BlueAcadia Posted July 14, 2021 Share Posted July 14, 2021 American Martha Longley is a former top international fashion and beauty model that worked professionally during the 1970s-1980s and was represented by Ford (New York), Karins (Paris) and Nina Blanchard (Los Angeles). She was one of the recognizable faces of Cover Girl cosmetics and she became an actress and is known for known for Simon & Simon (1981), L.A. Law (1986) and California Girls (1985). "Martha Longley was a fairly ubiquitous presence in fashion editorials and beauty ads in the late seventies and the eighties. She didn't quite become a household name on the level of Carol Alt or Christie Brinkley, though. It may have been because her "all-American" look became less of an asset as time went on and as modeling clients sought women with more "exotic" looks." Ironically, she got her start with the Karins agency in Paris. Martha Longley also tried her hand at acting. She appeared in the 1985 TV movie "California Girls" about a New Jersey auto mechanic (played by Robby Benson) who goes to the Golden State and woos a bikini model there (played by our heroine) while trying to get away from his overbearing mother. But it couldn't have been as entertaining as the real-life story of Bruce Springsteen marrying Julianne Phillips that same year, to the chagrin of his overbearing fans back home in New Jersey. - Excerpt from Pictures of Beautiful Women Blog (link below) flickr/Ralloc Additional links about Martha: https://www.modelscomposites.com/getlist.php?list=wld&choice=Martha+Longley&year=all&id= https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0519364/ http://picturesofbeautifulwomen.blogspot.com/2012/02/modelactress-martha-longley.html From Peter Marlowe Composites: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim T Posted July 14, 2021 Share Posted July 14, 2021 1987 Cover Girl "Extremely Gentle" mascara ad starring Martha Longley: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RocketQueen Posted July 15, 2021 Share Posted July 15, 2021 Cover Girl 1984 Photographer: unknown unknown source Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RocketQueen Posted July 15, 2021 Share Posted July 15, 2021 Cover Girl, unknown year Photographer: unknown unknown source Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RocketQueen Posted July 15, 2021 Share Posted July 15, 2021 Ellen Tracy 1985 Photographer: unknown Vogue US archive Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RocketQueen Posted July 15, 2021 Share Posted July 15, 2021 Jacobson's 1986 Photographer: unknown Vogue US archive Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RocketQueen Posted July 15, 2021 Share Posted July 15, 2021 Maybelline 1984 Photographer: unknown Vogue US archive Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RocketQueen Posted July 15, 2021 Share Posted July 15, 2021 PPC 1985 Photographer: unknown unknown source Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RocketQueen Posted July 15, 2021 Share Posted July 15, 2021 Pure Wool, unknown year Photographer: unknown unknown source Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RocketQueen Posted July 15, 2021 Share Posted July 15, 2021 Russ 1985 Photographer: unknown Vogue US archive Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RocketQueen Posted July 15, 2021 Share Posted July 15, 2021 GRAZIA IT, 28 Jan 1979 Photographer: unknown ebay Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RocketQueen Posted July 15, 2021 Share Posted July 15, 2021 I guess VOGUE US? Does anyone know which year? Two pages not from Vogue. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim T Posted July 15, 2021 Share Posted July 15, 2021 4 hours ago, RocketQueen said: I guess VOGUE US? Does anyone know which year? Two pages not from Vogue. I think all of those pages were from Glamour (USA), probably in the early 1980s. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim T Posted July 15, 2021 Share Posted July 15, 2021 In the opening 45-seconds of this clip from "California Girls" (1985), Martha Longley is the "California Dreams" cosmetics model whose commercial entices Robby Benson into booking a vacation to California. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlueAcadia Posted July 15, 2021 Author Share Posted July 15, 2021 5 hours ago, RocketQueen said: I guess VOGUE US? Does anyone know which year? Two pages not from Vogue. Yep for sure Glamour US- about 1982-83ish... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlueAcadia Posted July 15, 2021 Author Share Posted July 15, 2021 @RocketQueen!!! I didn't know you had so much! Yay her thread looks good now! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RocketQueen Posted July 15, 2021 Share Posted July 15, 2021 2 hours ago, Jim T said: I think all of those pages were from Glamour (USA), probably in the early 1980s. Thanks for the info! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
missparker7 Posted July 17, 2021 Share Posted July 17, 2021 cover Chadwick´s of Boston Summer 1985 U.S. catalog Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim T Posted July 20, 2021 Share Posted July 20, 2021 On 7/17/2021 at 9:59 AM, missparker7 said: cover Chadwick´s of Boston Summer 1985 U.S. catalog Thanks -- Martha Longley could be considered the Chadwick's of Boston "featured catalog model" circa 1985 - 1987. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RocketQueen Posted August 1, 2021 Share Posted August 1, 2021 "key pieces" VOGUE AUS, Aug 1984 Photographer: Richard Bailey unknown source Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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