Dorothy McGowan (sometimes credited as Dorothy MacGowan, born circa
1939) is a Brooklyn, New York-born former model and actress. As a
model McGowan appeared on numerous covers of Vogue, Harper's Bazaar,
Elle, Glamour, and other publications in the 1960s. She was
photographed by Richard Avedon, Irving Penn, Melvin Sokolsky,
Francesco Scavullo, and others.A daughter of Irish immigrants Sarah
and Michael McGowan and born in the Bay Ridge section of Brooklyn, she
had one sister, Mary, and two brothers, Peter (1930â€"2007), a
policeman who became a Roman Catholic priest, and James, a policeman
whose role as lead negotiator in a hostage crisis was dramatized in
the film Dog Day Afternoon.McGowan was one of photographer William
Klein's favorite models. After the release of his film Who Are You,
Polly Maggoo?, in which she starred, she disappeared from public view
and apparently neither acted nor modeled again.[where?]She was married
to, and divorced, from photographer Didier Dorot, with whom she has
two children.
1939) is a Brooklyn, New York-born former model and actress. As a
model McGowan appeared on numerous covers of Vogue, Harper's Bazaar,
Elle, Glamour, and other publications in the 1960s. She was
photographed by Richard Avedon, Irving Penn, Melvin Sokolsky,
Francesco Scavullo, and others.A daughter of Irish immigrants Sarah
and Michael McGowan and born in the Bay Ridge section of Brooklyn, she
had one sister, Mary, and two brothers, Peter (1930â€"2007), a
policeman who became a Roman Catholic priest, and James, a policeman
whose role as lead negotiator in a hostage crisis was dramatized in
the film Dog Day Afternoon.McGowan was one of photographer William
Klein's favorite models. After the release of his film Who Are You,
Polly Maggoo?, in which she starred, she disappeared from public view
and apparently neither acted nor modeled again.[where?]She was married
to, and divorced, from photographer Didier Dorot, with whom she has
two children.
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