Theresia Anna Lilian Maria Shields (

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Schmon; August 1, 1933 – October 31, 2012) was an American actress, who was the mother and manager of actress

Brooke Shields Brooke Christa Shields (born May 31, 1965) is an American actress. A child model starting at the age of 11 months, Shields gained widespread notoriety at age 12 for her leading role in Louis Malle's film ''Pretty Baby (1978 film), Pretty Baby ...

Life and career

Shields was born and raised in

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. She was the daughter of Theresa (née Dollinger), a house cleaner, and John Schmon, a chemist. She was of German, English, Scots-Irish, French Canadian and Welsh ancestry. In 1964, she married Francis Alexander Shields. Several months later, they filed for divorce. The couple's only child, Brooke (b. 1965), became a well-known model and actress. When Brooke was a child, they lived in a

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on the

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. She acted alongside her daughter in '' Wanda Nevada'', '' Endless Love'', and '' Backstreet Dreams''. In 2009, Brooke announced that her mother was suffering from

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. On October 31, 2012, Shields died at age 79 following a long illness related to dementia.Teri Shields Dies at 79; Mother and Manager
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Filmography

* 1979 – '' Wanda Nevada'', actress * 1981 – '' Endless Love'', actress * 1983 – ''

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'', producer * 1990 – '' Backstreet Dreams'', actress

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Shields, Teri 1933 births 2012 deaths People from the Upper East Side American socialites Female models from New Jersey American film actresses Actresses from Newark, New Jersey Deaths from dementia in New York (state) 21st-century American women