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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 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.
May 10, 2024 · Pamela Harriman 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 doyenne of the Democratic Party.
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Pamela Harriman, the United States Ambassador to France, a leading figure in the Democratic Party and for decades one of the most vivacious women on the international scene, died yesterday at the...
Almost 19 years after her death, Pamela Harriman is being exhumed through not just one, but two, novels. In a strange confluence, the oft-wedded socialite and primo political hostess—often ...
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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.
Pamela Harriman played such an important role that one biographer called her the “Life of the Party.” President Bill Clinton appointed her United States Ambassador to France in 1993. She died of a cerebral hemorrhage at the American Hospital in Paris months before she was scheduled to complete her tour.
