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Anna Nicole Smith vaulted to fame as Playboy Playmate of the Year in 1993 and became a Guess? Jeans model. She acted in films like Naked Gun 33 1/3: The Final Insult 1994 and Be Cool 2005. Her personal life and legal battles over her late husband’s estate drew massive media attention. She died at 39 from an accidental overdose in 2007.
Names, aliases, and relatives of Anna Nicole Smith — birth name, kin, and personal ties.
Anna Nicole Smith by the numbers — life, work, and family.
Anna Nicole Smith — early life, career, personal life, and legacy.
Raised in Mexia, Texas, after her parents’ divorce in 1969, Anna Nicole Smith born Vickie Lynn Hogan on November 28, 1967 grew up with her mother, Virgie Hart, a sheriff’s deputy, and her aunt Elaine. She attended Mexia High School but dropped out during her junior year. Before her modeling career, she worked at Wal-Mart earning $60 a week and at a fried chicken restaurant where she met her first husband, Billy Smith.
Anna Nicole Smith’s career exploded when she was named Playboy Playmate of the Month in May 1992 and Playmate of the Year in 1993. Guess? Jeans executive Paul Marciano discovered her in Playboy and quickly hired her as a model, replacing Claudia Schiffer. She made her film debut in Naked Gun 33 1/3: The Final Insult 1994 and later appeared in Be Cool 2005 and Illegal Aliens 2007. From 2002 to 2003, her reality show The Anna Nicole Show aired on E!, documenting her daily life. She also became the face of Trim-Spa weight loss supplements, making her catchphrase Like my body? iconic. Her H&M advertising campaign caused car accidents in Europe in 1994.
Anna Nicole Smith married Billy Smith in 1985; they had a son, Daniel Wayne Smith, before divorcing in 1993. In June 1994, she married billionaire oil tycoon J. Howard Marshall II, who was 89 years old; the marriage ended with his death in August 1995, sparking a lengthy legal battle with his son over the $1.6 billion estate. She later had a daughter, Dannielynn Birkhead born September 7, 2006, with Larry Birkhead, though Howard K. Stern initially claimed paternity. Her son Daniel died suddenly on September 10, 2006, from an apparent overdose while visiting her in a Bahamas hospital. She died of an accidental overdose on February 8, 2007, in Hollywood, Florida, at age 39.
After being named Playboy Playmate of the Year in 1993, Anna Nicole Smith became a tabloid fixture of the 1990s and 2000s, with her life and death representing a mix of fame, fortune, and tragedy. Conan O’Brien frequently parodied her but stopped immediately after her death as a gesture of respect. In 2013, the New York City Opera premiered Anna Nicole, an opera by Mark-Anthony Turnage based on her life. The Hanna Nicola Smythe character on NBC’s Passions was inspired by her. She is most remembered as a Playboy Playmate of the Year, a Guess? model, and the star of her own reality show.
The complete filmography of Anna Nicole Smith — every film, TV show, and documentary credit, ranked by popularity.
Every award, honor, and recognition received by Anna Nicole Smith — Grammys, hall-of-fame inductions, civic honors, lifetime achievements.
A wall of memorable lines from Anna Nicole Smith — lyrics, interviews, and off-the-cuff remarks captured over a lifetime.
I’m Sick of Being Accused of Gold-digging. It Just so Happens I Get Turned on by Liver Spots.
For Some Reason, People Think I Am This Terrible Person and It Really Hurts Me to Hear That. I Am Just Doing the Best I Know How To.
I Grew up Poor. I Had No Money. My Family Was Poor. There’s Things I Wanted to Do and Couldn’t. I Was an Abused Wife. Just – There’s Tons of Things That I Couldn’t Even Mention. and for Me to Come up and to Have All of This Fame and Fortune, It’s Just – It Is a Cinderella Story to Me.
I Don’t Date. It’s Hard to Date When You’re at Home. Because Nobody Knows You.
I Want to Be the New Marilyn Monroe and Find My Own Clark Gable.
Marrying into Money Was Not a Good Thing to Me.
Little-known facts about Anna Nicole Smith — origins, oddities, and behind-the-scenes details from a public life.
While visiting his mother and newborn sister in a Bahamas hospital, Anna Nicole Smith’s son Daniel Smith collapsed and died on September 10, 2006.
Posters of Anna Nicole Smith from an H&M advertising campaign caused multiple car accidents in major European cities in 1994.
Anna Nicole Smith had two children: son Daniel Smith born January 22, 1986, died September 10, 2006 with ex-husband Billy Smith, and daughter Dannielynn Birkhead born September 7, 2006 with ex-boyfriend Larry Birkhead.
Virgie Hart, Anna Nicole Smith’s mother, worked as a sheriff’s deputy.
On Larry King Live, Howard K. Stern announced he was the father of Anna Nicole Smith’s daughter, but photographer Larry Birkhead sued for DNA testing. After moving to the Bahamas to avoid testing, Birkhead was proven the father by DNA in 2007.
While dancing topless in Houston, Texas, in October 1991, Anna Nicole Smith met J. Howard Marshall II, an elderly oil tycoon who later gave her lavish gifts and proposed marriage multiple times.
Her Trim-Spa commercial line Like my body? became her signature catchphrase.
Conan O’Brien frequently parodied Anna Nicole Smith on his late-night show, but he stopped immediately after her death as a sign of respect.
Guess? Jeans executive Paul Marciano saw Anna Nicole Smith in Playboy and thought of Jayne Mansfield, hiring her to replace Claudia Schiffer and styling her look after Mansfield’s iconic photos.
Intrigued by her first Playboy pictorial, Paul Marciano called Playboy to identify her and immediately signed her as a Guess? model without hesitation.
From November 1999, Anna Nicole Smith battled her stepson E. Pierce Marshall in court over her late husband’s $1.6 billion estate. A judge initially awarded her $449 million in 2000, but that was overturned, and she eventually received $88 million in 2002. The legal dispute ended after both she and Marshall died.
Anna Nicole Smith was 26 when she married 89-year-old J. Howard Marshall II.
She was earning $60 a week at Wal-Mart before her first Playboy cover.
Donald Eugene Hogan, her father, died of lung cancer in 2009, and her mother Virgie Hart died of cancer in 2018.
Named Playboy Playmate of the Month in May 1992 and Playmate of the Year in 1993, she was the tallest and heaviest Playmate of the Year at 5’11, tied with India Allen and Julie Cialini.
The American premiere of the opera Anna Nicole by Mark-Anthony Turnage opened the New York City Opera season at BAM on September 17, 2013.
Crowned Miss Republic of Cuervo Gold in 1998, she won the title because her party spirit stood out among eight contestants.
She dropped out of Mexia High School during her junior year.
In her Playmate of the Year interview, she said she worked at a fried chicken place in Mexia and later married a cook, Billy Smith.
At 20, she started modeling, later becoming a face for Guess? Jeans and Lane Bryant.
After her parents divorced in 1969, she was raised by her mother Virgie Hart and her aunt Elaine.
A supporter of LGBTQ+ rights, she attended the 35th annual Los Angeles Pride Parade in 2005.
She had five half-siblings, including Donna Hogan.
The character Hanna Nicola Smythe on the soap opera Passions is based on her.
E!’s The Anna Nicole Show aired from August 4, 2002 to June 1, 2003, documenting her daily life.
Her Playboy measurements in 1992 were 36DD-26-38 at 140 lbs. She reached 224 lbs in 1996 but slimmed to 138 lbs in 1997. By 2005, she returned to her modeling weight and became a spokesperson for a weight-loss program.
At 26, she married 89-year-old billionaire J. Howard Marshall II.
Quick answers to the questions readers ask most about Anna Nicole Smith.
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