EMERALD ISLE ARISTOCRAT:Anjelica Huston, 58th Annual Academy Awards, 1986 "Prizzi's Honor" had earned nominations for her father John Huston (Best Director) and her boyfriend Jack Nicholson
(Best Actor), and the lady herself would take home an Oscar for her classy
performance
... moreas Mafia princess Maerose Prizzi. Anjelica Huston grew up on dad's
110-acre Galway estate and called Ireland home, so she chose to wear
emerald-green to the Oscars, for good luck and to honor Eire. Designer Tzetzi
Ganev conjured up this gorgeous bias-cut, single-sleeved gown out of
$100-a-yard, four-ply silk so slinky he described it as hanging "like a dead
body," taking the shape of whatever the supple weave adorned. Of the former
Vogue model and daughter of a Balanchine ballerina, Ganev gushed, "When she
walks into a room ... everybody turns to look at her. And she looked like
royalty in her Oscar dress. She was like the Queen of England." Unfortunate
choice of queens aside, Ganev spoke true: The first third-generation Oscar
winner (following granddad Walter and dad John) was simply ravishing. (Bettmann /
Corbis)
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