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[[Image:Enrica-Soma-Life-Magazine-1947.jpg|right|250px|thumb|Enrica Soma, ''Life'', 1947.]]Enrica Soma (1930-1969), sometimes known as "Ricki" or "Ricky", was an Italian-American ballerina who came to prominence in modeling during the late 1940s. In July, 1947 she was brought to the attention of the entire nation by appearing on the cover of the July 1947 issue of ''Life'' magazine, but she had also been the subject of other photographers, such as [[Philippe Halsman]].

Her public exposure as a young ''prima'' ballerina brought her to the attention of veteran filmmaker John Houston, who wooed Soma until she became his fourth wife in 1949<ref>http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=950DE7DF1431F931A25751C0A96F948260&sec=&spon=&pagewanted=2</ref>. Soma had two children soon after the marriage, Tony and Anjelica Houston, and moved to an estate known as "St Clerans", in County Galway, Ireland.

After Soma's separation from Houston, she and the two children remained living on the grounds of St Clerans in the "Little House", the steward's residence a kilometer from the "Big House"<ref>http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2002/04/30/1019441369901.html</ref>.

"''Ricki encouraged us to be fantastical,'' said Joan Juliet Buck, childhood friend of Anjelica Houston. ''She was the kind of mother who didn't care if you used real potter's clay on the kitchen table — even when we discovered you could make it frizzy by putting it through the tea strainer.''"<ref>http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,316459_2,00.html</ref>

Ricki Soma passed away unexpectedly in 1969 due to a car accident<ref>http://www.people.com/people/archive/article/0,,20111697,00.html</ref>.

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−	[[Image:Enrica-Soma-Life-Magazine-1947.jpg\|right\|250px\|thumb\|Enrica Soma, ''Life'', 1947.]]Enrica Soma (1930-1969), sometimes known as "Ricki" or "Ricky", was an Italian-American ballerina who came to prominence in modeling during the late 1940s. In July, 1947 she was brought to the attention of the entire nation by appearing on the cover ~~of the July 1947 issue~~ of ''Life'' magazine, but she had also been the subject of other photographers, such as [[Philippe Halsman]]. Her ~~daighter~~, actress Anjelica Houston, described Soma as ''very Madonna-like, hauntingly beautiful, with big grey eyes, very graceful, very sensitive, funny - very much a lady...''<ref>http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2002/04/30/1019441369901.html</ref>	+	[[Image:Enrica-Soma-Life-Magazine-1947.jpg\|right\|250px\|thumb\|Enrica Soma, ''Life'', 1947.]]Enrica Soma (1930-1969), sometimes known as "Ricki" or "Ricky", was an Italian-American ballerina who came to prominence in modeling during the late 1940s. In July, 1947 she was brought to the attention of the entire nation by appearing on the cover of ''Life'' magazine, but she had also been the subject of other photographers, such as [[Philippe Halsman]]. Her daughter, actress Anjelica Houston, described Soma as ''very Madonna-like, hauntingly beautiful, with big grey eyes, very graceful, very sensitive, funny - very much a lady...''<ref>http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2002/04/30/1019441369901.html</ref>

	Her public exposure as a young ''prima'' ballerina brought her to the attention of veteran filmmaker John Houston, who wooed Soma until she became his fourth wife in 1949<ref>http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=950DE7DF1431F931A25751C0A96F948260&sec=&spon=&pagewanted=2</ref>. Soma had two children soon after the marriage, Tony (named after Ricki's father, a restauranteur) and Anjelica Houston, and moved the family to an estate known as "St Clerans", in County Galway, Ireland.		Her public exposure as a young ''prima'' ballerina brought her to the attention of veteran filmmaker John Houston, who wooed Soma until she became his fourth wife in 1949<ref>http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=950DE7DF1431F931A25751C0A96F948260&sec=&spon=&pagewanted=2</ref>. Soma had two children soon after the marriage, Tony (named after Ricki's father, a restauranteur) and Anjelica Houston, and moved the family to an estate known as "St Clerans", in County Galway, Ireland.

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-[[Image:Enrica-Soma-Life-Magazine-1947.jpg|right|250px|thumb|Enrica Soma, ''Life'', 1947.]]Enrica Soma (1930-1969), sometimes known as "Ricki" or "Ricky", was an Italian-American ballerina who came to prominence in modeling during the late 1940s.  In July, 1947 she was brought to the attention of the entire nation by appearing on the cover of the July 1947 issue of ''Life'' magazine, but she had also been the subject of other photographers, such as [[Philippe Halsman]].
+[[Image:Enrica-Soma-Life-Magazine-1947.jpg|right|250px|thumb|Enrica Soma, ''Life'', 1947.]]Enrica Soma (1930-1969), sometimes known as "Ricki" or "Ricky", was an Italian-American ballerina who came to prominence in modeling during the late 1940s.  In July, 1947 she was brought to the attention of the entire nation by appearing on the cover of the July 1947 issue of ''Life'' magazine, but she had also been the subject of other photographers, such as [[Philippe Halsman]].  Her daighter, actress Anjelica Houston, described Soma as ''very Madonna-like, hauntingly beautiful, with big grey eyes, very graceful, very sensitive, funny - very much a lady...''<ref>http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2002/04/30/1019441369901.html</ref>
-Her public exposure as a young ''prima'' ballerina brought her to the attention of veteran filmmaker John Houston, who wooed Soma until she became his fourth wife in 1949<ref>http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=950DE7DF1431F931A25751C0A96F948260&sec=&spon=&pagewanted=2</ref>.  Soma had two children soon after the marriage, Tony and Anjelica Houston, and moved to an estate known as "St Clerans", in County Galway, Ireland.
+Her public exposure as a young ''prima'' ballerina brought her to the attention of veteran filmmaker John Houston, who wooed Soma until she became his fourth wife in 1949<ref>http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=950DE7DF1431F931A25751C0A96F948260&sec=&spon=&pagewanted=2</ref>.  Soma had two children soon after the marriage, Tony (named after Ricki's father, a restauranteur) and Anjelica Houston, and moved the family to an estate known as "St Clerans", in County Galway, Ireland.
-After Soma's separation from Houston, she and the two children remained living on the grounds of St Clerans in the "Little House", the steward's residence a kilometer from the "Big House"<ref>http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2002/04/30/1019441369901.html</ref>.
+Soma and the two children remained living on the grounds of St Clerans in the "Little House", the steward's residence a kilometer from the "Big House"<ref>http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2002/04/30/1019441369901.html</ref>.  In 1960, Soma left Houston and moved to London with the two children<ref>http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2002/04/30/1019441369901.html</ref>.
 "''Ricki encouraged us to be fantastical,'' said Joan Juliet Buck, childhood friend of Anjelica Houston. ''She was the kind of mother who didn't care if you used real potter's clay on the kitchen table — even when we discovered you could make it frizzy by putting it through the tea strainer.''"<ref>http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,316459_2,00.html</ref>
-Ricki Soma passed away unexpectedly in 1969 due to a car accident<ref>http://www.people.com/people/archive/article/0,,20111697,00.html</ref>.
+Ricki Soma passed away unexpectedly in 1969 due to a car accident in France<ref>http://www.people.com/people/archive/article/0,,20111697,00.html</ref>.
 ==References==
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