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Frank Sinatra’s Daughter, Music Success and More
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Nancy Sinatra has made sure people will remember her in more ways than one.
The daughter of Frank Sinatra, who celebrates her 85th birthday on Sunday, June 8, 2025, followed in her father’s musical footsteps from an early age. She eventually broke through with “These Boots Are Made for Walkin’,” which became a femme-fatale anthem in the pop and country music canon.
Outside of music, she had a brief stint as an actress and published two biographies about her dad. All the while, she raised two daughters, whom she had with her late husband Hugh Lambert.
As Nancy turns 85, look back on her life and career in photos, from her childhood with father Frank to her brief stint as an actress, music and motherhood.
Nancy Sinatra’s Childhood
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Nancy Sinatra was born in Jersey City, New Jersey, on June 8, 1940, to legendary singer Frank Sinatra and his first wife Nancy Barbato. She was the eldest of three children, growing up with brother Frank Jr. and sister Christina.
In the late ‘50s, Nancy attended the University of California, Los Angeles to study dance, music and voice, but she dropped out after one year.
Nancy’s Bond with Father Frank Sinatra
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She had a close relationship with her father personally and professionally. In 1957, she made her on-screen debut in her dad’s television series The Frank Sinatra Show and also appeared in his 1960 special The Frank Sinatra Timex Show: Welcome Home Elvis.
“It was electric to be with him,” she described her father. “There’s only one Frank.”
The love was mutual. In a 2021 sit-down with PEOPLE, Nancy remembered her father introducing himself as “Nancy’s father” onstage out of pride for his daughter’s success.
Nancy Sinatra’s Marriage to Tommy Sands
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Nancy married pop singer Tommy Sands in a 1960 ceremony held in Las Vegas. Throughout their relationship, she set aside her musical aspirations, admitting to the Irish Times that she “made the stumbling block.”
“I was living in a fairy tale,” she told PEOPLE of their marriage in 2021. “He was not happy being married, and one day he just left.”
Nancy Sinatra’s On-Screen Career
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She made her film debut in the 1964 movie For Those Who Think Young and acted in two more of American International Pictures’ “beach party” flicks, Get Yourself a College Girl (also 1964) and The Ghost in the Invisible Bikini (1966).
‘These Boots Are Made for Walkin’’
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At the end of 1965, Nancy recorded the Lee Hazlewood-written song “These Boots Are Made for Walkin’,” which became a career-defining hit. It reached No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 and earned her two Grammy nominations at the 9th annual ceremony.
The song — which was later covered by Billy Ray Cyrus and Jessica Simpson — was initially meant for Hazlewood to sing, but Nancy convinced him to let a woman record it.
“I just told him the truth: that I didn’t think it was good for a man to sing it, that it sounded kind of ugly, and that a girl should sing it and it would be better. And he realized I was right,” Nancy told Rolling Stone in 2021.
Nancy Sinatra and Elvis Presley in ‘Speedway’
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In 1968, Nancy starred opposite Elvis Presley in the 1968 musical Speedway, playing the rock star’s love interest, IRS agent Susan Jacks. The movie was her last acting endeavor, aside from cameos as herself on China Beach and The Sopranos.
Reflecting on working with the late Presley to PEOPLE in 2021, she said, “I know he was the funniest man and probably the most serious man I knew, both people in one.”
Nancy Sinatra’s Commercial Success
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She went on to land multiple chart hits in the years following her divorce from Sands, including a Bond theme song and a duet with her father, “Somethin’ Stupid.” Frank and Nancy became the first and only father-daughter duo to hit No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100, and it also earned them a nomination for Record of the Year at the 10th annual Grammys.
“He knew I was nervous, but he made it fun,” Nancy told PEOPLE of recording with her dad. “He was silly and funny and made the nerves go away.”
Nancy Sinatra’s Marriage to Hugh Lambert
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After marrying choreographer and dancer Hugh Lambert in 1970, the couple welcomed two daughters together: AJ, born in 1974, and Amanda, born in 1976. The pair remained together until Hugh’s death from cancer in 1985.
On March 31, 2025, she posted a birthday tribute to her late husband 40 years after his death. “Hughie was a wonderful man, so funny and very handsome, with warm hazel eyes and great hair,” she wrote on Facebook. “I adored him. He was the love of my life and I’ll miss him for the rest of my days.
‘Frank Sinatra, My Father’ and ‘Frank Sinatra, An American Legend’
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She published two books about her famous dad, the authorized biography Frank Sinatra, My Father in 1985 and Frank Sinatra: An American Legend in 1995. After her father’s death in 1998 at age 82, Nancy told the Vancouver Sun that it was difficult to grieve someone who had such a ubiquitous presence and impact.
“The man was probably one of the most photographed people who ever lived,” she said. “You hear his music everywhere, without warning. It’s like constantly being bombarded, like somebody putting their fingers in the wound. No, it’s not easy.”
Nancy Sinatra Receives Her Hollywood Walk of Fame Star
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She received her Hollywood Walk of Fame star in a 2006 ceremony with her mother, also named Nancy, and siblings in attendance. Nancy Sr. died in 2018 at age 101, and the “Boots” singer called her mom “the most influential person” in her life.
“I still rely on her wisdom, kindness, sweetness and her toughness. She was a strong lady,” she said in 2021.
Nancy Sinatra as a Mom
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Nancy raised her two daughters with Hugh alone after his 1985 death. Every year, the singer posts birthday wishes to her children on Instagram.
For AJ’s 50th birthday in May 2024, Nancy recalled “complications” like a “miscarriage on stage” before she and Hugh welcomed their eldest daughter. “I was finally a mom and my dad finally had a blue-eyed child in his life,” she wrote under a baby photo. “Happy HAPPY birthday, AJ! I love you so much and I’m very proud of you and your father would be too.”
“I’m so lucky,” she told PEOPLE of motherhood in 2021.
Nancy Sinatra’s Life Now
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The singer remains active on social media, promoting her daughter AJ’s projects, reflecting on the past and celebrating her friends and family members.
She credits her enduring legacy to her fans’ continued support over the years: “Without them, there would be no Nancy right now. She’d just be an old lady getting older,” she said.
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Rebecca Gayheart has split from Peter Morton

Rebecca Gayheart and her mega-mogul boyfriend Peter Morton quietly split last year, sources tell Page Six, parting ways before the death of her husband Eric Dane.
Gayheart and Hard Rock Cafe founder Morton were first linked in 2023 when they were photographed in L.A. on a double date with model Claudia Schiffer and her husband Matthew Vaughn.
A source tells us the pair broke up nearly a year ago, in April 2025.
They were last spotted holding hands and giving each other a kiss on the lips in December while leaving E-Baldi in Beverly Hills, Calif.
A source tells us that despite appearances, it was not a date. We’re told the pair had run into each other and wound up catching up.
“They are still friendly,” says a source.
Morton’s father is Arnie Morton, founder of the Morton’s Steakhouse chain.
He and his partners sold their stake in the Hard Rock Cafe restaurants to the Rank Organization for $410 million in 1996. In May 2006, he and his partners sold the Hard Rock Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas to the Morgans Hotel Group Company for $770 million.
He was previously married to Paulene Stone and Tarlton Pauley. He also had a relationship with Linda Evangalista.
Success runs in Morton’s family. His late son Harry was an owner in the Viper Room and founded Pink Taco. Son Matthew founded the popular Cha Cha Matcha and daughter Grace works as vice president of production and development for Taylor Sheridan’s Bosque Ranch Productions.
Gayheart was married to Eric Dane from 2004 until his death from ALS in Febraury.
The pair were separated and Gayheart had filed for divorce in 2018. She dismissed the filing last March following Dane’s diagnosis.
“Eric knows that I am always going to want the best for him,” she wrote in The Cut in December. “That I’m going to do my best to do right by him. And I know he would do the same for me. So whatever I can do or however I can show up to make this journey better for him or easier for him, I want to do that.”
“We wanna take advantage of the time that he has right now,” Gayheart wrote. “He made it very clear that he wants to spend time with his family as much as possible, and I am committed to facilitating that.”
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Uma Thurman reveals why she never lived in Los Angeles remaining in New York

Uma Thurman built an A-list career without ever planting roots in Hollywood, and the actress exclusively told InStyle that skipping Los Angeles may have cost her a deeper connection to the industry.
Despite cementing her status as both an A-list actress and an action star in “Kill Bill,” Thurman made a choice to stay rooted in New York.
“I actually always wished I had moved to Los Angeles,” she admitted during a cover interview.
At one point, the actress nearly made the move out west as her Hollywood career kept pulling her to California.
“I even got an apartment there at one point because I was working there really frequently, and as soon as I signed the lease, I got pregnant with my daughter within, like, six weeks.”
Instead of settling in Los Angeles, Thurman pivoted, choosing family over being close to Hollywood.
However, Thurman added that although the decision was practical, it came with trade-offs.
“I never did time in Los Angeles, and because of that, I kind of never integrated into the community of my own profession, and I think that’s too bad,” she continued.
Rather than building connections within Hollywood circles, Thurman found her sense of community elsewhere, much closer to home.
“I had more of a community with the other mothers at pickup on 16th Street and Rutherford Place, and that’s OK. But I wish I’d had that chapter. I think I really would have liked it.”
Still, Thurman makes clear she doesn’t dwell on missed opportunities.
“I think the choice to be happy is one that should be made, regardless of any conditions,” she said.
Thurman was previously married to actor Ethan Hawke. The couple met while filming “Gattaca” in 1997.
In 2004, Thurman filed for divorce from Hawke after being separated for several years.
The couple married in 1998, and their divorce was finalized in 2005. The two share two children, Maya and Levon.
Thurman and Hawke have both moved on to new relationships after their divorce
Hawke married Ryan Shawhughes in 2008, and they share two daughters, Clementine and Indiana.
Thurman dated Arpad Busson, and the pair became engaged in 2008 before splitting in 2009. The pair were off and on until breaking up for good in 2014. They welcomed their daughter, Luna, in 2012.
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Judy Garland’s daughter, Lorna Luft, says Dorothy was ‘always for my mom,’ not Shirley Temple

Judy Garland was “always” meant to sing “Somewhere Over the Rainbow,” despite a longtime rumor that Shirley Temple was considered the top choice to play Dorothy in “The Wizard of Oz.”
Garland’s daughter, Lorna Luft, set the record straight during a live Q&A at the Palazzo Theatre the Venetian Resort Las Vegas on Monday night.
Luft, whose the daughter of Garland and Sidney Luft – and half sister of Liza Minnelli – confirmed the role “was always, always for my mom. Okay? They never had anybody else in mind.”
Garland wasn’t as big of a child star as Temple at the time, but the latter still has ties to the film.
Luft explained that due to the rising cost of the 1939 Hollywood classic, Loew’s Theatres wanted a bigger star, “someone who had starred in many, many movies as a child,” she said.
Child stars didn’t come any bigger than Temple at that time. “So, they went to L.B. Mayer, the head of MGM, and they said, ‘Please consider Shirley Temple.’ And he said, ‘Not on your life.’” Luft claimed.
Mayer, however, eventually gave in and “sent the great head of the music department, Roger Edens, over to 20th Century Fox,” Luft shared.
Edens audition her and the verdict was: “She’s got killer dimples, but she can’t sing this movie,” Luft said.
“So, my mom became Dorothy forever. Just to put that a little bit to sleep,” she added.
Luft also revealed she met her years later and she told her, “‘I just want you to know something. I could have never, ever done what your mom did in ‘The Wizard of Oz,’” she said. “And I thought that was really, really kind – and very gracious,” Luft concluded.
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