Sylvia Ashley (1 April 1904 – 29 June 1977) was an English model, actress and socialite, who was best known for her marriages to British aristocrats and American movie stars.
Ashley was born Edith Louisa Sylvia Hawkes in Paddington, London, England, a daughter of Arthur Hawkes and Edith Florence Hyde. (Although she preferred giving her year of birth as 1906, the England and Wales Civil Registration Index, Vol. 1a, Page 26, shows it was recorded during the June quarter of 1904, District of Paddington.) Her sister, Lillian Vera Hawkes (6 March 1910 – 1 January 1997), married British film producer Basil Bleck.
Hawkes was married five times:
You always tear me apart
Try to take away my heart
But you can't do that to me
Because your selfish,
No one can get in my way
Them boys they got me what can I
Say? you won't help me because your
Selfish
You always get what you want
Until you be mean
I hope you listen to what I'm saying
Cuz it's not easy being seen
I'm not complete
I'm full of roses
And damn the poses
All you've done
Has made me number one
Being the best I can be because I'm not
Easy being seen
Selfishly attentional any way
Unfictional things I've been looking for
To protect myself
To protect myself