Profile via TMDB · Courtesy of TMDB
Gloria Vanderbilt
Sign in to saveAlso known as Gloria Laura Vanderbilt, Gloria Laura Morgan Vanderbilt, Gloria Laura Madeleine Sophie Vanderbilt, Gloria Stokowski, Mrs. Leopold Stokowski
American businesswoman, fashion designer, socialite and writer (1924-2019)
Film & TV
New York City, New York, USA
Painter, actress, author, fashion designer. Great-great-granddaughter of "The Commodore" Cornelius Vanderbilt, the founder of the Vanderbilt's fortune. And the mother of Anderson Cooper, born June 3, 1967.
Known for
- Nothing Left Unsaid: Gloria Vanderbilt & Anderson Cooper — Self2016
- Marilyn Monroe: Unclaimed Baggage — Self (archive footage)2012
- Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen — Self - Guest2009
- Half Past Autumn: The Life and Works of Gordon Parks — Self2000
- The Early Show — Self1999
- Intimate Portrait — Self1993
- Entertainment Tonight — Self1981
- The Love Boat — Self1977
- The Dick Powell Show — Connie Carmichael1961
- The Mike Douglas Show — Self1961
via TMDB
Key facts
- Born
- Gloria Laura Vanderbilt , ( 1924-02-20 ) February 20, 1924, New York City, U.S.
- Died
- June 17, 2019 (2019-06-17) (aged 95), New York City, U.S.
- Occupations
- Artist actress fashion designer socialite
- Children
- 4, including Anderson Cooper
- Parents
- Reginald Claypoole Vanderbilt Gloria Morgan Vanderbilt
- Family
- Vanderbilt family
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Laura
- Gender
- female
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Manhattan
- Place of death
- Manhattan
- Spouse
- Wyatt Emory Cooper
- Child
- Anderson Cooper
- Mother
- Gloria Morgan Vanderbilt
- Occupation
- diarist
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Native language
- English language
- Religion
- Catholicism
- Family
- Vanderbilt family
- Field of work
- fashion design
- Image
- Gloria Vanderbilt 1959.JPG
- Number of children
- 4
Show 12 more facts
- Commons category
- Gloria Vanderbilt
- date of birth
- 1924-02-20
- Commons gallery
- Gloria Vanderbilt
- name in native language
- Gloria Vanderbilt
- name in kana
- グロリア・ヴァンダービルト
- date of death
- 2019-06-17
- cause of death
- stomach cancer
- birth name
- Gloria Laura Vanderbilt
- manner of death
- natural causes
- relative
- Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney
- writing language
- English language
- P12749
- Homo habilis
Sources (8)
via Wikidata · CC0
~15 min read
Encyclopedic overview
Gloria Laura Vanderbilt (February 20, 1924 – June 17, 2019) was an American artist, author, actress, fashion designer, heiress, and socialite.
In 1934, she was the subject of a high-profile child custody trial in which her mother Gloria Morgan Vanderbilt, and her paternal aunt, Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney, each sought custody of her and control over her trust fund. Dubbed the "trial of the century", the seven-week court proceedings were the subject of wide and sensational media coverage, due to the wealth and prominence of the involved parties and the scandalous evidence presented to support the "oppressive" aunt's claim that the "neglectful" mother was an unfit parent to the 10-year-old, who became known as the "poor little rich girl."
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Gloria Vanderbilt” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.