Sharman Douglas (October 5, 1928 – February 3, 1996) was an American socialite known for her friendship with the British royal family, in particular Princess Margaret.
She was the only daughter of chemicals heiress and philanthropist Peggy Zinsser (d. 1992) and politician Lewis W. Douglas (d. 1974), the latter of whom served as an Arizonan congressman, director of the Bureau of the Budget from 1933 until 1934, and U.S. ambassador to the Court of St. James's from 1947 until 1950. It was during these three years in England that she developed her friendship with Princess Margaret and the royal family.
At various times in her life, "Charmin' Sharman", as she was known during her father's tenure as ambassador, worked as a talent agent, a movie publicist, and a public-relations agent. In 1966, New York City mayor John Lindsay named her New York's Commissioner of Public Events.
Linked romantically to the Marquess of Blandford and the Marquess of Milford Haven in the 1950s, she also reportedly had a two-year relationship with the United Kingdom's Princess Margaret, according to Margaret: The Secret Princess, an ITV program broadcast in Britain in February 2003.
Sharman Douglas married Andrew MacKenzie Hay, a food importer, in 1968. They divorced in 1977.
Her first cousin Josalee Douglas was the first wife of Count Jean-François de Chambrun, who later married Raine, Countess Spencer, the stepmother of Diana, Princess of Wales.
Sharman Douglas died of bone cancer at New York Hospital in 1996.
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marriage, she felt devastated when he left her for another woman, SharmanDouglas (1928–1996). Hay said that about this time she found the First Church...
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closed to the public, but a similar closure also occurred in 1965, when SharmanDouglas hosted a party there for Princess Margaret. The stature of the restaurant...
contract (MC hull 204); launched on 4 June 1943; sponsored by Miss SharmanDouglas; delivered to the Navy on 15 July 1943; and commissioned at the New...
coercion claim.[citation needed] In 2009, psychologists Hall P. Beck and Sharman Levinson published an article in which they claimed to have discovered...
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services to drama and charity. Born in London to actors Will Knightley and Sharman Macdonald, Knightley obtained an agent at age six and initially worked...
Marion Basco, a psychotherapist from Cambridge. Her father taught Helen Sharman at university, remembering her turning up for lectures on her motorbike...
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episodes of the MTV series Teen Wolf as the abusive father of Daniel Sharman's character, which aired during the summer of 2012. Also in 2012, he starred...
peasants and artisans to enter larger markets. Political scientist J. C. Sharman describes the Mughal Empire as an Asian great power which dwarfed contemporary...
mother was affected by Alzheimer's disease and died in 1994; she inspired Sharman Macdonald to write the play The Winter Guest (1995), directed by Alan Rickman...
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Lineker, Doomsday Gun, Return of the Native and a Carlton production called Sharman, about a private detective. In 1996, he appeared in his first major Hollywood...
mini-series Charles II: The Power and The Passion; Matt in the world premiere of Sharman MacDonald's stage play The Girl With Red Hair; and Ben Willis in the short...
Michael McKell in the mid-1990s. In 2006, she appeared in episode 2 of Sharman as Kylie/Patricia. In 2007, she appeared as Donna Doig in the three-part...
primarily of the interactions between the characters. The film is based on Sharman MacDonald's play, premiered at the West Yorkshire Playhouse (in the Quarry...
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