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Genevieve Waite
South African actress, singer, and model (1948–2019)
Genevieve Waite (born Genevieve Joyce Weight,[3] 13 February 1948 – 18 May 2019) was a South African actress, singer, and model.[3][4] Her best known acting role was the title character in the 1968 film Joanna.[5] She was a muse to photographer Richard Avedon, who photographed her several times for Vogue in the early 1970s.[3][5] In 1974, she recorded her only album as a singer, which was produced and written by her husband, John Phillips of the Mamas and the Papas.[3][5] Her singing voice has been described as "Betty Boop crossed with Billie Holiday".[3] That same year, she starred in a short-lived Broadway musical, Man on the Moon, which she co-wrote with John Phillips; it was produced by Andy Warhol.[3]