A Look at Gregory Peck’s Wife, Veronique

Although Gregory Peck first met his future wife, Veronique Passani, under professional circumstances, in 1952—she was a reporter interviewing him for France Soir—the actor was immediately taken with her beauty, according to their filmmaker daughter, Cecilia Peck—her film *Brave Miss World *premieres on May 29th on Netflix. “He couldn’t get the image of her out of his mind, so when he was back in Paris six months later filming Roman Holiday, he called her up at her newspaper and found her,” she tells VF Daily. Passani moved to Los Angeles shortly thereafter, and the two married in 1955. Passani became a fixture in Los Angeles society, thanks to her philanthropy—she was a major supporter of the American Cancer Society—and distinctive fashion sense. “She developed her style more when she was in Los Angeles; she didn’t spend her life in tailored suits, but bold Yves Saint Laurent tunics and orange and lime-green Courrèges dresses,” says her daughter. Although her mother passed away in 2012, Peck plans on paying tribute to her through an exhibition that represents her stylish Parisian influence on Los Angeles. The pictures below, shot by Firooz Zahedi, who currently is showing his work at the Kopeikin Gallery, display Passani’s outrageous wardrobe on a group of famous Los Angeles children: Ondine, Peck’s daughter with writer Daniel Voll, with her friends: Natasha, daughter of Lauren and Gilly Rojany; Daniela, daughter of journalist/film publicist Lauren Strogoff and Gravity cinematographer Emmanuel Lubezki; and Bella, daughter of Duchess singer Christy Schnabel and record producer Jerry Di Rienzo. Click through for a glimpse into Passani’s closet.