Camilla Antoinette Clifford (29 June 1885 – 28 June 1971), known professionally as Camille Clifford, was a Belgian-born stage actress whose short theatrical career was highlighted by her performance as "Miss New York" in the Henry W. Savage production of The Prince of Pilsen, a role in which she impersonated a "Gibson Girl"-like woman.
[2] On August 31, 1903, Clifford made her debut as Mazie Manhattan, the New York Girl in "The Song of the Cities," in a new Henry W. Savage production of The Prince of Pilsen at the Tremont Theatre in Boston.
[3] The role called for a young woman to walk across the stage in the style and manner of one of Charles Dana Gibson's famous female illustrations.
This has led to the misconception that Clifford was a Gibson model, when in fact it is the reverse: she imitated his work on stage, but never posed for the illustrations themselves.
[5] While generally playing walk-on, non-speaking roles, Clifford became famous nonetheless: not for her talent, but for her beauty, and in the musical show The Catch of the Season which opened at London's Vaudeville Theatre on 9 Sept 1904 she sang a song, "Sylvia, the Gibson Girl".