24 Archive Photos Of Priscilla Presley A Beauty Icon For The Ages
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24 Throwback Photos Of Priscilla Presley, A Legend In Her Own Right

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Although best known as the ex-wife of Elvis Presley, Priscilla Presley is so much more. While married to the controversial rock ’n’ roll icon for six years, Priscilla had successful careers as both an actor and mogul in her own right. Co-star of the acclaimed Naked Gun films, she also played Jenna Wade in the beloved primetime series Dallas. And, as the chair of the Presley estate after Elvis’s passing, she helped to turn Graceland – her ex-husband’s private mansion estate near Memphis – into one of the USA’s biggest tourist attractions, rivalling the White House for the number of visitors it attracts. As the first trailer drops for Baz Luhrmann’s Elvis biopic, where the great beauty is played by Olivia DeJonge, revisit 24 striking photographs of the icon, below.

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    1967

    Priscilla Beaulieu married Elvis Presley on 1 May in a lace dress in Las Vegas, with the va-va voom hair and dramatic eyes that became her signature.

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    The happy couple showered with confetti on their wedding day.

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    1963

    With her dog, Honey, at Memphis International Airport.

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    1973

    After six years of marriage, the couple divorced. Still all smiles while leaving the courtroom, they maintained a close friendship until Elvis’s death.

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    1974

    At her clothing shop Bis & Beau Boutique in Beverly Hills.

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    1974

    A close up of the beauty, with bouncy ’70s waves.

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    1975

    Photographed in a floral halterneck by the pool in her Beverly Hills mansion.

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    1975

    The real queen of the chessboard, at her Beverly Hills parlour.

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    1975

    Glamorously dressed next to her then-boyfriend, karate instructor Mike Stone, at a high school kung fu tournament.

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    1976

    A candid shot at the Grammy Awards.

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    1976

    Posing with then-boyfriend Robert Kardashian at her home in Beverly Hills – two years before he eventually married Kris.

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    1980

    At an event for Wella, which she represented in campaigns alongside Brooke Shields and Farrah Fawcett.

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    1980

    Captured during a filming break while shooting Those Amazing Animals.

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    1982

    In the stables of Graceland – Elvis Presley’s famed mansion home, now the most-visited privately owned home in America.

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    Gearing up for the opening of Graceland as a public memorial.

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    1983

    Filming Dallas, sat on a mechanical bull dressed in a satin shirt and indigo jeans.

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    1985

    Dining at the New York Hilton Hotel for the televised gala Night of 100 Stars II.

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    1988

    Swathed in black as she heads to dine at Il Mulino in New York City.

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    1989

    With boyfriend Marco Garibaldi for the Lethal Weapon 2 premiere in Hollywood.

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    1990

    In cool grey tailoring while launching her perfume Moments.

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    1991

    Appearing with a bold red cut at a Hollywood premiere.

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    1994

    On stage for Elvis: The Tribute, a memorial show in the King’s hometown of Memphis.

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    1996

    Her hair gets redder and shorter at the Fifi Fragrance Awards, known as the Oscars of fragrance.

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    1999

    In a sheer top and maxi skirt on the red carpet of the Bowfinger premiere.

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