Mr. Cecil Beaton, his sister, Miss Nancy Beaton, and Miss Ann Duveen, at Sandwich Bay, on the east coast of Kent. Beaton is wearing a very fetching pair of spectacles. Sir Cecil Beaton CBE (14 January 1904 ? 18 January 1980) was an English fashion, portrait and war photographer, painter, interior designer and stage and costume designer for films and the theatre, best known for photographing icons including Marilyn Monroe, Twiggy and Audrey Hepburn.His sister Nancy (1909-99) was one of his earliest models.