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Barbara Hutton. 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. [1]
Release. November 16, 1987. (1987-11-16) 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 ...
Lance Graf von Haugwitz-Hardenberg-Reventlow, [1] (February 24, 1936 – July 24, 1972) was a British-born American entrepreneur, racing driver and heir to the Woolworth fortune. Reventlow was the only child of heiress Barbara Hutton and her second husband, Count Kurt Haugwitz-Hardenberg-Reventlow. His stepfathers included actor Cary Grant and ...
The house was built for American heiress Barbara Woolworth Hutton in 1936 on the former Hertford–St. Dunstan estate that had been damaged by fire. During the Second World War, the estate was used by the Royal Air Force. Hutton donated it to the United States after the war, and since 1955 it has been the American ambassador's residence.
Frank Winfield Woolworth (April 13, 1852 – April 8, 1919) was an American entrepreneur, the founder of F. W. Woolworth Company, and the operator of variety stores known as "Five-and-Dimes" (5- and 10-cent stores or dime stores) which featured a selection of low-priced merchandise. He pioneered the now-common practices of buying merchandise ...
Babe Paley in New York July 1963.WWD - Getty Images. 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 ...
Film and TV. The Poor Little Rich Girl, a 1917 Mary Pickford film. Poor Little Rich Girl (1936 film), starring Shirley Temple. Poor Little Rich Girl (1965 film), directed by Andy Warhol. Poor Little Rich Girl: The Barbara Hutton Story, a 1987 TV movie. "Poor Little Rich Girl" ( The Suite Life of Zack & Cody episode) "Poor Little Rich Girl", an ...
Donahue was a nephew of Edna Woolworth (1883–1917), a wealthy socialite [6] and a nephew by marriage of Franklyn Laws Hutton (1877–1940), a co-founder of the brokerage firm E. F. Hutton & Co. He was also the first cousin and confidant of the American socialite Barbara Hutton (1912–1979). Donahue was a high school dropout.