Genevieve Waite

Geneviève Joyce Waïte was a South African actress, singer, and model. Her best-known acting role was the title character in the 1968 film Joanna. In 1974, she released her only solo album, Romance Is on the Rise, which was produced by her husband, John Phillips of the Mamas & the Papas. Her singing voice has been described as "Betty Boop crossed with Billie Holiday". In 1975, she starred in the short-lived Broadway musical, Man on the Moon, which she co-wrote with Phillips.

Early life

Geneviève Weight was born on February 13, 1948, in Cape Town, South Africa. her family moved to Johannesburg when she was a baby. As a teenager, she had appeared in a few South African films before relocating to England in 1966 to pursue a career as a fashion model. == Career ==

Career

Weight changed her surname to Waite. She portrayed the title character in the film Joanna (1968), which tells the story of a young art student in London in the swinging 1960s who gets involved with a black nightclub owner (played by Calvin Lockhart). In 1975, Waite starred in a short-lived Broadway musical, Man on the Moon, which she co-wrote with John Phillips. Her last movie role was in Short Distance (1989). ==Personal life==

Personal life

Waite married Matthew Reich, who appeared in Andy Warhol’s film ‘Bad’ and was known latterly by the nickname ‘Crazy Matty’ in The Andy Warhol Diaries, on 10 December 1968; They later divorced. Waite then married John Phillips, on 31 January 1972, at a Chinese restaurant in Los Angeles' Chinatown by a one-legged Buddhist priest. The couple divorced in 1985. Waite then married Norman Buntaine; they later separated. == Death ==

Death

On 18 May 2019, Waite died in her sleep in Los Angeles, California. Her daughter, Bijou, announced her mother's death several days later. She is interred at Forest Lawn Cemetery in Cathedral City, near Palm Springs, along with her ex-husband John Phillips. ==Filmography==

Filmography

• Joanna (1968) as "Joanna". • Move (1970) as "The Girl" • Myra Breckinridge (1970) as the "Dental patient" (uncredited) • Short Distance (1989) as Mona ==References==

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