She submitted those photos to Playboy and I received a response immediately!” Theyįlew Bebe to Chicago to take some test photos. Invited me to pose for some photos up on the roof of Todd’s and my house. Bebe remembers the photo shoot: “We had some wine, and Lynn He introduced her to famous rock photographer Lynn Goldsmith, who persuaded Bebe to take some rather sexy photos for her. Met and fell in love with rocker Todd Rundgren. She was instantly enamored with all that New York City had to offer.īebe had been living in New York for only about three or four months when she Mary’s Women’s Residence and began her career as a Ford model. Bebe left Virginia and never looked back! She was only 18, but Eileen took her under her wing. Three days after she received them, Bebe was summoned to the Big Apple. Her dreams finally came to fruition when her mother sent photos of her to Eileen Ford, head of Ford Modeling Agency on 1972. She was mortified when she realised who she’d told to get lost. Not recognising him and mistaking him for a pimp, Bebe wasn’t interested. When Bebe was 14 years old, Jimi Hendrix asked to hang out with her. At that point in her life, she was willing to do whatever it took to get her out of that small town and into New York City. Bebe graduated from high school in Camp Lejeune, North Carolina. she grew fond of the sport and even considered pursuing it professionally. A growth spurt threw a monkey wrench into that plan, so shedecided to take up basketball. As Bebe grew older and heard the Beatles, and then the Rolling Stones, her mind was made up – it was rock ‘n’ roll for her!īebe was educated in traditional parochial schools, where she studied dance and dreamed of becoming a professional ballerina. She was only seven, but she knew that from that point on, music was going to be her life. Bebe grew up on various military bases in Virginia, North Carolina and Rhode Island.īebe was turned on to rock ‘n’ roll by her grandfather, who played her first Elvis Presley record. She was raised by her mother Dorothea Johnson, who modeled in the Fifties, and her stepfather, a colonel in the U.S. Early lifeīeverle Lorence “Bebe” Buell was born on July 14, 1953, in Portsmouth, Virginia. *****īebe Buell is a North American model, musician, manager and author, who was Miss November 1974 in the “Playboy” magazine, and is the mother of actress Liv Tyler. March 6, 1989), and step-son Taj Tallarico (b.

December 22, 1978) and Chelsea Anna Tyler (b. February 11, 2015) and Lula Rose Gardner (b. July 1, 1977).Įxtended family: Grandchildren Milo William Langdon (b. Partner and children: James Fredric “Jimmy Walls” Wallerstein (married on August 25, 2002). Ocupation: Actress, author, columnist, model, music manager, musician. Has younger half-siblings from her father’s side.Ĭomplexion: Fair Eyes colour: Blue. Parents and siblings: Harold Lloyd Buell and Dorothea Johnson (née Brown). Nationality/Ancestry: American of German descent.

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