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Barbara Cushing Mortimer Paley (July 5, 1915 – July 6, 1978) was an American magazine editor and socialite.Affectionately known as Babe throughout her life, Paley made notable contributions to the field of magazine editing.
Paley’s first husband was oil heir Stanley Mortimer Jr. In 1947, she married Bill Paley, the executive who took CBS from a small radio network to one of the most powerful media companies in the ...
Capote was the only person Babe Paley confided in about her husband's infidelities. According to Leamer, Capote never kept his friend's secrets. "As dear as Babe was to Truman, her confidences ...
Burden is the daughter of socialite Babe Paley and her first husband, Stanley G. Mortimer Jr. (1913–1999), an heir to the Standard Oil fortune. [2] She is a descendant of the first chief justice of the U.S. Supreme Court, John Jay, and a granddaughter of Dr. Harvey Cushing, the "Father of American Neurosurgery" and Pulitzer Prize winning author.
Babe Paley, born Barbara Crushing, was born on July 5 in Boston, Massachusetts. She was raised by her mother, Katherine Stone, and father, Harvey Crushing, who worked as a brain surgeon.
She and her friend Babe Paley were the thinly veiled inspiration for characters in Truman Capote's novel Answered Prayers. [1] She is also credited with bringing Lauren Bacall to Hollywood's attention by showing her then-husband, producer Howard Hawks , a magazine cover with Bacall's picture on it.
Babe Paley died in 1974, aged 63, from lung cancer. She will long be remembered for her elegant sense of style. ... (1903–89) and her husband, Reed, at Kitty Miller’s New Year’s Eve party on ...
In 1968, Babe Paley tells Truman Capote that her husband Bill is having an affair. In 1955, Truman accompanies the Paleys and film producer David O. Selznick on a trip to Montego Bay, during which he charms them with witticisms and an outrageous story that Ann Woodward murdered her husband. After dinner, Babe tells Truman about her husband's ...