Bebe Buell

Bebe Buell
Buell at the 2009 Tribeca Film Festival
Born	Beverle Lorence Buell (1953-07-14) July 14, 1953 (age 63) Portsmouth, Virginia, U.S.
Residence	Nashville, Tennessee, U.S.
Nationality	American
Occupation	Model, singer
Spouse(s)	Coyote Shivers (m. 1992–99) Jim Wallerstein (m. 2002)
Children	Liv Tyler
Playboy centerfold appearance
November 1974
Preceded by	Ester Cordet
Succeeded by	Janice Raymond
Personal details
Measurements	Bust: 35 in / 89 cm Waist: 24 in / 61 cm Hips: 35 in / 89 cm
Height	5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)
Weight	120 lb (54 kg; 8.6 st)

Beverle Lorence "Bebe" Buell (born July 14, 1953) is an American singer and former fashion model, and Playboy magazine's November 1974 Playmate of the Month. Buell moved to New York in 1971 after signing a modeling contract with Eileen Ford, and garnered public notoriety after her publicized relationship with musician Todd Rundgren from 1972 until 1979, as well as with several rock musicians over the following four decades. She is the mother of actress Liv Tyler, whom she had with Aerosmith frontman Steven Tyler in 1977.

In 2001, Buell wrote an autobiography (with Victor Bockris) titled Rebel Heart: An American Rock and Roll Journey. The book was a New York Times bestseller. The paperback was issued in 2002.

Buell was born in Portsmouth, Virginia, the daughter of Dorothea (Brown) Johnson, who founded the Protocol School of Washington, and Harold Lloyd Buell. As her father was not at home at the time of Buell's birth, her mother waited until he got back before naming her daughter. The nurses in the hospital took to calling her "Baby Buell," which is where her nickname of "Bebe" originated. She is of German descent.

Buell was discovered by modeling agency executive Eileen Ford after high school graduation at age 17, and relocated to New York City at age 18. She was Playboy magazine's Playmate of the Month for the November 1974 issue; her centerfold was photographed by Richard Fegley. In describing her early years and modeling career, Buell stated: "[I wanted] to be a professional singer [which was why] I came to New York— yes, I was a pretty young girl, so I fell into the modeling thing, and [then] I did Playboy, so then the rock stars came-a-hunting, as I like to say."