Meredith Etherington-Smith
- Known For
- Writing
- Born
- January 1, 1946 in Barmouth, Merioneth, Wales, UK
- Died
- January 25, 2020
- Active Years
- 1975–2014 (40 Years)
- Total Credits
- 5 credits in database
Biography
Meredith Etherington-Smith, born Meredith Dups in Barmouth, Merioneth, Wales, on January 30, 1946, was a British fashion and art journalist, biographer, and writer. She grew up in Kent and attended the Royal College of Art. Her journalism career began in the 1960s, and by the 1970s she served as London editor for Vogue Paris and for a year as the only female editor of the American men's magazine GQ. Returning to London in the early 1980s, she wrote for publications including The Times, The Daily Telegraph, and The New York Times, before becoming Deputy and Features editor at Harpers & Queen in 1983. As an author, her best-known work was The Persistence of Memory, a 1994 biography of Salvador Dali. Her screen credits as a writer included Die Geschichte der Mode: Teil 1, Die Geschichte der Mode: Teil 2, and Reader, I Married Him. She was married to designer Nick Etherington-Smith and Jeremy Pilcher. She died on January 25, 2020, at the age of 74.
Career overview
Meredith Etherington-Smith was a British fashion and art journalist, biographer, and writer. Born Meredith Dups in Barmouth, Wales, in 1946, she grew up in Kent and attended the Royal College of Art. Her career as a journalist began in the 1960s. By the 1970s, she held the position of London editor for Vogue Paris and served for a year as the only female editor of the American men's magazine GQ.
After relocating back to London in the early 1980s, she wrote for a wide range of publications, including The Times, The Daily Telegraph, and The New York Times. In 1983, she took the post of Deputy and Features editor at Harpers & Queen. As an author, she wrote several books, including her best-known work, The Persistence of Memory, which was a biography of Salvador Dali published in 1994 and translated into 12 languages. In addition to her print journalism and biographical writing, her writing credits include work on the screen for Die Geschichte der Mode Teil 1 and Die Geschichte der Mode Teil 2 in 1989, as well as Reader, I Married Him in 2006.
She was married to designer Nick Etherington-Smith, whom she married in 1967 and whose surname she kept following their divorce, and was also married to Jeremy Pilcher. Meredith Etherington-Smith passed away on 25 January 2020.
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Career timeline
Full Filmography
5 titles- Tales from the Royal Wardrobe (2014) as Editor in Chief, Christie's Publishing
- The Summer of Rave, 1989 (2006) as Self
- Design: Fantasy (1990) as (commentary, voice)
- Beauty Queens: Helena Rubinstein (1988) Writer
- Apostrophes (1975) as Self
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Meredith Etherington-Smith is widely recognized for notable roles and projects including Apostrophes (1975).
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Meredith Etherington-Smith was born on January 1, 1946 in Barmouth, Merioneth, Wales, UK. They passed away on January 25, 2020.
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Meredith Etherington-Smith has accumulated over 5 film and television credits across a career spanning from 1975 to 2014.
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Meredith Etherington-Smith, born Meredith Dups in Barmouth, Merioneth, Wales, on January 30, 1946, was a British fashion and art journalist, biographer, and writer. She grew up in Kent and attended the Royal College of Art. Her journalism career began in the 1960s, and by the 1970s she served as London editor for Vogue...
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Age in their best-rated roles
- Apostrophes (1975) as Self — aged about 29
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