Wikipedia Biography / Profile Background
Introduction :
- Isabelle Townsend is a former advertising model, actress and theater artist.
- She is known as the daughter of the late Royal Air pilot and flight lieutenant Peter Woolridge Townsend.
Personal Life, Parents and Family Details :
- Isabelle is the daughter of parents – Peter Townsend (father) and Marie-Luce Jamagne (mother).
- Her father, Peter Townsend, who was a late “Battle of Britain” fighter, once became the talk of the town when he was romantically involved with Princess Margaret, the sister of Queen Elizabeth II.
- Peter was forced by the British government to end his budding romantic affair with Princess Margaret. During that time, he was working as the Queen’s equerry.
- Her father was believed to have married Isabelle’s mother, who was a beautiful Belgian girl, after his romance with Princess Margaret ended.
- In 1995, Isabelle’s dad passed away from stomach cancer. Since then, she & her family restored the property “Le Moulin de la Tuilerie,” located in Gif-Sur-Yvette, France, a few kilometres south-west of Paris. This place is exactly where the Duke and Duchess of Windsor were once residents.
Work as a Model :
- Isabelle had some of the best parts of her life when she successfully established her modelling career both in Paris and New York in the 1980s.
- She worked with some of the most famous and influential brands, including Banana Republic, Gucci, Kookaï, Laura Biagotti, Marina Rinaldi, Patek Philippe, Spirito, and a lot more.
- One of the highlights of her career was becoming one of the faces of Ralph Lauren appearing on multiple print ads magazine covers.
Career, Job, Salary and Net Worth :
- Isabelle successfully conquered her modeling career, and she knew it was about time to finally discover her new passions. It was early 1990s when she pursued theater and defined the next generation of her career.
- She spent three years taking acting lessons at the Actors Studio. She then moved to more intensive workshops in Los Angeles, New York and London with Tony Greco.
- She was featured in a Coen Brothers-film Barton Fink, which was recognized at the Cannes Film Festival in 1991.
- She was lucky to play multiple characters in different films, TV series, and plays. She was able to prove herself and was given artistic freedom to facilitate interactive staged readings for French schools in English language.
- Townsend did some adaptations including Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland, and Lord of the Flies.
- She later on became part of Irina Brook’s Dream Theater Company and appeared on one of the parts of The Island Trilogy called The Island of Slaves. In July 2013, it was presented at the Spoleto Festival.
- Her career in theater continued as she became part of Shakespeare’s Sister or La Vie materelle, which toured throughout France.
- Isabelle also became a lecturer herself teaching young students and theater enthusiasts.
