Annabel Schofield, 1980s Model Who Guest-starred On 'dallas,' Dies Of Cancer At 62

Annabel Schofield, a exemplary who was a fixture successful 1980s L.A. nightlife and landed a guest-starring domiciled successful nan 11th play of nan CBS bid “Dallas,” has died aft a conflict pinch crab that dispersed to her brain. She was 62.

Schofield died Saturday successful Los Angeles, according to the Hollywood Reporter, which confirmed nan news via exemplary and designer Catalina Guirado.

“I dislike asking for help,” she wrote successful December connected a GoFundMe run she organized apparently retired of necessity. “I’ve done it truthful much, but I person nary choice. I person nary different intends of support. The mini magnitude I was near by my dada has gone a agelong clip ago, and immoderate unemployment I was owed was eaten up by nan pandemic. I cognize begging for thief is not sustainable successful nan agelong term, but I’m praying this ENT expert will beryllium capable to region this ample tumor and I’ll yet beryllium capable to get backmost to a normal life, and to commencement moving again.”

The last update was from Jan. 18, aft she had emergency room to region that tumor, and her temper was 1 of momentary relief. Boldface names donating to nan origin included composer Hans Zimmer, singer-songwriter Donovan Leitch and character Lisa Edelstein.

Born successful Llanelli, Wales, connected Sept. 4, 1963, she was nan girl of movie shaper John D. Schofield, whose credits included “As Good arsenic It Gets” and “Jerry Maguire.” Schofield started modeling successful London, a metropolis she later described to Mirror80 arsenic being connected nan cutting separator of 1980s manner pinch “the New Romantics, nan tail extremity of punk, Vivienne Westwood, Katharine Hamnett, Body Map, Buffalo style ... and each nan resulting thoroughfare styles.”

“[I]n London we ALL dressed up, some boys and girls each nan time; particularly for nan clubs,” she told nan retro-style outlet successful 2012. “I really miss that sartorial creativity. Now it seems that girls conscionable want to show arsenic overmuch soma arsenic possible.”

She worked pinch brands including Versace, Yves St. Laurent, Revlon, Avon and Levi’s, according to a biography posted successful relationship pinch a caller she wrote, and appeared connected much than 60 mag covers and successful much than 120 TV commercials.

Schofield gained world nickname for a precocious ’80s jeans commercial that had her speeding done nan godforsaken successful a achromatic Ferrari, past screeching to a extremity aft spotting a strapping young man opinionated connected nan broadside of nan roadworthy successful jeans and a achromatic T-shirt. Rolling down nan passenger-side window, she said, “Excuse me. Are those Bugle Boy jeans you’re wearing?” Getting an affirmative answer, she told nan man, “Thank you,” past rolled up her model and sped away, leaving him successful nan dust.

At nan tallness of her modeling career, THR said, Schofield up and moved from London to L.A. She landed that “Dallas” guest-star gig successful 1988. It was only her 2nd acting credit, aft a 1982 domiciled successful a movie astir an adventurer who frees an aquatic monster that forces locals to sacrifice virgins. That movie, “Bloodtide,” was executive produced by her father.

As Laurel Ellis successful nan nighttime drama, Schofield entranced Clayton Farlow, played by Howard Keel. But location was nary romance betwixt their characters: In one episode, Laurel told matriarch Miss Ellie (Barbara Bel Geddes) — who would later wed Clayton — that Clayton was “almost a begetter figure” to her, and she had simply been trying to show him “what a awesome man” he was. “Nothing ever happened betwixt us,” Laurel told Miss Ellie.

Off nan group of nan deed series, “L.A. was having a moment” astatine that time, arena shaper David Rodgers told The Times successful 2006. “Melrose Avenue was cool, Helmut Newton was retired each nighttime pinch Annabel Schofield, Greg Gorman, Herb Ritts, Sandra Bernhard, Barbara and Timothy Leary and Tina Chow. We saw a different operation then; it wasn’t conscionable astir celebrities. No 1 wore designer clothes. It was about, ‘Are you cool now?’”

Schofield’s different acting credits included lead roles successful 1996’s “Exit successful Red” pinch Mickey Rourke and “Midnight Blue” (1997) pinch Harry Dean Stanton and Dean Stockwell.

After nan move of nan millennium, Schofield went down nan camera arsenic a shaper for respective projects. She besides worked arsenic her father’s adjunct connected movies he executive produced including “The Brothers Grimm,” “Doom” and “How Do You Know.” The past was written and directed by James L. Brooks and starred Reese Witherspoon, Paul Rudd and Jack Nicholson.

She formed her ain boutique accumulation company, Bella Bene Productions, successful 2010, and into September 2022 nan institution was moving connected short films, events and manner campaigns, according to Schofield’s posts connected Facebook.

That caller she wrote, by nan way, was “The Cherry Alignment,” released successful precocious 2013. The semi-autobiographical communicative “follows nan roller-coaster life of nan witty, uninhibited and gorgeous Angelika Douglas; a legendary ’80’s supermodel, character and full-time note vivant.” Amazon has it revenge nether “Erotica,” successful nan “Humorous” sub-category.

Schofield’s friends remembered her fondly, leaving tributes connected Instagram complete nan weekend.

“She was beautiful wrong and out: a model, actress, producer, animal lover, lukewarm and weird successful nan champion measurement possible,” writer and friend Merle Ginsberg wrote Sunday on societal media. “She will beryllium truthful missed. But astatine slightest she won’t suffer anymore.”

“RIP Annabel Schofield — an aged friend and a genuinely gifted, beautiful British character and apical exemplary whose profession successful print, tv and movie took her from nan UK to Hollywood,” British TV producer, journalist and intermezo characteristic Sean Borg wrote Sunday. “You fought truthful hard, Annabel. You had specified a typical ray astir you. You will beryllium missed by truthful many. Fly precocious and remainder successful peace.”