Marjorie Oelrichs

Marjorie Oelrichs

Marjorie Oelrichs Duchin (June 23, 1908 – August 3, 1937), nicknamed "Bubbles", was an American socialite. The daughter of Marjorie Ramely Oelrichs (nee Turnbull) (1883-1952) and Charles de Loosey Oelrichs (1882-1973), she became the wife of dance bandleader Eddy Duchin after the two met at the Waldorf, and wed on June 5, 1935.[1] A well-known New York and Newport beauty, she was described by Vogue as having "waxen skin and eyebrows like butterflies."[2] An Edward Steichen photograph of Oelrichs was included in an advertisement for Pond's cold cream in a 1926 copy of Ladies' Home Journal.[3] Oelrichs died six days after the 1937 birth of the couple's son, Peter Duchin.[4]

A maternal aunt was suffragist Alison Turnbull Hopkins [5] and the poet Blanche Oelrichs was her paternal aunt.

Kim Novak portrayed Oelrichs in the 1956 Hollywood biopic The Eddy Duchin Story opposite Tyrone Power as Duchin.

References

  1. ↑ Walker, Leo. The Big Band Almanac. Page 109. Da Capo Press, 1989.
  2. ↑ Smith, Sally Bedell. In All His Glory: The Life of William S. Paley, the Legendary Tycoon and His Brilliant Circle. Page 97. Simon and Schuster, 1990.
  3. ↑ Johnston, Patricia A. Real Fantasies: Edward Steichen's Advertising Photography. Page 180. University of California Press, 2000.
  4. ↑ Dictionary of American Biography. Page 188. 1959.
  5. ↑ "Mrs. Alison T. Hopkins," Newport Mercury (March 23, 1951): 3. via Newspapers.com
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.