Annabelle Schofield, who went from being the face of 1980s London fashion to playing Laurel Ellis opposite Larry Hagman in the iconic film. Dallas Peak soap died. She was 62 years old.
Scofield died on February 28 in Los Angeles after a battle with cancer. Hollywood Reporter And he confirmed.
The Welsh-born model became a fixture on London’s hip and glamorous 1980s fashion scene, spending less time in Paris and Milan where more established haute couture designers dominated the fashion runways.
“I honestly think London is stylistically cutting-edge, because of the New Romantics, the end of Punk, Vivienne Westwood, Katherine Hamnett, Body Map, the Buffalo style pioneered by Ray Petrie and all the resulting street styles,” Schofield said in a 2012 interview with the Mirror80 website.
At the time, she was represented by Take Two agency in London and had appeared on hundreds of fashion magazine covers and starred in designer and major brand campaigns for Yves Saint Laurent, Rimmel, Revlon and Boots No. 7. She gained international recognition for her memorable appearance in a television commercial for Bugle Boy Jeans in which Scofield delivered the line, “Excuse me, are those Bugle Boy jeans you’re wearing?” While she was driving through the desert in a black Ferrari sports car.
“She was one of David Bailey’s favorites and appeared in countless shoots for Italian films,” Melissa Richardson, former owner of the Take Two agency in London, said in a statement about Schofield. Vogue magazine. She was the pioneer of Take Two, and without her, we never could have achieved what we have. We loved her because she was funny, real, beautiful and down to earth. She has not changed at all from the cute little 17-year-old Welsh girl I first met. She was loyal, directly concerned, and, above all, a raving beauty. She knew her craft. “It was the best.”
Schofield was born on 4 September 1963 in Llanelli, Wales, and grew up around film sets, as her father was British film production manager John D. Schofield, whose screen credits included 1990s hits such as Stone Romance, Jerry Maguire and As good as it gets. At the height of her modeling career, Schofield moved to Los Angeles to star in 12 episodes of the series Dallas Like Laurel Ellis, playing opposite Hagman’s famous character, J.R. Ewing.
Her film credits include the role of Alex Noffee in solar energy crisis, vs. Charlton Heston. Dragonard; and Widow’s eye. She later moved behind the camera in production roles for The Brothers Grimm, Death and Ember City.
In 2010, Schofield founded Burbank-based Bella Bene Productions and as executive producer has developed commercial, music and fashion projects. She has struck a creative partnership with director and graphic artist Nick Egan, known for his work with rockers such as The Ramones, The Clash, Duran Duran and Oasis.
She has also collaborated with photographers such as Andrew Macpherson, Ellen von Unwerth and Michael Müller, and was a producer with photographer Will Camden on the 3D Guerlain campaign featuring Angelina Jolie. Scofield wrote the semi-autobiographical novel Cherry alignment Inspired by her life as an actress and model in the 1980s and included a dedication to her late friend W.M Brothers Grimm Fellow Heath Ledger.
Schofield was predeceased by her father and sister, Amanda Schofield, and is survived by her mother.
