La Falaise
(m. 1946; div. 1950)
  • John McKendry
ChildrenLoulou Le Bailly de La Falaise
Alexis Le Bailly de La Falaise
Parent(s)Sir Oswald Birley
Rhoda Vava Mary Lecky Pike
RelativesMark Birley (brother)
Hugh Hornby Birley (2x great-grandfather)

Maxime Le Bailly, comtesse de La Falaise (25 June 1922 – 30 April 2009),[1][2] was an English-Irish 1950s model,[3] and, in the 1960s, an underground movie actress.[4] She was also a cookery writer and "food maven"[5] as well as a fashion designer for Blousecraft, Chloé and Gérard Pipart.[6] In her later years she pursued a career as a furniture and interior designer.[7]

  1. ^ White, Belinda (23 June 2015). "Who's That Girl: Ella Richards". Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 21 August 2019. 1955 photo titled "Countess Maxima de la Falaise"
  2. ^ Fox, Margalit (1 May 2009). "Maxime de la Falaise, model, Designer and Muse, Is Dead at 86". The New York Times. Retrieved 2 May 2009.
  3. ^ "The Little Extras – The Runway Divas". Retrieved 2 December 2022.
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  5. ^ "The Jack Robinson Gallery and Archive". Archived from the original on 24 December 2005. Retrieved 2 December 2022.
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  7. ^ "Style Court: Maxime de la Falaise". 7 June 2008.