Lee Radziwill | |
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Lee Radziwill (left) and Krishna Hutheesing in India, 1962
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Born |
Caroline Lee Bouvier March 3, 1933 Southampton, New York, U.S. |
Other names | Caroline Bouvier Caroline Canfield Caroline Radziwill Caroline Ross |
Occupation | Actress, public relations executive, interior decorator |
Spouse(s) |
Michael Temple Canfield (m. 1953; annulled 1959) Stanisław Albrecht Radziwiłł (m. 1959; div. 1974) Herbert Ross (m. 1988; div. 2001) |
Children |
Anthony Stanislas Albert Radziwill Anna Christina Radziwill |
Parent(s) |
John Vernou Bouvier III Janet Norton Lee |
Relatives |
Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis (Lee Bouvier) (sister) Janet Jennings Auchincloss (half-sister) |
Caroline Lee Radziwill (née Bouvier; born March 3, 1933) is an American socialite, public relations executive, interior decorator, and former actress. She is the younger sister of the late First Lady, Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis, and sister-in-law of President John F. Kennedy. Her niece Caroline Bouvier Kennedy is named after her. She was named to the International Best Dressed List Hall of Fame in 1996.
Caroline Lee Bouvier was born in Southampton, New York to John Vernou Bouvier III and socialite Janet Norton Lee.
Radziwill has been married three times. Her first marriage, in April 1953, was to Michael Temple Canfield, a publishing executive who had been adopted as an infant by the American publisher Cass Canfield. Canfield's biological mother was the American socialite Kiki Preston. It was rumored that his biological father was Prince George, Duke of Kent, a member of the British Royal Family; if so, then Canfield would be a first cousin of the present Queen. Caroline and Canfield divorced in 1959, and the marriage was annulled by the Roman Catholic Church in November 1962.
Her second marriage, on March 19, 1959, was to the Polish former prince Stanisław Albrecht Radziwiłł, who divorced his second wife, the former Grace Maria Kolin, and received a Roman Catholic annulment of his first marriage to marry the former Mrs. Canfield (his second marriage had never been acknowledged by the Roman Catholic Church, so no annulment was necessary). Their marriage ended in divorce in 1974. They had two children, Anthony and Christina "Tina".