Lee Bouvier Radziwill
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Caroline Lee Bouvier was born on March 3, 1933, in Manhattan, New York County, New York. She was the younger daughter of John Vernou Bouvier III, a Wall Street stockbroker, and Janet Norton Lee. She was born into a socially prominent New York family and spent her early childhood in Manhattan and East Hampton, New York. Following her parents' separation and divorce during her childhood, she was raised primarily by her mother.
She was educated in New York City and later attended Sarah Lawrence College, where she studied literature and drama. She did not complete a degree.
In the early 1950s she relocated to Paris, where she lived for extended periods and worked briefly in publishing and fashion-related environments. During this period she moved within expatriate cultural circles in Europe and the United States.
On April 23, 1953, she married publishing executive Michael Temple Canfield. The marriage was later annulled. She continued to live between Paris, London, and New York throughout the 1950s.
On March 19, 1959, she married Prince Stanisław Albrecht Radziwiłł. The marriage brought her sustained public visibility and residence in Europe.
During this marriage she lived primarily in London and Paris. Two children were born of the marriage.
The marriage ended in divorce in 1974. She continued to use the Radziwiłł surname thereafter.
During the 1960s she pursued acting, appearing in stage and television productions in both the United States and the United Kingdom. Her acting career was limited in duration.
By the early 1970s she redirected her professional activities toward interior design and later fashion-related public relations work.
In later years she worked in public relations for Giorgio Armani.
In 1988 she married film director Herbert Ross. The marriage ended in divorce in 2001. She resided primarily in Manhattan during her later years.
Caroline Lee Bouvier Radziwill died in Manhattan, New York County, New York, on February 15, 2019, at the age of eighty-five.
She was cremated. In accordance with her wishes, half of her ashes were buried at Most Holy Trinity Catholic Cemetery in East Hampton, Suffolk County, New York, and half were scattered in the Mediterranean Sea off the Amalfi Coast.
