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Pamela Beryl Harriman ( née Digby; March 20, 1920 – February 5, 1997), also known as Pamela Churchill Harriman, was an English-born American political activist for the Democratic Party, diplomat, and socialite. She married three times: her first husband was Randolph Churchill, the son of prime minister Winston Churchill; her third husband ...
- She Had Humble Beginnings. Pamela Harriman, born Pamela Digby, entered the world on March 20, 1920. Her parents, Edward and Constance, laid their firstborn to rest in an interesting crib—the bottom drawer of a wooden chest.
- She Was On Her Own. Pamela Harriman got her first taste of travel when she was only 18 months old. Her parents uprooted the entire family and moved to Australia—a land of better tax advantages and exotic fauna.
- She Had Interesting Tutors. Pamela Harriman learned her first words, not from doting parents, but rather... from a doting parrot. Yes, a chatty white pet parrot taught her to speak, but also instilled in her a love for mimicry that she later used to emulate accents such as Winston Churchill’s.
- She Jumped Hurdles. By 1924, the Digby family had settled back into their large family home at Minterne, enjoying every comfort of an upper-class existence.
In the novel, Lady Ina Coolbirth (a.k.a. Harriman) takes Jonesy (a.k.a. Capote) to lunch at La Cote Basque, where she swigs Cristal and holds forth on various (undisguised) Alpha women, from Princess Margaret (“she’s such a drone”) to Jackie Kennedy and sister Lee Radziwill: “They’re perfect with men,” she says, “a pair of Western ...
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Apr 27, 1994 · By Martha Sherrill. April 26, 1994 at 8:00 p.m. EDT. She fell for her first older, married, rich man when she was just 17, and according to a new unauthorized biography of Pamela Harriman, the U.S ...
Apr 1, 2017 · Recounts the life of Pamela Harriman, her wealthy lovers, Bill Clinton, her rise in the Democratic Party, and appointment as US Ambassador to France. See an ...
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May 10, 2024 · spouse W. Averell Harriman. Pamela Harriman (born March 20, 1920, Farnborough, Hampshire, England—died February 5, 1997, Paris, France) was a British-born socialite and American political figure who made a name for herself first as the wife or lover of a succession of prominent wealthy and powerful men and later, in the United States, as a ...
Feb 16, 1997 · Q. And for the rest of your life you've played similar roles. A. That's why it doesn't seem odd to me. . . . Basically, I'm a backroom girl. I've always said this and I've always believed it. I ...
