Maria Kimberly Explained

Maria Kimberly (born July 21, 1944, as Mary Ann Kimmerle,[1] 1943 or 1944) is a former American top model and actress.

Biography

She grew up in Terre Haute, Indiana, and, then, Columbus, Ohio. She was a top model in the late sixties and early seventies. In the seventies, she was the girlfriend for many years of Paris billionaire art gallerist Alec Wildenstein[2] who left her when he met his future wife Jocelyne PĂ©risset. Though they were never married, Alec Wildenstein ended up reaching a financial settlement with Kimberly. In 1982 she married real estate mogul and lawyer Jay Landesman[3] and lived as Mary Ann Kimmerle Landesman in New York City.[4]

In Jacques Tati's penultimate film Trafic, she played Maria, the press attaché of Altra.

Notes and References

  1. https://the-hulot-universe.tumblr.com/post/84528937088/maria-kimberly-star-of-trafic-born-mary-ann Maria Kimberly, star of Trafic
  2. https://web.archive.org/web/20170806071023/http://www.nydailynews.com/archives/news/car-consolation-prize-lust-article-1.778824 "Car a consolation prize in lust cause"
  3. https://www.legacy.com/obituaries/nytimes/obituary.aspx?n=jacob-landesman&pid=180528251&fhid=2058 Obituary
  4. https://www.legacy.com/obituaries/dispatch/obituary.aspx?n=madlynne-angelina-kimmerle&pid=3272128 Obituary