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Muriel was born on November 23, 1900, in New York City. She was the daughter of William Kissam Vanderbilt II (1878–1944) and Virginia Graham Fair (1875–1935). [3] Her paternal grandparents were William Kissam Vanderbilt and Alva Erskine Smith.
In July 1925, with 400 of societies' elite in attendance, [6] Fred Jr. married into the wealthy Vanderbilt family, in Newport, RI, as first husband to the "Golden Girl" Muriel Vanderbilt. They resided at "Dudley Place" in Newport, which was her father's wedding present, and where she kept her show horses. They divorced four years later. [7]
Before their separation and divorce, Vanderbilt and his wife had a son and two daughters, the younger of whom was named for his sister: Muriel Vanderbilt (1900–1972), who married three times, the first in 1925 to Frederic Cameron Church, Jr. She later married Henry Delafield Phelps and John Payson Adams.
The Vanderbilt family is an American family who gained prominence during the Gilded Age.Their success began with the shipping and railroad empires of Cornelius Vanderbilt, and the family expanded into various other areas of industry and philanthropy.
Muriel’s Wedding is often billed as a romcom, too, but the label sort of does it a disservice. Granted, it is an absolute hoot thanks to the witty dialogue and impeccable comic timing.
As Consuelo Vanderbilt-Balsan, she published her insightful but not entirely candid autobiography, The Glitter and the Gold, in 1953. In spite of suggestions that it was ghostwritten by Stuart Preston, an American writer who was an art critic for The New York Times , Preston consistently denied that role while admitting to unspecified ...
Pages in category "Vanderbilt family" The following 121 pages are in this category, out of 121 total. ... Muriel Vanderbilt; N. Nichola Pease; Now What (horse) O.
Swiss 18-year-old cyclist Muriel Furrer died on Friday, one day after sustaining a head injury in a crash at the road world championships. “Muriel Furrer sadly passed away today at Zurich ...