Winning fans with her sweet, melancholy sound, Marianne Faithfull's long career is marked by her battles with drugs, a marriage to Mick Jagger, and reinvention. Here's a selection of 50 rare and beautiful black and white portraits of Marianne Faithfull in the 1960s, via Faithfull Forever.
Marianne Faithfull going to court the day after a drug raid at her and Mick Jagger’s residence at Cheyne Walk, May 1969. Photographed by Roy Cummings. |
Marianne Faithfull backstage in Doncaster, 1964. Photo by Paul Berriff. |
A classic Marianne Faithfull shot, 1965. Photographer unknown. |
Marianne Faithfull, 1968. Photo by Mario Schifano. |
Marianne Faithfull recording backup vocals for The Rolling Stones album “Beggars Banquet”, 1968 |
18-year-old Marianne Faithfull photographed for an article in “The Daily Mail” reporting about her recent engagement to art student John Dunbar, 1965. |
Rare photo of Marianne Faithfull backstage in Belgium, June 1966. © Jean-Hubert De Groot |
Marianne Faithfull by Rob Bosboom, ca. 1966 |
One of the most well-known portraits of Marianne Faithfull shot by John 'Hoppy' Hopkins in 1966. He was commissioned by "Melody Maker" to take a series of photos for their magazine. |
Marianne Faithfull in rehearsal for the play “Hamlet”, 1969. Photographed by Roy Cummings. |
Marianne Faithfull in her flat in Lennox Gardens, London, 1967. Photographed by Tony Gale. |
Rare press photo of Marianne Faithfull performing on “Ready Steady Go”, 1965 |
Marianne Faithfull posing for a newspaper article announcing her engagement to Arts Undergraduate John Dunbar, 1965. Photographer not attributed. |
Marianne Faithfull in a promotional photo for “The Girl On A Motorcycle”, 1967 |
Marianne Faithfull at home in London, 1967. Photographed by Michael Ward. |
Marianne Faithfull in San Remo, Italy, 1967 |
Previously unseen photo of Marianne Faithfull in Amsterdam, 1966. Photographed by Rob Bosboom. |
Marianne Faithfull on the set of "The Girl On A Motorcycle", 1967 |
Marianne Faithfull in front of her childhood home on Milman Road in Reading, 1964. Photographed by David Magnus. |
Early promotional photo of Marianne Faithfull for Decca, ca. mid-1964 |
Marianne Faithfull in the recording studio, ca. 1967. Photographed by Gered Mankowitz. |
Marianne Faithfull on set of “The Girl On A Motorcycle”, 1967. Photographed by Jean Pierre Bonnotte. |
Marianne Faithfull leaving Mount St. Margaret Hospital in Sydney after recovering from a week-long coma induced by an (accidental) overdose of sleeping pills, 1969. |
Marianne Faithfull at home, 1967. Photographed by Michael Ward. |
Unseen photo of Marianne Faithfull for “Paris Match”, 1966. Photographed by Jean-Marie Perier. |
Marianne Faithfull at Churchill College, Cambridge, ca. 1965 |
Marianne Faithfull, ca. 1966. Photographed by Harry Goodwin. |
Seventeen-year-old Marianne Faithfull posing in one of her first photoshoots in the summer of 1964 |
Marianne Faithfull in the 1960s by David Wedgbury |
Marianne Faithfull opening fanmail backstage at San Remo Song Festival, January 1967 |
Marianne Faithfull near her childhood home in Reading, ca. 1964. Photographed by David Magnus. |
Marianne Faithfull on French program "Les visiteurs d'un soir", 1966. Photographed by Gérard Letellier. |
Marianne Faithfull, 1964. Photographed by David Magnus. |
Close-up of Marianne Faithfull at the premiere of "Hair", December 1968. Photographed by Alex Waters. |
Marianne Faithfull in Heidelberg, Germany, 1967. Photographed by Jean-Pierre Bonnotte. |
Marianne Faithfull, 1967. Photographed by Marc Sharratt. |
Marianne Faithfull, ca. 1965 |
Marianne Faithfull at Heathrow Airport, ca. late 1967 |
Marianne Faithfull on BBC's music program "Gadzooks!", June 1965 |
Marianne Faithfull, 1965. Photographed by Gered Mankowitz. |
Rare outtake of Marianne Faithfull above the rooftops of London, 1965. Photographed by Tom Smith. |
Marianne Faithfull on set of "The Girl On A Motorcycle", 1967. Photographed by John Kelly. |
Marianne Faithfull on set of “The Girl On A Motorcycle”, 1967. Photographer not attributed. |
Marianne Faithfull (and Sara), ca. 1964. Photo by John Pratt. |
Marianne Faithfull, 1967. Photo by Ben Merk. |
Marianne Faithfull at the San Remo Song Festival, 1967. Photographer unknown. |