Angela Bowie (born Mary Angela Barnett; September 25, 1949) is an
American model, actress and journalist who, along with her ex-husband
David Bowie, influenced the glam rock culture and fashion of the
1970s.She was married to English singer David Bowie (whom she assisted
in conceptualizing the costumes for the Ziggy Stardust stage show)
from 1970 until their divorce in 1980. The couple had one child, film
director Duncan Jones.Angie Bowie was born as Mary Angela Barnett, an
American citizen, on September 25, 1949, in Cyprus to Col. George M.
Barnett, a United States Army veteran, and his wife, Helena Maria
Galas Barnett, a naturalized Canadian. Her father was a mining
engineer and ran a mill for Cyprus Mines Corporation. She has one
brother, who is 16 years older than herself. Both her parents died in
1984.She is of English and Polish descent, and she was brought up as a
Roman Catholic. However, she has identified as a Cypriot, writing in
2000, "I am a Cypriot by disposition. I don't have a passport or
Cypriot nationality but my heart is Cypriot, not Greek or Turkish
Cypriot, just Cypriot."
American model, actress and journalist who, along with her ex-husband
David Bowie, influenced the glam rock culture and fashion of the
1970s.She was married to English singer David Bowie (whom she assisted
in conceptualizing the costumes for the Ziggy Stardust stage show)
from 1970 until their divorce in 1980. The couple had one child, film
director Duncan Jones.Angie Bowie was born as Mary Angela Barnett, an
American citizen, on September 25, 1949, in Cyprus to Col. George M.
Barnett, a United States Army veteran, and his wife, Helena Maria
Galas Barnett, a naturalized Canadian. Her father was a mining
engineer and ran a mill for Cyprus Mines Corporation. She has one
brother, who is 16 years older than herself. Both her parents died in
1984.She is of English and Polish descent, and she was brought up as a
Roman Catholic. However, she has identified as a Cypriot, writing in
2000, "I am a Cypriot by disposition. I don't have a passport or
Cypriot nationality but my heart is Cypriot, not Greek or Turkish
Cypriot, just Cypriot."
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