Too Rich: The Secret Life of Doris Duke is a four-part miniseries that first aired on CBS in 1999. It is based on the novel The Richest Girl in the World: The Extravagant Life and Fast Times of Doris Duke, and presents a dramatized account of the actual life and happenings of the heiress, philanthropist, and once richest woman in the world, Doris Duke. It has since been re-aired on The Hallmark Channel, and on Lifetime combined together and prese...
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Too Rich: The Secret Life of Doris Duke is a four-part miniseries that first aired on CBS in 1999. It is based on the novel The Richest Girl in the World: The Extravagant Life and Fast Times of Doris Duke, and presents a dramatized account of the actual life and happenings of the heiress, philanthropist, and once richest woman in the world, Doris Duke. It has since been re-aired 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.
Doris Duke, the famous real-life billionairess, is seen going over her life as she prepares to die. Her life includes the early death of her loving father, being raised by a cold mother, two marriages and numerous affairs that still leave her hungry for love, a fascination with mystics and reincarnation, and a disastrous adoption late in life. Even now as she is dying, her...
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