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Release. November 16, 1987. ( 1987-11-16) Poor Little Rich Girl: The Barbara Hutton Story is a 1987 television biographical drama starring Farrah Fawcett. The film chronicles the life of Barbara Hutton, a wealthy but troubled American socialite. Released as both a television film and a miniseries, the film won a Golden Globe Award for Best ...
Apr 15, 2020 · How American socialite Barbara Hutton ended up with a Romanov Duchess's jewels. The original inspiration behind the saying, 'poor little rich girl', Woolworth heiress Barbara Hutton was one of the most glamorous and wealthiest socialites of the 20th century, with a jewellery collection to match. Known for her exquisite taste and her penchant ...
Jan 19, 2018 · Hutton was married to Rubirosa for less than two months, and in exchange, he received a coffee plantation in the Dominican Republic, jewelry, polo ponies, and roughly 2.5 million dollars from her.
Barbara Hutton. Her maternal grandfather, Frank W. Woolworth, founded the department store chain of the same name in New York at the turn of the century, with which he soon made a considerable fortune all over the world. Barbara Hutton therefore grew up in sheltered and wealthy circumstances. Her father died when she was a child; In May 1917, as a four-year-old, she found the body of her ...
Sep 23, 2021 · Barbara Hutton might not be a name that rings many bells today, but in her time she was notorious. She was the Woolworth heiress whom the press dubbed “poor little rich girl.”. She was one of the richest women in the world, with a fortune of almost a billion dollars in today’s money. Hutton was also never out of the papers, with gossip ...
May 6, 2024 · That’s when Barbara started doing drugs. The marriage lasted until 1941 and produced a son, Lance. Movie idol Cary Grant, who certainly didn’t need the money, became Barbara's third husband in 1942. The press, in a catty mood in its coverage of Hutton, dubbed the couple “Cash and Cary.”. She also became known as “the poor little rich ...
Jan 1, 1983 · This was Barbara Hutton the alcoholic, the anorexic, the woman who misused drugs and money, dissipating a huge fortune before her lonely death in 1979. This biography, which makes use of her diaries, letters and journals, is published to tie in with a TV dramatization of her life, starring Farah Fawcett.
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