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Bernard and Doris is a 2006 film directed by Bob Balaban. The teleplay by Hugh Costello is a semi-fictionalized account of the relationship that developed between socialite heiress and philanthropist Doris Duke and her self-destructive Irish butler Bernard Lafferty later in her life.
Oct 17, 2007 · Bernard and Doris: Directed by Bob Balaban. With Susan Sarandon, Ralph Fiennes, Peter Asher, Don Harvey. The story of the twilight years of tobacco billionairess Doris Duke who develops an unlikely friendship with her butler, Bernard Lafferty.
Tobacco heiress and horticulturist Doris Duke hires Bernard Lafferty, an Irish butler (and former household staff to Liz Taylor and to Peggy Lee) to manage her New Jersey home. As time passes they grow close and he begins to travel with her.
Tobacco heiress Doris Duke (Susan Sarandon) develops an unlikely friendship with her butler, Bernard Lafferty (Ralph Fiennes).
- Drama, LGBTQ+
Susan Sarandon and Ralph Fiennes star in this intimate hypothetical story about an heiress who left her fortune to her butler. 715 IMDb 6.5 1 h 42 min 2008. X-Ray 16+.
Jun 13, 2013 · Oscar winner Susan Sarandon stars as tobacco billionairess Doris Duke in this touching and entertaining HBO Film, inspired by Duke's relationship with her gay butler, Bernard Lafferty (Oscar nominee Ralph Fiennes), to whom she bequeathed her entire fortune.
- DVD
A story about the twilight years of billionaire heiress Doris Duke and his friend Bernard Lafferty, whom she left in charge of her fortune.
