About Jenny Boyd
Born 1947. Jenny Boyd is a British model, psychologist and writer.
Helen Mary "Jenny" Boyd (born 1 November 1947) is an English former model, the younger sister of 1960s model and photographer Pattie Boyd. She quit her modelling career in the 1960s after discovering Transcendental Meditation, stating that modelling was "a waste of her time". She later managed an addiction treatment centre and wrote two books.
Early life and career Helen Mary Boyd was born in Guildford, Surrey, England in November 1947 to Diana Frances Boyd (née Drysdale) and Colin "Jock" Ian Langdon Boyd, a pilot. As a rock star muse, Boyd inspired Donovan ("Jennifer Juniper") and Mick Fleetwood to write songs about her. In July 1968, she and Pattie opened a boutique in London's fashionable Chelsea Market; they named it "Jennifer Juniper" after Donovan's song of the same name. Boyd managed the shop, which sold antiques and other objets d'art, while Pattie was the buyer.
She wrote, or co-wrote, two songs for the band Fleetwood Mac, although the group's manager gave the writing credits to her husband, Mick Fleetwood.
Boyd attended UCLA in the late 1980s, earned a PhD in psychology, and became manager of an addiction treatment clinic. She co-authored a book about music and psychology, titled Musicians in Tune. She spent many years running an addiction treatment centre in England.
Personal life Despite Boyd being the inspiration of Donovan's song "Jennifer Juniper", they were never in a relationship, although Donovan admitted to having a crush on her. Boyd married drummer Ian Wallace in 1984 but they later divorced. In 1997 Boyd married the architect David Levitt.
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English model
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Jenny Boyd was born on 8 November 1947 in Guildford.
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Jenny Boyd is a model, psychologist and writer.
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Jenny Boyd is British.
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