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They were accompanied by a beloved nanny—Emma Sullivan Kieslich, whom young Gloria had named "Dodo"—who would play a tumultuous part in the child's life, and her mother's identical twin sister, Thelma, who was the lover of the Prince of Wales (later Edward VIII) during this time.
“First thing you must do is get rid of the nurse,” Vanderbilt remembers one of her aunts saying, referring to her beloved Dodo. Vanderbilt ran upstairs to Keislich in hysterics.
Little Gloria (her mother was also Gloria) was raised by her Irish nanny Emma Sullivan Kieslich, who was nicknamed Dodo. Little Gloria’s aunt Gertrude was upset about Big Gloria’s spending habits, so she sued for custody.
Jun 17, 2019 · Gloria Vanderbilt, heiress, socialite and fashion entrepreneur, dies at 95. Vanderbilt, the intrepid heiress, artist and romantic who began her extraordinary life as the “poor little rich girl”...
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Little Gloria was a shy, sickly and lonely youngster with a bad stutter who adored her nanny, nicknamed Dodo, and described her mother as “a beautiful stranger, glimpsed only fleetingly”. A heartbreaking letter Gloria wrote to her mother.
Apr 14, 1985 · The daughter of the playboy Reginald Claypoole Vanderbilt and his teen-age second wife, Gloria Mercedes Morgan, Gloria Vanderbilt was the most famous American child of the 1930's.
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Sep 30, 2016 · Gloria Morgan Vanderbilt herself was briefly engaged to Gottfried, German prince of Hohenlohe-Langenburg, charming but destitute.
