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Dayle Haddon

Canadian dancer, model, actress (1948–2024)

Summary

Canadian dancer, model, actress (1948–2024)

Field	Value
name	Dayle Haddon
image	Dayle Haddon at the 2008 Tribeca Film Festival.jpg
caption	Haddon in 2008
birth_date
birth_place	Montreal, Quebec, Canada
death_date
death_place	Solebury Township, Pennsylvania, U.S.
occupation
height
haircolor	Brown
eyecolor	Green
agency
spouse	Glenn Souham (d. 1986)
children	1
relatives	Christian Slater (former-son-in-law)
Marc Blucas (son-in-law)
signature	Autogramm Dayle Haddon kanadische Schauspielerin.png

Marc Blucas (son-in-law)

Dayle Haddon (May 26, 1948 – December 27, 2024) was a Canadian model and actress, known for promoting anti-aging products manufactured by L'Oréal. Additionally, she was credited as the author of Ageless Beauty: A Woman's Guide to Lifelong Beauty and Well-Being. During the earlier part of her career as a model, Haddon appeared on the covers of many top fashion and beauty magazines, as well as the cover of the Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue in 1973. Haddon also served as a wellness contributor to CBS News where she appeared regularly on The Early Show at the turn of the 21st century. Haddon married French businessman Glenn Souham, who was murdered because of his believed connections to the Iran-Contra affair. They had one daughter, journalist and producer Ryan Haddon. Haddon died at her daughter's property due to carbon monoxide poisoning in December 2024.

Early life and career

Dayle Pauline Haddon was born on May 26, 1948, to Eileen and Edward Haddon. | access-date = 1 January 2025 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20241231091412/https://www.nytimes.com/2024/12/28/us/dayle-haddon-dead.html | archive-date = 31 December 2024 | url-status = live | access-date = 3 January 2025

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In January 1966, she had to decide between a career as a professional ballerina or as a model because she was offered a full-time job dancing. | access-date = 29 December 2024

She competed in the Miss Montreal pageant and won at age 18 on 25 October 1966. She competed in the Miss Canada pageant in early November 1966, but finished as the fourth runner-up. | access-date = 3 January 2025

Modelling career 1970s – 1980s

As a model in the 1970s and 1980s, Haddon represented Max Factor, Revlon, and Estée Lauder. She appeared on the cover of the Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue in 1973 (January 29). | access-date = 1 January 2025 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20140228100331/http://i.cdn.turner.com/sivault/si_online/covers/images/1973/0129_large.jpg | archive-date = 28 February 2014 | url-status = dead | access-date = 29 December 2024

Acting career

Haddon worked as an actress, appearing in the Disney movie The World's Greatest Athlete (1973) with Jan-Michael Vincent. She moved to Europe, continued modeling and acting, and appeared in a number of film roles in French and English.

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Haddon was originally cast for the role of Dale Arden in the 1980 film version of Flash Gordon, but producer Dino De Laurentiis replaced her with Melody Anderson just before filming commenced. She took a hiatus from acting in the mid-1980s and returned to the industry when she took the lead role in Cyborg (1989).

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Later modelling career and writer

After the death of her husband left her in financial trouble, Haddon returned to modelling in her late 30s. | access-date = 1 January 2025 | access-date = 1 January 2025 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20160303195209/https://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9F0DE7D9133EF935A35756C0A9619C8B63&sec=&spon= | archive-date = 3 March 2016 | url-status = live

Personal life

Haddon was married to French businessman Glenn Souham, who died on 24 September 1986 in Paris, after he was gunned down, most likely by Soviet agents. | access-date = 1 January 2025 | access-date = 1 January 2025 | access-date = 1 January 2025 | access-date = 1 January 2025 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20241229215728/https://apnews.com/article/dayle-haddon-death-obituary-model-carbon-monoxide-bedff81dcfd119cf2dd398518a771705 | archive-date = 29 December 2024 | url-status = live

Souham and Haddon had a daughter, Ryan Haddon, who works in the television industry. | access-date = 1 January 2025 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20180831002654/https://www.nytimes.com/2003/04/27/realestate/habitats-west-54th-street-a-model-refashions-her-career-and-image.html | archive-date = 31 August 2018 | url-status = live | access-date = 1 January 2025 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20190321142307/https://magazine.wfu.edu/2019/03/19/i-have-to-know-if-i-can-make-it/ | archive-date = 21 March 2019 | url-status = live

In early 2008 Haddon was named a UNICEF ambassador. She was also the founder of a non-profit called WomenOne. The organization's motto is "changing the world one woman at a time."

Through WomenOne, Haddon had partnered with Free The Children, an international charity, to provide scholarships for girls’ education in Kenya. Through her organization, she had raised and donated more than $150,000 for one of Free The Children's all-girls secondary schools.

Haddon also appeared as the face of a line of socially and environmentally responsible accessories launched by Me to We, Free The Children's partner organization.

Death

On December 27, 2024, first responders found her unresponsive in a carriage house in Solebury Township, Pennsylvania, which was a property owned by her daughter Ryan and son-in-law Marc Blucas. | access-date = 1 January 2025 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20250101022846/https://6abc.com/post/dayle-haddon-death-solebury-township-police-reveal-cause-deadly-carbon-monoxide-leak-inside-bucks-county-pa-home/15719476/ | archive-date = 1 January 2025 | url-status = live | access-date = 1 January 2025 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20250101135031/https://6abc.com/post/woman-dead-man-hospitalized-after-suspected-carbon-monoxide-leak-solebury-twp-bucks-county/15714664/ | archive-date = 1 January 2025 | url-status = live

Filmography

Haddon in the 1974 film ''[[The Cousin]]''

Paperback Hero (1973) .... Joanna
The World's Greatest Athlete (1973) .... Jane Douglas
The Cousin (1974) .... Agata
Gambling City (1975) .... Maria Luisa
Substitute Teacher (1975) .... Sonia
Spermula (1976) .... Spermula
Sex with a Smile (1976) .... Marina (segment "The Bodyguard")
Madame Claude (1977) .... Elizabeth
Maschio latino cercasi (1977) .... The Lawyer
Dernier amant romantique, Le (1978) .... Elisabeth
North Dallas Forty (1979) .... Charlotte Caulder
Disneyland aka Disney's Wonderful World
** (1983) .... Suzy Thomson, alias D'Annunzio
Paroles et Musique (1984) .... Corinne
Bedroom Eyes (1984) .... Alex
The Hitchhiker (1986) TV Episode .... Debby Hunt
Roses de Matmata, Les (1986) .... Diane Collins
Max Headroom (1987) TV Episode .... Vanna Smith
Zwei Frauen (1989) .... Darlene Meyers
Cyborg (1989) .... Pearl Prophet
Tropical Gamble (1990) .... Helen
Unbecoming Age (1992) .... Susan
Bullets Over Broadway (1994) .... Backstage Well-Wisher
Fiesta (1995) .... Cecilia Harrington-Forbes
Tilt-A-Whirl (1995) .... Mother
Celebrity (1998) .... Waiting Room Patient

Notes

References

"Madame Claude (1977) - Full cast & crew - IMDb".
Maslin, Janet. (1 August 1979). "Film: 'Dallas Forty':Cynicism and Comedy". The New York Times.
Smith, Adam. (7 January 2016). "Gordon's alive! The untold story of Flash Gordon". [[Empire (magazine).
(2008-02-12). "Best-selling author Dayle Haddon named UNICEF Ambassador :: Celebrity Ambassadors :: People & Partners :: U.S. Fund for UNICEF". Unicef Usa.
"WomenOne". WomenOne.
"WomenOne: What We're Doing". WomenOne.
"Me to We Artisans Magazine Fall 2012". Me to We.

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