Slim Keith
Nancy "Slim" Keith, Lady Keith (July 15, 1917 – April 6, 1990) was a New York socialite and fashion icon during the 1950s and 1960s, exemplifying the American jet set. She and her friend Babe Paley were the thinly veiled inspiration for characters in Truman Capote's novel Answered Prayers. She is also credited with bringing Lauren Bacall to Hollywood's attention by showing her then-husband, producer Howard Hawks, a magazine cover with Bacall's picture on it.
Early life
Born Mary Raye Gross in Salinas, California (her mother changed her name to Nancy), by age 22, she had appeared on the cover of Harper's Bazaar. She graced the Best Dressed list almost annually, and in 1946 won a Neiman Marcus Fashion Award (as Mrs. Leland Hayward). She was also dubbed the original "California Girl", for her golden looks and athletic ability. She considered a career in opera, before deciding it was too demanding.
Personal life
'Slim Keith' is featured as a movie character in the following productions:
Infamous (2006)
Actors: Rey Arteaga (actor), Mitch Baker (actor), Joey Basham (actor), Norman Bennett (actor), Peter Bogdanovich (actor), Brett Brock (actor), Zachary Burnett (actor), Austin Chittim (actor), Brady Coleman (actor), Michael D. Conway (actor), Joe Cordi (actor), Peter Cornwell (actor), Daniel Craig (actor), Frank G. Curcio (actor), Heath Allyn (actor),
Plot: On November 16, 1959, Truman Capote reads about the murder of a Kansas family. There are no suspects. With Harper Lee, he visits the town: he wants to write about their response. First he must get locals to talk, then, after arrests, he must gain access to the prisoners. One talks constantly; the other, Perry Smith, says little. Capote is implacable, wanting the story, believing this book will establish a new form of reportage: he must figure out what Perry wants. Their relationship becomes something more than writer and character: Perry killed in cold blood, the state will execute him in cold blood; does Capote get his story through cold calculation, or is there a price for him to pay?
Keywords: 1950s, 1960s, 23rd-psalm, apology, arm-wrestling, band, bar, bare-breasts, basement, beatingGenres: Biography, Crime, Drama,
Taglines: There's more to the story than you know
Quotes:
Marella Agnelli: So you think your book is worth a human life?Truman Capote: When you're talking to them, they seem like perfectly nice boys. To be frank, I'm much more concerned for my safety around Norman Mailer.
Gore Vidal: [on Truman's voice] To the lucky person who has never heard it, I can only say: imagine what a brussel sprout would sound like, if a brussel sprout could talk.
Slim Keith: [of Truman's lover Jack] He has the social graces of a syringe.
Diana Vreeland: You can forgive a person a lot who really *enjoys* you.
D.A.'s Secretary: I'm sorry. The D.A. doesn't take calls from strange women.::Truman Capote: Who says I'm strange?
[about the Kansas townspeople]::Truman Capote: Do you think everyone keeps calling me "lady" to be mean, or can they honestly not tell?
Nelle Harper Lee: America is not a country where the small gesture goes noticed. We're not a country like France, where charm -- something light or effervescent -- can survive. We want everything you have, and we want it as fast as you can turn it out.
Diana Vreeland: Here's a word I loathe: eccentric. Eccentric is a word that boring people use to describe someone I think of as interesting. A great many people think of me as eccentric simply because when I have my shoes polished, I have the entire shoe polished. Top, sides and soles. Some people think it eccentric that every morning I have my maid iron my money. When I told Truman I had my maid iron my money, you know what he said? Here's what he didn't say: "How eccentric." Here's what he did say: "How wonderful."
Truman Capote: The only way to deal with vulgarity is to rise above it.
