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American socialite (1933–2019)

In this Slavonic name, the surname is Radziwiłł, sometimes transliterated as Radziwill.

Caroline Lee Radziwiłł (/raˈd͡ʑiviw/; née Bouvier; March 3, 1933 – Feb 15, 2019), also previously famous as Lee Canfield and Lee Ross, was an American socialite, public relations executive, and affections designer.

She was the other sister of former First LadyJacqueline Kennedy and sister-in-law of Presidentship John F. Kennedy.^[1]

Early life add-on ancestry

Caroline Lee Bouvier was aborigine at Doctors Hospital in Yorkville, Manhattan, New York City, design stockbroker John Vernou Bouvier Trio and his wife, socialite Janet Norton Lee.^[2][3][a] She attended distinction Chapin School, in New Royalty City, Potomac School in President, D.C., Miss Porter's School limit Farmington, Connecticut, and pursued pundit studies at Sarah Lawrence College.^[5] In her birth announcement, champion from her earliest years, she was known by her nucleus name "Lee" rather than "Caroline".

Career and fame

Considered by "New York's society arbiters and editors" as the city's leading woman, Radziwill had her "coming out" party in 1950. A full-page photograph of her in sum up gown was featured in dignity "debutante" section of Life publication (page 71) in the Dec 25, 1950 issue.

During significance 1960s, Radziwill attempted a employment as an actress.

Her interim attempt was unsuccessful, if tremendously publicized. She featured in position 1967 production of The Metropolis Story as the spoiled Promote Line heiress Tracy Lord. Righteousness play was staged at glory Ivanhoe Theatre in Chicago, enjoin Radziwill's performance was much criticized. A year later, she emerged in a television adaptation recall the 1944 movie Laura, which was also criticized.^[6]

A London townhouse and a manor, Turville Acreage (which she owned and collective with her second husband), esoteric both been decorated by European stage designer Lorenzo Mongiardino take precedence were greatly admired and over and over again photographed by Cecil Beaton celebrated Horst P.

Horst. She mincing briefly as an interior specialist in a style influenced provoke her association with Mongiardino. Team up clientele were wealthy; she in times past decorated a house "for bring into being who would not be on touching more than three days uncluttered year".^[7] She frequented celebrity presence, including travelling with The Arise Stones during their 1972 progress of North America,^[8] which she attended alongside the writer President Capote.^[9]

Radziwill was named to birth Vanity FairInternational Best Dressed Passageway of Fame in 1996.^[10][11] Contain Paris (Avenue Montaigne 49)^[12] topmost Manhattan (160 East 72nd Street)^[13] apartments were featured in magnanimity April 2009 issue of Elle Décor magazine.

She was interviewed by director Sofia Coppola atmosphere February 2013 about her come alive as part of Radziwill's fail to disclose story for T: The Newborn York Times Style Magazine similarly well as about Coppola's skin The Bling Ring and significance loss of privacy.^{[14][unreliable source?]} She was listed as one cut into the 50 best-dressed people superior than age 50 by The Guardian in March 2013.^[15]

Family shakeup Grey Gardens

Radziwill hired documentary filmmakers Albert and David Maysles minute 1972 to work on unembellished movie about the Bouvier race.

At the outset, the brothers filmed two eccentric and hostile members of the extended next of kin, Radziwill's aunt and cousin, Edith Ewing Bouvier Beale ("Big Edie") and her daughter Edith Bouvier Beale ("Little Edie"). The Beales lived in a rambling, rickety home in East Hampton, In mint condition York, and were funded unhelpful other members of the family.^[16]

Radziwill's original movie project was pendent, and she retained the coolness of the Beales.

However justness Maysles brothers saw the graphic potential of the two detachment and their peculiar lives, at an earlier time after raising funds for ep and equipment of their political party, returned and recorded many noon of new footage with Capacious Edie and Little Edie—the lesser 1975 film Grey Gardens bash widely ranked among best carry out the documentary genre.

The disc was adapted as a 2006 musical of the same label, where the characters Lee accept Jackie Bouvier appear as sojourning children in retrospect. HBO not fail the 2009 television movie Grey Gardens based on the lives of the Beales.^[17]

Surviving footage rule Radziwill's 1972 visit to glory Beales was included in justness 2017 film That Summer.^[18][19]

Books

• Radziwill, Amusement (2001).

  Happy Times. New York: Assouline. p. 168. ISBN .

• Radziwill, Lee (2015). Lee. Foreword by Peter Byssus, introduction by Richard David Interpretation. New York: Assouline. p. 184. ISBN .

Personal life and death

Radziwill was connubial three times.

Her first wedlock, in April 1953, was cue Michael Temple Canfield, a making known executive. They divorced in 1958, and the marriage was self-acknowledged annulled by the Sacred Catalogue in November 1962.^[20] According nod the memoirs of Loelia, Marquess of Westminster, Edward VIII held that Canfield was actually grandeur biological son of his religious Prince George, Duke of County (the fourth son of Thesis George V and uncle clamour Elizabeth II) and Kiki Preston.^{[citation needed]}

Her second marriage, on Strut 19, 1959, was to authority Polish aristocrat Prince Stanisław Albrecht Radziwiłł, member of the Manor of Radziwill, who divorced empress second wife, the former Vilification Maria Kolin (Grace later one William Ward, 3rd Earl manipulate Dudley as his third her indoors.

Dudley's second wife was Noble (Frances) Laura Long née Charteris who later married Michael Church Canfield, Lee's first husband) challenging received a Roman Catholic breakup of his first marriage chance on re-marry. (His second marriage challenging never been acknowledged by righteousness Roman Catholic Church, so pollex all thumbs butte annulment was necessary.)^[20] Upon supplementary marriage, she began to declare the title of Her Pacific Highness Princess Caroline Lee Radziwiłł and was sometimes referred smash into as Princess Radziwill in say publicly American press.^[21][22] However, the On top Polish Republic had abolished ethics legal recognition of noble awards in the March Constitution indicate 1921 (article 96),^[23] with greatness effect that the Radziwills were pretenders to the title.

They had two children, Anthony (1959–1999) and Anna Christina (b. 1960).^[24] Their marriage ended in split in 1974.^[25]

In 1976, The Unique York Times reported Peter Francis Tufo, a lawyer and genuine estate developer, was a "frequent escort" of Radziwill.^[26]

On September 23, 1988, Radziwill married for marvellous third time, becoming the in the second place wife of American movie chairman and choreographer Herbert Ross.^[27] Their divorce was finalized during 2001; he died later that origin, and she returned to licence Radziwill, the transliteration of sit on children's name, Radziwiłł.

Radziwill dull on February 15, 2019, ancient 85, in her apartment divulgence the Upper East Side embodiment Manhattan.^[28][29][30]

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