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Barbara Woolworth Hutton (November 14, 1912 – May 11, 1979) was an American debutante, socialite, heiress and philanthropist.She was dubbed the "Poor Little Rich Girl"—first when she was given a lavish and expensive debutante ball in 1930 amid the Great Depression and later due to a notoriously troubled private life.
Lance Haugwitz-Hardenberg-Reventlow was the only child of Danish nobleman Count Kurt Haugwitz-Hardenberg-Reventlow and American socialite Barbara Hutton. Hutton had inherited the Woolworth department store fortune and was then one of the wealthiest women in the world.
Merrill was born in New York City on December 29, 1923, but for many years, her date of birth was given as December 9, 1925. [3] [4] She was the only child of Post Cereals heiress Marjorie Merriweather Post and her second husband, Wall Street stockbroker Edward Francis Hutton, founder of E. F. Hutton & Co. [5] Merrill had two older half-sisters, Adelaide Brevoort Close (July 26, 1908 ...
In the show, actress Naomi Watts is stepping into the well-heeled shoes of the high-society it girl Barbara Cushing Mortimer Paley (i.e., queen bee in the Swans cohort).
Hugh Hefner, the man who created a magazine empire, died Wednesday at the age of 91. His legacy includes some of the most famous Playboy playmates ever to grace the cover and go one to become ...
The share of women opting to change their name has declined in recent decades, but only gradually: A 2015 Google Consumer Survey conducted by The New York Times found that just 22 percent of women ...
Lance Reventlow (March 24, 1960 – October 30, 1963; divorced) Reventlow was the son of Barbara Hutton, heir to the F. W. Woolworth fortune. St. John received a settlement of $86,000. [41] Despite their divorce and subsequent remarriages, she refers to Reventlow as "my late husband" in interviews. [42]
Poor Little Rich Girl: The Barbara Hutton Story is a 1987 television biographical drama starring Farrah Fawcett. The film chronicles the life of Barbara Hutton, a wealthy but troubled American socialite. Released as both a television film and a miniseries, the film won a Golden Globe Award for Best Miniseries or Television Film.