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The Queen of Versailles is a 2012 American documentary film by Lauren Greenfield.The film depicts Jackie Siegel and David Siegel, owners of Westgate Resorts, and their family as they build their private residence—Versailles, one of the largest and most expensive single-family houses in the United States—and the crisis they face as the US economy declines.
Jacqueline Siegel (née Mallery; born January 19, 1966) is an American socialite, model, actress, and beauty pageant director.She is one of the main subjects of the 2012 documentary film The Queen of Versailles, directed by Lauren Greenfield, its sequel series, Queen of Versailles Reigns Again, and the 2024 stage musical The Queen of Versailles (musical) with Kristin Chenoweth originating the ...
Alejandro Jodorowsky Prullansky (Spanish: [xoðoˈɾofski]; born 17 February 1929) is a Chilean and French avant-garde filmmaker.Best known for his films El Topo (1970), The Holy Mountain (1973) and Santa Sangre (1989), Jodorowsky has been "venerated by cult cinema enthusiasts" for his work which "is filled with violently surreal images and a hybrid blend of mysticism and religious provocation".
The Queen of Versailles is a 2024 musical with music and lyrics by Stephen Schwartz, and a book by Lindsey Ferrentino.It is based on the 2012 documentary of the same name directed by Lauren Greenfield about Jackie and David Siegel, owners of Westgate Resorts, who are building a gigantic mansion, Versailles, in central Florida.
Marie Antoinette and Her Children, also known as Marie Antoinette of Lorraine-Habsburg, Queen of France, and Her Children [a] is an oil painting by the French artist Élisabeth Vigée Le Brun, painted in 1787, and currently displayed at the Palace of Versailles. [1] Its dimensions are 275 by 216.5 cm (108.3 by 85.2 in). [2]
Also at Versailles, the Queen invited the castrato Farinelli in 1737 whom she received singing lessons from, and the young Mozart in 1764, whom she found very charming. During his visit to the palace, Marie acted as an interpreter for her spouse and family who did not understand German.
Born at the Palace of Versailles, the third child of Louis XV of France and his queen, Marie Leszczyńska, she was known as Madame Troisième until her baptism a few weeks before her death. Her birth was not greeted with much enthusiasm due to her gender; her father had been hoping for a son to call his Dauphin and thus have an heir to the ...
It was a biography of Queen Mary I of England presented a view of Mary as a decisive and clear-headed ruler, and a skilled political and diplomatic operator. [2] In 2010, her second book Katherine the Queen: The Remarkable Life of Katherine Parr was published. [3] This biography of Katherine Parr detailed her life as a queen and stepmother. [3]