American socialite Gloria Vanderbilt was born in 1924 ... solidifying her place as a prominent figure in the art world. Vanderbilt's talents extended beyond painting: she was also a model, actor, ...
the gadabout “big Gloria” Morgan Vanderbilt, and her aunt, the redoubtable, socialite art lover, Mrs. Harry Payne Whitney, traded haymakers of innuendo and insult across the courtroom while ...