photo of Christie shopping for groceries barefoot in Malibu by Ron Galella, 1968

"Her favorite article of clothing is a woolen newsboy cap, and she's a 25-year-old British tomboy with a whipcord-and-piano wire body, legs that bow and stringy hair. Last week she won the Academy Award as the best actress of 1965." —Nadine Liber, LIFE April 29, 1966.