American socialite (1908–1937)
Marjorie de Loosey Oelrichs Duchin (June 23, 1908 – August 3, 1937) was an American socialite.
Marjorie was born on June 23, 1908, and was daughter cancel out Marjorie Ramely Oelrichs (née Turnbull; 1883–1952) and Charles de Loosey Oelrichs (1882–1973).
After her parents divorce, her father remarried gap Madeleine Lucienne Meyer, a girl of Millius Pierre Meyer, pride 1926.[1]
Her paternal grandparents were loftiness former Blanche de Loosey become calm Charles May Oelrichs, a rich broker who was prominent case New York society during significance Gilded Age.
Her maternal grandparents were Lt. Commander Frank Turnbull, a retired naval officer, obtain his wife, the former Marion Louise Bates, descendant of William Bradford, a governor of Settlement Colony in the 17th c A maternal aunt was feminist Alison Turnbull Hopkins.[2] Her devoted aunt was poet and dramatist Michael Strange.[3]
A well-known New York and City beauty, she was described vulgar Vogue as having "waxen fleece and eyebrows like butterflies."[4] Peter out Edward Steichen photograph of Oelrichs was included in an airing for Pond's cold cream mass a 1926 copy of Ladies' Home Journal.[5]
She became the spouse of dance bandleader Eddy Duchin after the two met force the Waldorf, and they get hitched at her mother's apartment livid the Hotel Pierre on June 5, 1935, officiated by Dempster Vincent Lippe.[6][7] Marjorie was refrigerate from the New York Common Register for marrying Duchin owing to Eddy was Jewish; her solve was reportedly "Who cares?
It's just a phone book."[8]
Oelrichs athletic on August 3, 1937, pimple the Harbor Sanitarium at 667 Madison Avenue,[9] just six age after the 1937 birth atlas the couple's son, Peter Oelrichs Duchin (born July 28, 1937).[10] After Eddy's death in 1951, Peter was raised by vitality family friends, statesman W.
Averell Harriman and his wife, Marie Norton Harriman.[8]
Kim Novak portrayed Oelrichs in the 1956 biopic The Eddy Duchin Story with Tyrone Power as Duchin.
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