Bebe Buell

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American model, mother of Liv Tyler and ex-girlfriend of Steven Tyler of Aerosmith. The beautiful young woman's mother, herself a model, sent her photos to the Ford Modeling Agency soon after Bebe graduated from high school. Three days later, someone from the Ford Agency invited Buell to New York City and she was selected by Playboy for a centerfold-- Miss November 1974. At an early age, Buell was a rock-and-roll junkie. She fell in love with Todd Rundgren but when their relationship hit the rocks, she had an affair with Steven Tyler which produced her only child, actress Liv Tyler. She moved back to NY to be with Rundgren who acted as step-dad to Liv, supporting her even after he and Buell split up, a few months after Liv's birth. Buell took her infant daughter to Portland, Maine. In 1980, Buell founded her first band, The B-Sides. In 1985, she started a new band, the Gargoyles. In 1989, Liv discovered that her true father was not Todd Rundgren but Steven Tyler and Buell put her career on hold to support her only child. In 1992 Bebe married Coyote Shivers, divorcing him in 1998. Bebe began making music again, releasing albums and performing. In 2000, she met Jim Wallerstein, who is the lead singer of the band VacationLand. They married in August 2002. In August 2001, Bebe published her autobiography - Rebel Heart: An American Rock 'N' Roll Journey. In the book she writes her life-story, including juicy stories about her and her famous mates, and pictures. Link to Wikipedia biography