(Palace Pictures / Criterion Collection) Following Monica Vitti, Nancy Allen and Sondra Locke, Theresa Russell is my latest muse of the week to never fully escape her ex-lover’s legacy. The interesting thing about Theresa is how she was not only a big inspiration for filmmaker Nicolas Roeg, but also classic rock musician Pete Townshend of the Who. Very rarely do we hear about someone influencing two creative mediums at the same time, yet Theresa did just that in 1979/80. Like the previous three ladies, you might be thinking, “Who?” Born and raised in LA County in the late 1950s to early 1970s, Theresa had a pretty rough upbringing and had to model as a teen before she serendipitously met Peter Douglas [one of Kirk’s sons] at a photoshoot. Peter introduced her to film producer Sam Spiegel, who got Theresa cast in her first movie, Elia Kazan’s biopic
TMS Muse of the Week: Theresa Russell
TMS Muse of the Week: Theresa Russell
TMS Muse of the Week: Theresa Russell
(Palace Pictures / Criterion Collection) Following Monica Vitti, Nancy Allen and Sondra Locke, Theresa Russell is my latest muse of the week to never fully escape her ex-lover’s legacy. The interesting thing about Theresa is how she was not only a big inspiration for filmmaker Nicolas Roeg, but also classic rock musician Pete Townshend of the Who. Very rarely do we hear about someone influencing two creative mediums at the same time, yet Theresa did just that in 1979/80. Like the previous three ladies, you might be thinking, “Who?” Born and raised in LA County in the late 1950s to early 1970s, Theresa had a pretty rough upbringing and had to model as a teen before she serendipitously met Peter Douglas [one of Kirk’s sons] at a photoshoot. Peter introduced her to film producer Sam Spiegel, who got Theresa cast in her first movie, Elia Kazan’s biopic