Died December 18, 2011.

Doe Avedon Siegel, 86, a model, actress and young muse for photographer Richard Avedon, died of pneumonia at Encino Hospital Medical Center. Born April 7, 1925, in Westbury, N.Y., she married Avedon in 1944, when he was just beginning his career. He photographed her for Harper's Bazaar, and they divorced after five years.

She made two appearances on Broadway in the late 1940s in "The Young and Fair" and "My Name Is Aquilon." Among her handful of film roles was playing a stewardess to John Wayne's courageous co-pilot in the 1954 airplane drama "The High and the Mighty." She had a few TV roles, including on the melodramatic 1950s TV series "Big Town."

Avedon's movie roles included:

• Jigsaw (1949)
• The High and the Mighty (1954)
• Deep in My Heart (1954)
• Love Streams (1984)

She left acting to marry director Don Siegel and raise their family and they later divorced.