Tributes paid to fashion icon and soap star Annabel Schofield following her death at 62 after cancer battle
Model and actress Annabel Schofield played Laurel Ellis on the soap Dallas.
Fashion icon and actress Annabel Schofield has died at 62 after a battle with cancer, she played the role of Laurel Ellis on the soap Dallas. The Facebook group Dallas Fanzine paid tribute to Annabel Schofield and wrote: “We are sad to report the death of Annabel Schofield at the age of 62. Annabel passed away in Los Angeles on Feb 28 after a long battle with brain cancer.
“On Dallas Annabel played the role of Laurel Ellis for twelve episodes during Season Eleven. Thoughts and prayers to everyone who knew and loved her.”
In response, one fan said: “She was also the girl in the Bugle Boy Jeans commercial.
“Excuse me, are those bugle boy jeans you are wearing?”
Another fan wrote: “Wow, she was so young. I’ll always remember her beautiful voice. She was towards the end of the series when the show was really running out of ideas. Seemed like a very nice lady.”
The Facebook group for The Real Housewives of Salt Lake City Fans News wrote: “She was funny and real and beautiful…’ Annabel Schofield dead: the trailblazing 80s supermodel turned Dallas star dies aged 62 after cancer battle… as tributes pour in for the Welsh-born icon who helped define a generation of British fashion…”
In a statement, Melissa Richardson, former owner of Take Two Agency, said: "She was one of David Bailey’s favourites and appeared in countless shoots for Italian Vogue.
"She was the forerunner of Take Two without her, we could never have made it as we did.
"We loved her because she was funny and real and beautiful and down to earth. She never changed from the sweet little 17-year-old Welsh girl I first met.
"She was directly loyal, caring, and above all, a raging beauty. She knew her craft. She was the best."
Annabel Schofield was born in Llanelli in Wales on September 4, 1963 and as a model appeared in campaigns for the likes of Yves Saint Laurent, Rimmel, Revlon and Boots No. 7. Her father was British movie production executive John D. Schofield.
As well as appearing in Dallas, Annabel Schofield’s credits include Dragonard, Solar Crisis, Eye of the Widow and she also appeared in an episode of Dangerous Curves in 1992.