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Barbara Hutton
Born
Barbara Woolworth Hutton
(1912-11-14)November 14, 1912
New York City, U.S.
Died
May 11, 1979(1979-05-11) (aged 66)
Beverly Hills, California, U.S.
Resting place
Woodlawn Cemetery, The Bronx, New York
Occupation(s)
Philanthropist, heiress
Years active
1933–1979
Spouses
Alexis Mdivani
(m. 1933; div. 1935)
Count Kurt von Haugwitz-Reventlow
(m. 1935; div. 1938)
Cary Grant
(m. 1942; div. 1945)
Prince Igor Troubetzkoy
(m. 1947; div. 1951)
Porfirio Rubirosa
(m. 1953; div. 1954)
Baron Gottfried von Cramm
(m. 1955; div. 1959)
Prince Pierre Doan
(m. 1964; div. 1966)
Children
Lance Reventlow
Relatives
Frank Winfield Woolworth (maternal grandfather)
Edward Francis Hutton (paternal uncle)
Dina Merrill (paternal first cousin)
Barbara Woolworth Hutton (November 14, 1912 – May 11, 1979) was an American debutante, socialite, heiress, and philanthropist. She was dubbed the "Poor Little Rich Girl"—first when she was given a lavish and expensive debutante ball in 1930 amid the Great Depression, and later due to a notoriously troubled private life.[1]
Heiress to one-third of the estate of the retail tycoon Frank Winfield Woolworth, Barbara Hutton was one of the wealthiest women in the world. She endured a childhood marked by the neglect of her father and the early loss of her mother at age four who died from suffocation due to mastoiditis.[2] Rumors have persisted that she committed suicide.[3] This set the stage for a life of difficulty forming relationships. Married and divorced seven times, she acquired grand foreign titles but was maliciously treated and often exploited by several of her husbands. Publicly she was much envied for her possessions, her beauty and her apparent life of leisure; privately she remained deeply insecure, often taking refuge in drink, drugs, and playboys.
Hutton had one child, Lance Reventlow, with her second husband, but was an inconsistent and insecure parent and the subsequent divorce ended in a bitter custody battle. She later developed anorexia nervosa and perhaps thereby prevented further childbirth. Her son died in a plane crash in 1972 at the age of 36, leaving her devastated. She died on May 11, 1979, at age 66. At her death, the formerly wealthy Hutton was on the verge of bankruptcy as a result of both lavish spending and exploitation by those entrusted to manage her estate.
^"Barbara Hutton: The 'Poor Little Rich Girl' Who Had Everything Except Happiness". Thought Catalog. August 9, 2019. Retrieved June 9, 2020.
^"Mrs. Hutton Found Dead. Daughter of F. W. Woolworth Suffocated in Her Room at the Plaza". The New York Times. May 3, 1917. Retrieved December 3, 2011. Mrs. Franklyn Laws Hutton, who was Edna Woolworth, daughter of F. W. Woolworth, was found dead in her apartment at the hotel Plaza. ...
^Plunkett-Powell, Karen; Remembering Woolworth's: A Nostalgic History of the World's Most Famous Five-and-Dime, MacMillan, p. 131.
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Astor family) in 1931, but divorced her to marry Woolworth heiress BarbaraHutton in 1933, one of the world's richest women at the time. He died in an...
Girl" by the media, along with other famous socialites and debutantes BarbaraHutton, Gloria Vanderbilt, and Doris Duke. Brenda Diana Duff Frazier was born...
internationally recognized for portraying Baron Gottfried von Cramm in The BarbaraHutton Story. He also contributed to the long-lasting success of two German...
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