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Gloria Morgan Vanderbilt

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Socialite

The Resume

    (August 23, 1904-February 13, 1965)
    Born in Lucerne, Switzerland
    Birth name was Mercedes Morgan
    Identical twin of socialite Thelma Furness
    Married heir Reginald Claypoole Vanderbilt (1923-25)
    Mother of designer Gloria Vanderbilt
    Grandmother of Anderson Cooper

Why she might be annoying:

    The press dubbed her 'big Gloria' to distinguish her from 'little Gloria.'
    She would go months at a time without seeing little Gloria while traveling in Europe.
    She lost custody of little Gloria to her sister-in-law, Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney.
    The custody trial was a tabloid sensation, with allegations of lesbian affairs.
    Her mother publicly sided with Whitney.
    Little Gloria's comments at the trial about her mother included, 'She has never been nice to me' and 'She never even kissed me goodnight.'

Why she might not be annoying:

    She and her twin sister were famed society beauties even as teens.
    Her husband drank himself to death after two and half years of marriage.
    Much of the evidence against her was hearsay that really should not have been allowed in court.
    She called the accusations 'a riot of character assassination.'
    Although she was accused of wanting custody solely so she could continue drawing a salary as administrator of her daughter's trust fund, she declined a hefty lump sum from Whitney to relinquish her claim to little Gloria.
    She attempted with some success to reconcile with her daughter in her later years.

Credit: C. Fishel


Featured in the following Annoying Collections:

Year In Review:

    For 2024, as of last weekly ranking, Out of 1 Votes: 0% Annoying
    In 2023, Out of 1 Votes: 100% Annoying
    In 2022, Out of 12 Votes: 58.33% Annoying
    In 2021, Out of 7 Votes: 71.43% Annoying
    In 2020, Out of 9 Votes: 44.44% Annoying
    In 2019, Out of 3 Votes: 33.33% Annoying
    In 2018, Out of 1 Votes: 100% Annoying
    In 2017, Out of 4 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2016, Out of 2 Votes: 100% Annoying
    In 2015, Out of 14 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2014, Out of 14 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2013, Out of 18 Votes: 50.0% Annoying