Born: 19 February 1920,
Died: 8 November 2003
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Also known as: Mrs. Winston Frederick Churchill Guest, Lucy Douglas Cochrane
American writer, horsewoman, fashion designer and socialite C. Z. Guest was a famed fashion icon, known for her unfussy, clean-cut style, which was seen as typically American.
Though never a serious actress, Guest appeared in the Ziegfeld Follies in 1944. She wrote a column on gardening for the New York Post and published a book, First Garden. Guest was extensively photographed, and painted by Diego Rivera, Salvador Dalí, Kenneth Paul Block and Andy Warhol. She was named to the International Best Dressed List Hall of Fame in 1959.
In 1985, she designed a small fashion collection consisting mainly of cashmere sweaters, expanding the following year to include limited line of sportswear sold under license. In 1990, she produced a fragrant insect repellent and other garden merchandise.