Who is Amanda Lear? How old is she? Where was she born? How is this woman even real??
Having a Rolling Stones song written about you is just about as rock-and-roll as it gets. So is being one of Bryan Ferry’s parade of model girlfriends, or the “For Your Pleasure” covergirl, or having a joint music and acting career. Amanda Lear had it all, and then some: she was muse to the one and only Salvador Dali until the end of his life. Of course a surrealist herself should have an appropriately surreal life. Enter the wild world of Amanda Lear on the latest episode of the Dolls Podcast, wherever you stream your podcasts 🕰️🫠
Sources used for this episode:
Amanda Lear, “My Life With Dali” (1984)
Marco Pantella, “An Interview with Amanda Lear” The GROUND Issue IV, 3/4/2014
Shane O’Neill, “A Star Spent Years Battling Gender Rumors. Why Is Enigma Still Asking?” The Washington Post, 6/26/2025
Séverine Pierron, “A romantic visit with…Amanda Lear” Centre Pompidou, 9/16/2024 Angelica Frey, “Amanda Lear: the androgynous muse to Dalí who made disco intellectual” The Guardian, 6/1/2022
Disco Bambino with Angelica Frey, “How Italian Media Shaped Amanda Lear’s Career” Italian Disco Stories, 5/16/2022
Joelle Diderich, “Why Amanda Lear is the Muse Who Never Goes Out of Fashion” Women’s Wear Daily, 4/25/2026
Songs in this episode:
The Beatles - “A Day In The Life” (1967)
The Rolling Stones - “Miss Amanda Jones” (1967)
Amanda Lear - “Trouble” (1976)
Amanda Lear - “Love Boat” (2001)
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