That same year she played the part of “Lara” in David Lean’s Doctor Zhivago. A pop icon of the “swinging London” era of the 1960s, she has won the Academy Award, Golden Globe, BAFTA, and Screen Actors Guild Awards. As a teenager at Wycombe Court School, she played the role of the Dauphin in a school production of George Bernard Shaw’s Saint Joan. She first gained notice as Liz, the friend and would-be lover of the eponymous Billy Liar (1963) played by Tom Courtenay. The director, John Schlesinger, cast Christie only after another actress – Topsy Jane – dropped out of the film. in 1966, the 25-year-old Christie was nominated for a BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role when she played a double role in François Truffaut’s Fahrenheit 451 and won the Academy Award for Best Actress and BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role for Darling.
Christie Brinkley won’t wed again Four-times married Christie Brinkley insists she will never tie the knot again as the institution is ”ridiculous”. Christie Brinkley will never marr… [link]
