In August 1974, Beverly graced the cover of American Vogue, becoming the first African American woman to ever do so. In 1975, she did it again and became the first African American woman on the cover of the French edition of Elle. Moving forward, she started acting. She wrote a controversial article in which she accused Bill Cosby of drugging her in a meeting at home in Manhattan in the 1980s.
In 2015, she wrote a memoir called The Face That Changed It All in which she discusses the Cosby incident. Fun fact: She was on The New York Times’ list of one of the 20th century’s most influential people in fashion in 2008.
Faye Dunaway
Faye started her career in the ’60s as an actress on Broadway and later appeared in her first film in 1967, “The Happening” playing Sandy. Her major role was in the film Bonnie and Clyde, where she played Bonnie Parker and later received an academy award. In the 60’s she acted in “The Thomas Crown Affair” and “The Arrangement.”
Faye’s career continues to thrive. She is still acting today and starred in a number of movies in 2017, including Inconceivable, opposite Nicolas Cage.
Julie Andrews
Julie Andrews is an English actress, who started her career as a child, appearing in the West End in 1948 and making her Broadway debut in The Boy Friend in 1954. In 1956, she starred in a number of Broadway musicals including "My Fair Lady" in 1956 and Camelot in 1960. She made her film debut in Mary Poppins for which she won the Academy Award for Best Actress for her performance in the title role. She also starred in The Sound of Music in 1965, playing Maria von Trapp, for which she won the Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Motion Picture Comedy or Musical.
Julie Andrews became one of the biggest names in the industry in the 60s. Her success didn’t stop just there. In the ’70s, she starred in "Darling Lili”, and “10”. From 1973 and 1975, she headlined five variety specials on ABC. To this day, she is prominent in TV and film. She voiced the character of the Queen in all the “Shrek” films and Gru’s mom in “Despicable Me.” In 2017, she starred in Netflix’s “Julie’s Greenroom,” an educational series for preschoolers. Besides her musical career, she has authored children's books and published her autobiography in 2008 "Home: A Memoir of My Early Years".
Karen Lynn Gorney
Gorney found fame in her role as Tara Martin in the soap opera All My Children, which she held from 1970 to 1974. However, her biggest role came as Stephanie Mangano in Saturday Night Fever with John Travolta.
Following the part, she took a decade-long break from acting and came back to act in Law & Order and The Sopranos. Recently, she acted in a short film Behind the Wall.
Carol Kane
Another star of the 70s, Carol Kane received her first Golden Globe nomination for her role in Hester Street as Gitl. She also starred in Woody Allen’s film, Annie hall. In the early 80s, she played the role of Simka Dahblitz-Gravas on the popular T.V show “Taxi.”
Kane has continued to act in popular films like “The Princess Bride” and “Adams Family Values.” From 2005-2014, she played the wicked principal Madame Morrible in the Broadway musical “Wicked.” In 2015, she landed the part of Lillian Kaushtupper in Netflix’s “Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt.”