Kaley Ronayne (Gotham) and Marcus Callender (Straight Outta Compton) have booked series regular roles in ABC drama pilot Model Woman. The project, from Sony TV's TriStar Television and ABC Studios, is a fictionalized family soap inspired by Robert Lacey's book Model Woman: Eileen Ford and the Business of Beauty, the recently published biography of the outspoken and controversial woman who started as a model and went on to co-found the famous Ford Modeling Agency with her…...
- 4/6/2016
- Deadline TV
Steven Weber is set as the male lead opposite Andie MacDowell in ABC's drama pilot Model Woman. The project, from Sony TV's TriStar Television and ABC Studios, is a fictionalized family soap inspired by Robert Lacey's book Model Woman: Eileen Ford And The Business Of Beauty, the biography of the outspoken and controversial woman who started as a model and went on to co-found the famous Ford Modeling Agency with her husband Jerry. Written by Reality Bites scribe Helen…...
- 3/14/2016
- Deadline TV
Andie MacDowell has been cast in the ABC pilot “Model Woman,” TheWrap has learned. The drama is based on Robert Lacey’s 2015 biography of Ford Models co-founder Eileen Ford, “Model Woman: Eileen Ford and the Business of Beauty,” The pilot is set in the 1970s and is a family soap centering around the Ford-esque figure, Bertie (MacDowell). Also Read: 'Magic Mike Xxl' Star Andie MacDowell Says the Term 'Cougar' is Offensive Helen Childress wrote the pilot and will serve as executive producer, along with Rosalie Swedlin and the author’s daughter, writer Scarlett Lacey. MacDowell recently appeared in “Magic Mike Xxl.
- 3/7/2016
- by Linda Ge
- The Wrap
Andie MacDowell is ABC’s Model Woman.
The Cedar Cove actress is set as the female lead in the network’s circa-’70s modeling agency drama pilot, TVLine has learned.
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The project, inspired by Robert Lacey’s book Model Woman: Eileen Ford And The Business Of Beauty, centers on MacDowell’s Bertie Geiss, the owner of The Geiss Agency, which has enjoyed a complete monopoly over the modeling world for the last 20 years. Bertie run a tight ship, treats her models like family and...
The Cedar Cove actress is set as the female lead in the network’s circa-’70s modeling agency drama pilot, TVLine has learned.
RelatedPilot Season ’16: Scoop on This Fall’s (Possible) New Shows, Who’s In Them
The project, inspired by Robert Lacey’s book Model Woman: Eileen Ford And The Business Of Beauty, centers on MacDowell’s Bertie Geiss, the owner of The Geiss Agency, which has enjoyed a complete monopoly over the modeling world for the last 20 years. Bertie run a tight ship, treats her models like family and...
- 3/7/2016
- TVLine.com
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