Doris Duke (November 22, 1912 – October 28, 1993) was an American billionaire tobacco heiress, philanthropist, and socialite. She was often called "the...
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with whom he had his only child, a daughter, Doris, born November 22, 1912. Doris was raised at Duke Farms located in Hillsborough, New Jersey, where...
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Museum of Islamic Art, Culture & Design is housed in the former home of Doris Duke near Diamond Head just outside Honolulu, Hawaii. It is now owned and operated...
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Bernard Lafferty (section Career and Doris Duke)
Irish butler and heir to American tobacco heiress and philanthropist, Doris Duke. Duke hired Lafferty in 1987 and named him the executor of her $1.2 billion...
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Jacob's Pillow (section Doris Duke Studio Theatre)
the 2010 National Medal of Arts, a national award of distinction. The Doris Duke Theatre, one of two indoor performance spaces, was destroyed in a fire...
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Cindy Adams (section Doris Duke apartment)
purchased from the estate of billionaire heiress Doris Duke in 1997. Because of the apartment's connection with Duke, Adams hosted the wrap party for the television...
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Too Rich: The Secret Life of Doris Duke is a 1999 American four-part television miniseries starring Lauren Bacall and Richard Chamberlain which was first...
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Duke Gardens in Somerset County, New Jersey, were among the most significant glass house collections in America. Created by Doris Duke, they were larger...
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daughter, Doris Duke. Located in Hillsborough, New Jersey, the property is operated and managed by the Doris Duke Foundation after the death of Doris Duke, James...
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Falcon Lair (category Duke family residences)
film, The Hooded Falcon. It is better known as a residence of heiress Doris Duke. Valentino bought the 4-acre (1.6 ha) estate in 1925 for US$175,000 (equivalent...
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relationship that developed between socialite heiress and philanthropist Doris Duke and her self-destructive Irish butler Bernard Lafferty later in her life...
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Honolulu Museum of Art (section Doris Duke Theatre)
10AM - 9PM, and Sunday 10AM - 6PM. It is closed Monday and Tuesday. The Doris Duke Theatre at the museum seats 280. It hosts movies, concerts, lectures,...
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Harry Demopoulos (section Doris Duke estate)
film actor and is currently a member of the Board of Trustees of the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation. Ischaemic injury (injury to cells due to oxygen...
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laboratories. The James B. Duke House replaced the 1880s-era Henry H. Cook mansion. When Duke died in 1925, his wife Nanaline and daughter Doris continued to live...
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Chief Xian aTunde Adjuah (section 2021–2023: Chief Adjuah & the Sound Carved from Legend and the Doris Duke Award)
Alpert Award in the Arts, the Changing Worlds Peace Maker Award, and the Doris Duke Performing Arts Award. Adjuah is the nephew of jazz saxophonist Donald...
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The Doris Duke Artist Award is undertaken by the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation and designed to "empower, invest in and celebrate artists by offering...
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community. Kahanamoku became a friend and surfing companion of heiress Doris Duke. She built a home (now a museum) on Oahu named Shangri-la. Kahanamoku...
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Janet Good in the HBO film You Don't Know Jack (2010), Doris Duke in the HBO film Bernard and Doris (2008), and Bette Davis in the FX miniseries Feud (2017)...
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Doris Willingham (née Curry, May 18, 1941 – March 21, 2019), known for much of her singing career as Doris Duke, was an American gospel and soul singer...
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JazzTimes. Archived from the original on February 18, 2020. "Doris Duke Artist Awards 2024". Doris Duke Foundation. Archived from the original on May 11, 2024...
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with his ex-wife Flor de Oro Trujillo Ledesma during his marriage to Doris Duke. [citation needed] He and Zsa Zsa Gabor were seen together during her...
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Rough Point (category Duke family residences)
were designed by Frederick Law Olmsted’s firm. The home's last owner was Doris Duke and it is currently owned and operated by the Newport Restoration Foundation...
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Theatre Communications Group, The Skowhegan Medal for Performance, a Doris Duke Charitable Foundation Performance Artist Award and honorary doctorates...
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arthouse and world cinema in the museum's Doris Duke Theatre, named for the museum's historic patroness Doris Duke. The Hawaii State Art Museum (also downtown)...
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2019. Retrieved January 20, 2021. "Doris Duke Charitable Foundation Announces 2021 Doris Duke Artists". Doris Duke Charitable Foundation. October 21,...
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Hillsborough Township, New Jersey (section Duke Farms)
by tobacco and electric energy tycoon James "Buck" Duke and then passed down to daughter Doris Duke. As of March 2023, approximately one-third of Hillsborough...
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candidate for the United States Senate, author, and one-time husband of Doris Duke, "the richest girl in the world". He was the United States Ambassador...
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in Christie's in New York City in June 2004 were part of that order (Doris Duke, the billionaire's daughter, had kept them in her cellar). According to...
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American Tobacco Company Companies People Brodie Duke James B. Duke Washington Duke Benjamin Duke Doris Duke Buildings Memorabilia Related American Tobacco...
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their favourite performers of 2014. Blackwell was a recipient of a 2015 Doris Duke Impact Award. In 2016 they were interviewed by Jim Fletcher for BOMB Magazine...
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