10 Impossibly-Chic Photos of Marianne Faithfull at Home – ELLE Decor
A peek inside the icon’s life through photos.Few figures have embodied the extremes of fame quite like Marianne Faithfull, English actress, singer, and ‘60s icon, who died Thursday in London at 78. The convent-educated daughter of a British intelligence officer and an Austrian baroness, Faithfull was discovered at age 17 at a Rolling Stones launch party by their manager, Andrew Loog Oldham. Within a week of that chance encounter, she was in the studio recording As Tears Go By, the first song written by Mick Jagger and Keith Richards, which would become her breakthrough hit and enter the U.K. Top 10.In 1964, she lived in Reading, England, still a teenager on the cusp of fame. By 1965, she had married art dealer John Dunbar and moved into a flat at 29 Lennox Gardens in London’s well-heeled Belgravia neighborhood. The following year brought dramatic changes as she left her marriage to begin a highly-publicized relationship with Jagger.While her relationship with Jagger and the infamous 1967 drug bust where police found her wrapped only in a fur rug threatened to reduce her to a footnote in rock history, Faithfull refused to be defined by scandal. After losing custody of her son Nicholas in 1970 and struggling with addiction, she emerged from the depths to create 1979’s Broken English, an album that established her as an artist in her own right.By 1994, she settled in a cottage near Dublin, Ireland, where she wrote her unflinching autobiography, Faithfull. In her later years, she made Paris her home, while maintaining a house in County Waterford, Ireland.Her final years were spent in Paris as a baroness, where she continued creating until the end, including an album setting Romantic poetry to music.Faithfull lived a life as complex and fascinating as any literary heroine—though she’d likely scoff at such romanticization. Below, we have rounded up 10 photos of the rock goddess at home that offer a closer look into her life.The “It” girl of the ‘60s, Faithfull is pictured here at just 17 years old playing records at her home in Reading. Among the records scattered on the floor are albums by Pete Seeger and Manfred Mann.Faithfull at her home in Reading with Sara Bingley, the adorable family Dalmatian. Sarah appeared in many photos with Marianne until the beloved pooch passed in the mid ‘70s.Faithfull at home with her school friends from St. Joseph’s Convent and Sara Bingley. At this time, she was just a teenager experiencing a whirlwind rise to fame. She was still attending high school when she recorded As Tears Go By.Faithfull arranging flowers at her home in London in 1967. That year, Faithfull made her professional theater debut at London’s Royal Court Theatre in Chekhov’s Three Sisters, where she played Irina alongside Glenda Jackson. She also starred in the film I’ll Never Forget What’s’ ‘isname, notably becoming the first person to drop the F-bomb in a mainstream film.Faithfull is photographed here enjoying a cup of tea at home. In 1967, she was living a life of contrasts between domestic tranquility and public scandal. At this time, she was residing in London, having left her marital home with John Dunbar to live with Mick Jagger.Here, Faithfull and Jagger are pictured leaving their home on Cheyne Walk in London for Marlborough Street Court where they were appearing on a cannabis charge. Faithfull is photographed here with her son Nicholas at home in Aldworth, Berkshire in November 1971. This would have been a particularly difficult period in her relationship with her son. In 1970, she lost custody of Nicholas, who was then around five years old. Faithfull later reflected that it took her “an awfully long time before I felt like a mother, until Nicholas was in his early 20s.”Faithfull is seen here wearing a ridiculously chic black leather jacket and zebra-striped miniskirt as she poses in her 19th-century cottage in Dublin, Ireland, decorated with rows of seashells.Faithfull is photographed here curled up on her funky chair covered in colorful bargello fabric in her cottage, smoking a cigarette. Her Irish residence reflected a period of stability, quite different from her earlier tumultuous years. A stylish Marianne Faithfull poses in lace leggings on her lawn outside of her historic Irish cottage. During this time, she was in a period of artistic renaissance, primarily focused on promoting her autobiography Faithfull. Julia Cancilla is the engagement editor (and resident witch) at ELLE Decor, where she manages the brand’s social media presence and covers trends, lifestyle, and culture in the design world. Julia built her background at Inked magazine, where she grew their social media audiences by two million, conducted interviews with A-list celebrities, and penned feature articles focusing on pop culture, art and lifestyle. Over her five years of digital media experience, Julia has written about numerous topics, from fashion to astrology.A Complete History of Mar-a-LagoWhere Do the Beckhams Live?Own a Piece of Michael Jordan’s Chicago MansionTaylor Swift Is Expanding Her Rhode Island DigsWhere Do Justin and Hailey Bieber Live?Inside Kevin Costner’s Real Estate PortfolioLiza Minnelli’s Former L.A. 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