1st husband: Rodney Taylor
2nd husband: Arthur Rubloff
3rd husband: Lewis M. Schott
*****************
Palm Beach Daily News (FL) - Wednesday, March 11, 2009
Mary Hilem Schott: FASHION MODEL, ADVOCATE DIES
Mary Hilem Schott, a former cover girl and Hollywood wife who became an advocate for women and children, died at home on Saturday, March 7, 2009.
She was 74 and the wife of Lewis M. Schott.
Born Dec. 6, 1934, in San Diego, she was a daughter of Dr. Henry and Dorothy Hilem.
The fifth of eight children in a family that shared a passion for music, she was an accomplished flautist and described herself as "responsible for the wind section in the family orchestra."
A willowy beauty at a young age, Mrs. Schott became one of the world's most recognizable fashion models and appeared on the covers of Vogue, Cosmopolitan and Harper's Bazaar, among others.
She worked in London, Paris, Berlin and Rio with photographers Horst P. Horst, Irving Penn and Richard Avedon. Her gray-blue eyes became the signature trademark of US Steel.
In the early 1960s, at a party hosted by Kirk Douglas, she met actor Rod Taylor, whom she married in 1963.
The Australian-born Taylor acted in more than 80 films, including The Birds, The Time Machine and The VIPS. The couple had one child, Felicia Rodrica Stuart Taylor.
The marriage ended in divorce.
In 1978, she married Chicago real estate mogul Arthur Rubloff, who is credited with developing the Magnificent Mile.
She and Mr. Rubloff divided their time between Palm Beach and Chicago until Mr. Rubloff's death, when she moved to Palm Beach.
In 1995, she married philanthropist Lewis M. Schott, president of LMS Securities Corp.
The couple traveled extensively and divided time between their homes in Palm Beach and Sands Point, N.Y.
Mrs. Schott was devoted to helping others, especially women and children.
In 1990, the Palm Beach YWCA named the Mary Rubloff Harmony House, a safe house for victims of domestic violence, in her honor.
In 1995, she was named a Woman of Distinction by Palm Beach Atlantic University for her effort in the community.
An avid fan of the opera, she was a member of the board and frequent patron of the Palm Beach Opera, and was a supporter of the Center for Information and Crisis Services, HOW (Hearing Ovarian cancer's Whisper) and Planned Parenthood.
Mrs. Schott is survived by her husband, of Palm Beach; her daughter, an Emmy-winning journalist of New York; her sisters, Helen Alsmeyer and Joanna Hilem; her brothers, Bob Hilem and Edward Hilem; stepchildren Nash Whitney Schott of Washington, D.C., Victoria Lady de Rothschild of London and Steven G. Schott of New York; and five step-grandchildren.
Funeral services will take place at 2:30 p.m. Friday at The Episcopal Church of Bethesda-by-the-Sea, 141 S. County Road.
Memorial donations may be made to Mary Rubloff YWCA Harmony House, 2200 N. Florida Mango Road, Suite 102, West Palm Beach, FL 33409.∼
Mary Schott
from: The Palm Beach Post, Palm Beach, FL, @http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/palmbeachpost/obituary.aspx?n=mary-schott&pid=125007098#fbLoggedOut
"She was blissfully happy. She was lying next to her husband," said New York journalist Felecia Taylor, who spoke to her mother the morning she died. "The one thing she was worried about was where my dog would stay."
Mrs. Schott, born in San Diego in 1934, was a top international model in the '50s and '60s, gracing the covers of magazines like Vogue, Harper's Bazaar and Cosmopolitan.
"She was a very beautiful woman," said friend Anita Dubnoff, a fellow Palm Beacher.
Mrs. Schott married famous actor Rod Taylor, Felecia's father, in 1963. After a divorce, she remarried to Chicago developer Arthur Rubloff, and moved to Palm Beach shortly after Rubloff's death.
She lived the life of a socialite in Palm Beach, including throwing high society parties at a condominium on Breakers Row that she sold in 1989 for what was then a record-setting price of $4.3 million.
In 1990, the Palm Beach Post followed her around for a day to see what life for a socialite was like. It included lunches at private clubs, massages, shopping trips, and spins in some of her collection of fine cars, such as a 1979 Mercedes and a 1982 Rolls Royce.
"She loved beautiful jewelry and beautiful things," Taylor said.
Mrs. Schott, who remarried in 1995 to Lewis M. Schott, president of the LMS Securities Corp., also spent her time helping to raise money for local causes, especially for domestic violence victims.
"She thought women were underserved," Taylor said. "She grew up in the '50s and '60s when women had nowhere to go."
Dubnoff said that in the early 1990s when she was trying to raise money for a battered women's shelter through the YWCA, Mrs. Schott donated the money needed to finish what would become the Mary Rubloff Harmony House. The Palm Beach County shelter is still open today able to serve up to 50 women.
Taylor said her mother also donated or helped raise money for the Raymond F. Kravis Center for the Performing Arts and for 211 of Palm Beach County and the Treasure Coast, the 24-hour hotline for people in crisis.
A funeral service will be 2:30 p.m. Friday at the Bethesda-by-the-Sea Episcopal Church, 141 South County Road, Palm Beach. In lieu of flowers, donations can be made to: the Mary Rubloff YWCA Harmony House, 2200 N. Florida Mango Rd., Suite #102, West Palm Beach.
2nd husband: Arthur Rubloff
3rd husband: Lewis M. Schott
*****************
Palm Beach Daily News (FL) - Wednesday, March 11, 2009
Mary Hilem Schott: FASHION MODEL, ADVOCATE DIES
Mary Hilem Schott, a former cover girl and Hollywood wife who became an advocate for women and children, died at home on Saturday, March 7, 2009.
She was 74 and the wife of Lewis M. Schott.
Born Dec. 6, 1934, in San Diego, she was a daughter of Dr. Henry and Dorothy Hilem.
The fifth of eight children in a family that shared a passion for music, she was an accomplished flautist and described herself as "responsible for the wind section in the family orchestra."
A willowy beauty at a young age, Mrs. Schott became one of the world's most recognizable fashion models and appeared on the covers of Vogue, Cosmopolitan and Harper's Bazaar, among others.
She worked in London, Paris, Berlin and Rio with photographers Horst P. Horst, Irving Penn and Richard Avedon. Her gray-blue eyes became the signature trademark of US Steel.
In the early 1960s, at a party hosted by Kirk Douglas, she met actor Rod Taylor, whom she married in 1963.
The Australian-born Taylor acted in more than 80 films, including The Birds, The Time Machine and The VIPS. The couple had one child, Felicia Rodrica Stuart Taylor.
The marriage ended in divorce.
In 1978, she married Chicago real estate mogul Arthur Rubloff, who is credited with developing the Magnificent Mile.
She and Mr. Rubloff divided their time between Palm Beach and Chicago until Mr. Rubloff's death, when she moved to Palm Beach.
In 1995, she married philanthropist Lewis M. Schott, president of LMS Securities Corp.
The couple traveled extensively and divided time between their homes in Palm Beach and Sands Point, N.Y.
Mrs. Schott was devoted to helping others, especially women and children.
In 1990, the Palm Beach YWCA named the Mary Rubloff Harmony House, a safe house for victims of domestic violence, in her honor.
In 1995, she was named a Woman of Distinction by Palm Beach Atlantic University for her effort in the community.
An avid fan of the opera, she was a member of the board and frequent patron of the Palm Beach Opera, and was a supporter of the Center for Information and Crisis Services, HOW (Hearing Ovarian cancer's Whisper) and Planned Parenthood.
Mrs. Schott is survived by her husband, of Palm Beach; her daughter, an Emmy-winning journalist of New York; her sisters, Helen Alsmeyer and Joanna Hilem; her brothers, Bob Hilem and Edward Hilem; stepchildren Nash Whitney Schott of Washington, D.C., Victoria Lady de Rothschild of London and Steven G. Schott of New York; and five step-grandchildren.
Funeral services will take place at 2:30 p.m. Friday at The Episcopal Church of Bethesda-by-the-Sea, 141 S. County Road.
Memorial donations may be made to Mary Rubloff YWCA Harmony House, 2200 N. Florida Mango Road, Suite 102, West Palm Beach, FL 33409.∼
Mary Schott
from: The Palm Beach Post, Palm Beach, FL, @http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/palmbeachpost/obituary.aspx?n=mary-schott&pid=125007098#fbLoggedOut
"She was blissfully happy. She was lying next to her husband," said New York journalist Felecia Taylor, who spoke to her mother the morning she died. "The one thing she was worried about was where my dog would stay."
Mrs. Schott, born in San Diego in 1934, was a top international model in the '50s and '60s, gracing the covers of magazines like Vogue, Harper's Bazaar and Cosmopolitan.
"She was a very beautiful woman," said friend Anita Dubnoff, a fellow Palm Beacher.
Mrs. Schott married famous actor Rod Taylor, Felecia's father, in 1963. After a divorce, she remarried to Chicago developer Arthur Rubloff, and moved to Palm Beach shortly after Rubloff's death.
She lived the life of a socialite in Palm Beach, including throwing high society parties at a condominium on Breakers Row that she sold in 1989 for what was then a record-setting price of $4.3 million.
In 1990, the Palm Beach Post followed her around for a day to see what life for a socialite was like. It included lunches at private clubs, massages, shopping trips, and spins in some of her collection of fine cars, such as a 1979 Mercedes and a 1982 Rolls Royce.
"She loved beautiful jewelry and beautiful things," Taylor said.
Mrs. Schott, who remarried in 1995 to Lewis M. Schott, president of the LMS Securities Corp., also spent her time helping to raise money for local causes, especially for domestic violence victims.
"She thought women were underserved," Taylor said. "She grew up in the '50s and '60s when women had nowhere to go."
Dubnoff said that in the early 1990s when she was trying to raise money for a battered women's shelter through the YWCA, Mrs. Schott donated the money needed to finish what would become the Mary Rubloff Harmony House. The Palm Beach County shelter is still open today able to serve up to 50 women.
Taylor said her mother also donated or helped raise money for the Raymond F. Kravis Center for the Performing Arts and for 211 of Palm Beach County and the Treasure Coast, the 24-hour hotline for people in crisis.
A funeral service will be 2:30 p.m. Friday at the Bethesda-by-the-Sea Episcopal Church, 141 South County Road, Palm Beach. In lieu of flowers, donations can be made to: the Mary Rubloff YWCA Harmony House, 2200 N. Florida Mango Rd., Suite #102, West Palm Beach.
1st husband: Rodney Taylor
2nd husband: Arthur Rubloff
3rd husband: Lewis M. Schott
*****************
Palm Beach Daily News (FL) - Wednesday, March 11, 2009
Mary Hilem Schott: FASHION MODEL, ADVOCATE DIES
Mary Hilem Schott, a former cover girl and Hollywood wife who became an advocate for women and children, died at home on Saturday, March 7, 2009.
She was 74 and the wife of Lewis M. Schott.
Born Dec. 6, 1934, in San Diego, she was a daughter of Dr. Henry and Dorothy Hilem.
The fifth of eight children in a family that shared a passion for music, she was an accomplished flautist and described herself as "responsible for the wind section in the family orchestra."
A willowy beauty at a young age, Mrs. Schott became one of the world's most recognizable fashion models and appeared on the covers of Vogue, Cosmopolitan and Harper's Bazaar, among others.
She worked in London, Paris, Berlin and Rio with photographers Horst P. Horst, Irving Penn and Richard Avedon. Her gray-blue eyes became the signature trademark of US Steel.
In the early 1960s, at a party hosted by Kirk Douglas, she met actor Rod Taylor, whom she married in 1963.
The Australian-born Taylor acted in more than 80 films, including The Birds, The Time Machine and The VIPS. The couple had one child, Felicia Rodrica Stuart Taylor.
The marriage ended in divorce.
In 1978, she married Chicago real estate mogul Arthur Rubloff, who is credited with developing the Magnificent Mile.
She and Mr. Rubloff divided their time between Palm Beach and Chicago until Mr. Rubloff's death, when she moved to Palm Beach.
In 1995, she married philanthropist Lewis M. Schott, president of LMS Securities Corp.
The couple traveled extensively and divided time between their homes in Palm Beach and Sands Point, N.Y.
Mrs. Schott was devoted to helping others, especially women and children.
In 1990, the Palm Beach YWCA named the Mary Rubloff Harmony House, a safe house for victims of domestic violence, in her honor.
In 1995, she was named a Woman of Distinction by Palm Beach Atlantic University for her effort in the community.
An avid fan of the opera, she was a member of the board and frequent patron of the Palm Beach Opera, and was a supporter of the Center for Information and Crisis Services, HOW (Hearing Ovarian cancer's Whisper) and Planned Parenthood.
Mrs. Schott is survived by her husband, of Palm Beach; her daughter, an Emmy-winning journalist of New York; her sisters, Helen Alsmeyer and Joanna Hilem; her brothers, Bob Hilem and Edward Hilem; stepchildren Nash Whitney Schott of Washington, D.C., Victoria Lady de Rothschild of London and Steven G. Schott of New York; and five step-grandchildren.
Funeral services will take place at 2:30 p.m. Friday at The Episcopal Church of Bethesda-by-the-Sea, 141 S. County Road.
Memorial donations may be made to Mary Rubloff YWCA Harmony House, 2200 N. Florida Mango Road, Suite 102, West Palm Beach, FL 33409.∼
Mary Schott
from: The Palm Beach Post, Palm Beach, FL, @http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/palmbeachpost/obituary.aspx?n=mary-schott&pid=125007098#fbLoggedOut
"She was blissfully happy. She was lying next to her husband," said New York journalist Felecia Taylor, who spoke to her mother the morning she died. "The one thing she was worried about was where my dog would stay."
Mrs. Schott, born in San Diego in 1934, was a top international model in the '50s and '60s, gracing the covers of magazines like Vogue, Harper's Bazaar and Cosmopolitan.
"She was a very beautiful woman," said friend Anita Dubnoff, a fellow Palm Beacher.
Mrs. Schott married famous actor Rod Taylor, Felecia's father, in 1963. After a divorce, she remarried to Chicago developer Arthur Rubloff, and moved to Palm Beach shortly after Rubloff's death.
She lived the life of a socialite in Palm Beach, including throwing high society parties at a condominium on Breakers Row that she sold in 1989 for what was then a record-setting price of $4.3 million.
In 1990, the Palm Beach Post followed her around for a day to see what life for a socialite was like. It included lunches at private clubs, massages, shopping trips, and spins in some of her collection of fine cars, such as a 1979 Mercedes and a 1982 Rolls Royce.
"She loved beautiful jewelry and beautiful things," Taylor said.
Mrs. Schott, who remarried in 1995 to Lewis M. Schott, president of the LMS Securities Corp., also spent her time helping to raise money for local causes, especially for domestic violence victims.
"She thought women were underserved," Taylor said. "She grew up in the '50s and '60s when women had nowhere to go."
Dubnoff said that in the early 1990s when she was trying to raise money for a battered women's shelter through the YWCA, Mrs. Schott donated the money needed to finish what would become the Mary Rubloff Harmony House. The Palm Beach County shelter is still open today able to serve up to 50 women.
Taylor said her mother also donated or helped raise money for the Raymond F. Kravis Center for the Performing Arts and for 211 of Palm Beach County and the Treasure Coast, the 24-hour hotline for people in crisis.
A funeral service will be 2:30 p.m. Friday at the Bethesda-by-the-Sea Episcopal Church, 141 South County Road, Palm Beach. In lieu of flowers, donations can be made to: the Mary Rubloff YWCA Harmony House, 2200 N. Florida Mango Rd., Suite #102, West Palm Beach.
2nd husband: Arthur Rubloff
3rd husband: Lewis M. Schott
*****************
Palm Beach Daily News (FL) - Wednesday, March 11, 2009
Mary Hilem Schott: FASHION MODEL, ADVOCATE DIES
Mary Hilem Schott, a former cover girl and Hollywood wife who became an advocate for women and children, died at home on Saturday, March 7, 2009.
She was 74 and the wife of Lewis M. Schott.
Born Dec. 6, 1934, in San Diego, she was a daughter of Dr. Henry and Dorothy Hilem.
The fifth of eight children in a family that shared a passion for music, she was an accomplished flautist and described herself as "responsible for the wind section in the family orchestra."
A willowy beauty at a young age, Mrs. Schott became one of the world's most recognizable fashion models and appeared on the covers of Vogue, Cosmopolitan and Harper's Bazaar, among others.
She worked in London, Paris, Berlin and Rio with photographers Horst P. Horst, Irving Penn and Richard Avedon. Her gray-blue eyes became the signature trademark of US Steel.
In the early 1960s, at a party hosted by Kirk Douglas, she met actor Rod Taylor, whom she married in 1963.
The Australian-born Taylor acted in more than 80 films, including The Birds, The Time Machine and The VIPS. The couple had one child, Felicia Rodrica Stuart Taylor.
The marriage ended in divorce.
In 1978, she married Chicago real estate mogul Arthur Rubloff, who is credited with developing the Magnificent Mile.
She and Mr. Rubloff divided their time between Palm Beach and Chicago until Mr. Rubloff's death, when she moved to Palm Beach.
In 1995, she married philanthropist Lewis M. Schott, president of LMS Securities Corp.
The couple traveled extensively and divided time between their homes in Palm Beach and Sands Point, N.Y.
Mrs. Schott was devoted to helping others, especially women and children.
In 1990, the Palm Beach YWCA named the Mary Rubloff Harmony House, a safe house for victims of domestic violence, in her honor.
In 1995, she was named a Woman of Distinction by Palm Beach Atlantic University for her effort in the community.
An avid fan of the opera, she was a member of the board and frequent patron of the Palm Beach Opera, and was a supporter of the Center for Information and Crisis Services, HOW (Hearing Ovarian cancer's Whisper) and Planned Parenthood.
Mrs. Schott is survived by her husband, of Palm Beach; her daughter, an Emmy-winning journalist of New York; her sisters, Helen Alsmeyer and Joanna Hilem; her brothers, Bob Hilem and Edward Hilem; stepchildren Nash Whitney Schott of Washington, D.C., Victoria Lady de Rothschild of London and Steven G. Schott of New York; and five step-grandchildren.
Funeral services will take place at 2:30 p.m. Friday at The Episcopal Church of Bethesda-by-the-Sea, 141 S. County Road.
Memorial donations may be made to Mary Rubloff YWCA Harmony House, 2200 N. Florida Mango Road, Suite 102, West Palm Beach, FL 33409.∼
Mary Schott
from: The Palm Beach Post, Palm Beach, FL, @http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/palmbeachpost/obituary.aspx?n=mary-schott&pid=125007098#fbLoggedOut
"She was blissfully happy. She was lying next to her husband," said New York journalist Felecia Taylor, who spoke to her mother the morning she died. "The one thing she was worried about was where my dog would stay."
Mrs. Schott, born in San Diego in 1934, was a top international model in the '50s and '60s, gracing the covers of magazines like Vogue, Harper's Bazaar and Cosmopolitan.
"She was a very beautiful woman," said friend Anita Dubnoff, a fellow Palm Beacher.
Mrs. Schott married famous actor Rod Taylor, Felecia's father, in 1963. After a divorce, she remarried to Chicago developer Arthur Rubloff, and moved to Palm Beach shortly after Rubloff's death.
She lived the life of a socialite in Palm Beach, including throwing high society parties at a condominium on Breakers Row that she sold in 1989 for what was then a record-setting price of $4.3 million.
In 1990, the Palm Beach Post followed her around for a day to see what life for a socialite was like. It included lunches at private clubs, massages, shopping trips, and spins in some of her collection of fine cars, such as a 1979 Mercedes and a 1982 Rolls Royce.
"She loved beautiful jewelry and beautiful things," Taylor said.
Mrs. Schott, who remarried in 1995 to Lewis M. Schott, president of the LMS Securities Corp., also spent her time helping to raise money for local causes, especially for domestic violence victims.
"She thought women were underserved," Taylor said. "She grew up in the '50s and '60s when women had nowhere to go."
Dubnoff said that in the early 1990s when she was trying to raise money for a battered women's shelter through the YWCA, Mrs. Schott donated the money needed to finish what would become the Mary Rubloff Harmony House. The Palm Beach County shelter is still open today able to serve up to 50 women.
Taylor said her mother also donated or helped raise money for the Raymond F. Kravis Center for the Performing Arts and for 211 of Palm Beach County and the Treasure Coast, the 24-hour hotline for people in crisis.
A funeral service will be 2:30 p.m. Friday at the Bethesda-by-the-Sea Episcopal Church, 141 South County Road, Palm Beach. In lieu of flowers, donations can be made to: the Mary Rubloff YWCA Harmony House, 2200 N. Florida Mango Rd., Suite #102, West Palm Beach.
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