His dry, ironic works of fiction continue the tradition of Henry James and Edith Wharton. He wrote his novels initially under the name Andrew Lee, the name of an ancestor who cursed any descendant who drank or smoked. Age: Dec. at 92 (1917-2010) Birthplace: Lawrence, New York Gregory ...
This Biltmore in the Blue Ridge Mountains was the Asheville, North Carolina, country home of George and Edith Vanderbilt—a 250-room French Renaissance chateau, the construction of which began in 1889. When it was finished in 1895, it had 35 bedrooms, 43 bathrooms, and 65 fireplaces. During...
Edith Madeleine Carroll (26 February 1906 – 2 October 1987) was an English actress, popular both in Britain and America in the 1930s and 1940s. At the peak of her success she was the highest-paid actress in the world, earning $250,000 in 1938.Carroll is remembered for her role in ...
Edith Stuyvesant Dresser married George Vanderbilt in Paris in 1898. They were only married 16 years; George would die of a heart attack in 1914 at the age of 51. Their daughter was only 14 years old at the time of his death. Cornelia would get married in an elaborate wedding at the ...
" Wyman explained in his bookRolling With the Stones. "Phelgecame from Edith Grove flatmate Jimmy Phelge, while aNankerwas a revolting face that band members, Brian [Jones] in particular, would pull." Some examples of songs credited to Nanker Phelge: "Little by Little," "2120 South ...
(played by Reginald Gardiner). It seems only appropriate then that Lorraine Sheldon (deliciously and devilishly played in the film by Ann Sheridan) should be inspired by stage great Gertrude Lawrence, a dramatic actress who had a long and very close, though tempestuous, personal and professional ...
Edith was put in a powerless position compared to her husband, because as “she was surrounded in her kitchen by the ruins of the birthday party — cake and molded jellies and cookies with animal faces” (68). He would be outside “working around their houses” (67). This shows that ...
It was further revealed that his second wife, Edith Sellek, died in 1923 of pernicious anemia at the age of 39 after 16 years of marriage to Gerndt. Soon after her death, he was arrested in Chicago for defrauding Edith’s aunt but the case was dismissed for lack of evidence in 1925....
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It was further revealed that his second wife, Edith Sellek, died in 1923 of pernicious anemia at the age of 39 after 16 years of marriage to Gerndt. Soon after her death, he was arrested in Chicago for defrauding Edith’s aunt but the case was dismissed for lack of evidence in 1925....