Stephanie Marrian (born Stefanie Khan; 9 October 1948) is a former model, pop star and actress. She was the first Page 3 model in The Sun newspaper.
Modelling career Marrian was the first Page 3 model in The Sun newspaper in the 17 November 1970 edition, where she was named as Stephanie Rahn. Marrian was using her father's surname of Khan at the time; a subeditor at the newspaper misread her surname as Rahn. From 1973 to 1978, using the name Stefanie Marrian, her mother's surname, she appeared regularly as the Page 3 girl. In this role she was featured in the 2017 stage production of Ink, played by Pearl Chanda and directed by Rupert Goold, at the Almeida Theatre, London.
Marrian was a glamour model throughout the 1970s, appearing topless and nude in magazines, papers and calendars world-wide. Along with two other Page Three models, Felicity Buirski and Clare Russell, she was a member of a pop group called Page Three. The group had a national hit with "Hold on to Love" in 1977.Record Mirror, August 27, 1977 - Page 2 Star Breakers, HOLD ON TO LOVE, Page Three Warner BrothersMusic Week, August 27, 1977 - Page 49 STAR BREAKERS, HOLD ON TO LOVE, Page Three, Warner Brothers K16976
She appeared on the cover of the Top of the Pops, an exploito record album Volume 43 (Hallmark Records SHM 895), released in January 1975.Discogs - Unknown Artist – Top Of The Pops Vol. 43Top of the Pops - Volume 43 (SHM 895) - January 1975 From the same photo-shoot, another picture of her was used to grace the cover of another similar release in Germany, Hit Power: 16 Super Hits International on the Telefunken label.Discogs - Various – 16 Super-Hits InternationalTop of the Pops - Volume 43 (SHM 895) - January 1975, Photo session
Film and television roles Marrian played the part of Lesley in the 1974 film, Can You Keep It Up for a Week?.Filmweb - aktorka gościnnie, Stephanie Marrian She played the part of Lady Marie in the Mel Brooks 1981 film, History of the World, Part I.TV Guide - Stephanie Marrian, CreditsThe Hitler Filmography. Worldwide Feature Film and Television Miniseries Portrayals, 1940 Through 2000, Charles P. Mitchell, 2015, - Page 91 34. History of the World - Part One (1981)
Family and personal life Marrian was born in Singapore to an Indian father and an English mother; other sources erroneously stated that she was German and her birth surname was Rahn.The Straits Times, Jan 20, 2015 - The Sun drops its Page 3 topless models: 5 things about the British tabloid, 3. First topless model was born in SingaporeThe Straits Times, Jan 20, 2015 - Bust-up over The Sun's Page 3 Girls
List of television and film appearances British TV programmes include: as Cross's girl in Callan (1970) as a student in Some Mothers Do 'Ave 'Em (1973) The Cut Price Comedy Show (1982)
Films include: as Susan in Confessions Of A Sex Maniac (1974), starring Roger Lloyd-Pack as Lesley in Can You Keep It Up for a Week? (1974), starring Jeremy Bulloch as Girl in Hotel in The World Is Full of Married Men (1979) as Lady Marie in the Mel Brooks film History of the World, Part I (1981) as Hotel Receptionist in Green Ice (1981), starring Ryan O'Neal
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