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Geneviève Waïte

Film Actress / Model (person) | * 02/13/1948 († 71, 05/18/2019) | Cape Town (South Africa)
Genevieve Waite (born Genevieve Joyce Weight, 13 February 1948 – 18 May 2019) was a South African actress, singer, and model. Her best known acting role was the title character in the 1968 film Joanna. She was a muse to photographer Richard Avedon, who photographed her several times for Vogue in the early 1970s. In 1974, she recorded her only album as a singer, which was produced and written by her husband, John Phillips of the Mamas and the Papas. Her singing voice has been described as "Betty Boop crossed with Billie Holiday". That same year, she starred in a short-lived Broadway musical, Man on the Moon, which she co-wrote with John Phillips; it was produced by Andy Warhol. ()
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Most frequent genres for this person: Comedies | Drama | Fantasy

Known for these Movies & Shows

Movies with Geneviève Waïte as Actress(4)

as Dental Patient (uncredited)1970 Myra Breckinridge
as Girl1970 Move
as Joanna Sorrin1968 Joanna

Full Name: Geneviève Waite
Citizenship: South Africa
Born: Friday, 02/13 1948 (February) in Cape Town (South Africa)
Died: Saturday, 05/18 2019 (May) in Los Angeles (aged: 71)
Zodiac sign: Aquarius (Chinese zodiac sign: Rat)
Languages: English (EN)
Spouses (current/former): John Phillips
Children: Bijou Phillips
Related to: Fianna Frances Masterson
Other names for Geneviève Waïte (nicknames, foreign languages etc.):
"Genevieve Waite"
Geneviève Waïte frequently works together with these people:
Michael Sarne (5x, Actor)
Jamie Uys (4x, Crew)
Russ McCubbin (2x, Actor)
Calvin Lockhart (2x, Actor)
Frederick Ford (2x, Crew)
David Giler (2x, Crew)
James Gonzalez (1x, Actor)
Glenna Forster-Jones (1x, Actress)
David Dockendorf (1x, Crew)
David Muir (1x, Actor)
Ray Pourchot (1x, Cast)
WatchPlayStream ID: PEOPLE:153432, Added: 07/05/2018, Last updated: 03/25/2024