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Too Rich: The Secret Life of Doris Duke (1999)

Too Rich: The Secret Life of Doris Duke

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2h 50m

Biography, Drama

February 22nd, 1999

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Too Rich: The Secret Life of Doris Duke is a four-part miniseries that was first broadcast on CBS in 1999 starring Lauren Bacall and Richard Chamberlain. It was based primarily on the book The Richest Girl In The World: by Stephanie Mansfield as well as Bob Colacello's two in-depth articles about Ms Duke in Vanity Fair. Colacello was the magazine's authority on Doris Duke.

The title of the series was derived from the book Too Rich: The Family Secrets of Doris Duke by Pony Duke and Jason Thomas. Manfield's book was the first to be obtained by CBS, which optioned it for a planned miniseries in early 1995. The Duke-Thomas book, which was "being peddled as a miniseries" by the authors months before publication, was originally optioned earlier that year by the producer Doris Keating, who planned a miniseries of her own.

Too Rich: The Secret Life of Doris Duke presents a dramatized account of the life of the heiress, philanthropist, and once richest woman in the world, Doris Duke. It has since been re-broadcast on The Hallmark Channel, and on Lifetime combined together and presented as a 192 minute movie. The film stars Hayden Panettiere as young Doris Duke, Lindsay Frost as 20 to 50 year old Doris Duke, and Lauren Bacall as an elderly Doris Duke. Bacall, who had met Doris Duke a few times, was pleased to have been able to appear in a TV miniseries, devoting a few paragraphs to the experience in her autobiography.

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Cast

Lauren Bacall
Doris Duke
(Elderly)
Richard Chamberlain
Bernard Lafferty
Mare Winningham
Chandi Heffner
Lindsay Frost
Doris Duke
(age 20s to 50s)
Kathleen Quinlan
Nanaline Duke
Michael Nouri
Porfirio Rubirosa
Joe Don Baker
Buck Duke
Roberta Maxwell
Myra
Sheila McCarthy
Tammy
Lisa Banes
Barbara Hutton
Full cast & crew

Directors

John Erman
Full cast & crew

Producers

Richard D. Arredondo
producer
Ted Babcock
(co-producer)
John Erman
producer
Full cast & crew

Writers

Bob Colacello
(articles)
Stephanie Mansfield
book
Dennis Turner
written by
Full cast & crew

Taglines

She had a life you wouldn't want for all the money in the world.
«She had a life you wouldn't want for all the money in the world»

Keywords

character name in title
based on book
hare krishna
All Keywords

Country of Origin

United States of America
Canada

Languages

English

Release Dates

January 14th, 2009 (Australia)
April 11th, 2005 (Hungary) (re-release)
February 12th, 2006 (Sweden)
All Release Dates

Alternative Titles

Too Rich: The Secret Life of Doris Duke (original title)
A Vida Secreta de Doris Duke (Brazil)
Revers de fortune (Canada) (French title)
All Alternative Titles

Locations

Hawaii, USA
Los Angeles, California, USA
Montréal, Québec, Canada

Running Times

170 min (Brazil)
240 min (including commercials)

Sound Mixes

Stereo

Aspect Ratios

1.33 : 1

Production Companies

Von Zerneck-Sertner Films
Stephanie Germain Productions
Bernard Sofronski Productions
All Production Companies

Distribution Companies

CBS (United States of America) (original airing)

Special Effects Companies

Intrigue (special effects)

Other Companies

The Film Business (sound effects)
Elizabeth Bardsley & Associates (script annotation)
RD Negative Cutting (negative cutting)
All Other Companies

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