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Ashley was born Edith Louisa Hawkes on 1 April 1904, at 112 Hall Place, Paddington, London, England, the elder daughter of Edith Florence Hyde and Arthur Hawkes. The family moved to nearby Wharncliffe Gardens, Lisson Grove, before 1910. She later renamed herself Sylvia and preferred giving her year of birth as 1906.
Sylvia Ashley. Sylvia Ashley was previously married to Prince Dimitri Djordjadze, Clark Gable, Edward Stanley, 6th Baron Stanley of Alderley, Douglas Fairbanks and Anthony Ashley-Cooper.
Now the largely forgotten socialite Sylvia Ashley has stepped back into the limelight as Cecil Beaton’s sketch of her comes to auction in Ewbank’s Contemporary Art & Editions sale on January 25. Born Edith Louisa Hawkes, the self-styled Sylvia (1904-77) had been a chorus girl and actress when she and her paramour, the heir to the Earldom of Shaftesbury, had married in February 1927.
Socialite. Born Edith Louise Sylvia Hawkes in Paddington, London, the daughter of Edith Florence Hyde and Arthur Hawkes, a publican. She left home at 15, and found a job as a lingerie model. She then moved on to theatre, appearing in the chorus in such plays as 'Midnight Follies' (1924), 'Primrose' (1924), and 'Tell Me...
Sylvia Ashley. Sylvia Ashley was previously married to Prince Dimitri Djordjadze, Clark Gable, Edward Stanley, 6th Baron Stanley of Alderley, Douglas Fairbanks and Anthony Ashley-Cooper.
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Sylvia Ashley (1 April 1904 – 29 June 1977) was an English model, actress, and socialite who was best known for her marriages to British aristocrats and American movie stars. Ashley was born Edith Louisa Sylvia Hawkes in Paddington, London, England, a daughter of Arthur Hawkes and Edith Florence Hyde.
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Sep 30, 2007 · Sylvia Ashley was a minor British actress better known for displaying a penchant for marrying European aristocrats and American film stars. She was born Edith Louisa Hawkes on the 1st April 1904 at Paddington in London, the daughter of Arthur Awes and Edith Florence Hyde.
