Too Rich: The Secret Life of Doris Duke

Synopsis

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.

Main Cast

Lauren Bacall

Doris Duke (elderly)

Age : N/A | Popularity : 59%

Richard Chamberlain

Bernard Lafferty

Age : 90 | Popularity : 14%

Lindsay Frost

Doris Duke

Age : 62 | Popularity : 9%

Kathleen Quinlan

Nanaline Duke

Age : N/A | Popularity : 100%

Joe Don Baker

Buck Duke

Age : 88 | Popularity : 21%

Roberta Maxwell

Myra

Age : 83 | Popularity : 14%

Sheila McCarthy

Tammy

Age : 68 | Popularity : 13%

Howard McGillin

James Cromwell

Age : 70 | Popularity : 7%

Seasons

Season 1

1999 | 4 episodes

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Season details

Crew

Department	Role	Name
Art	Set Decoration	William F. Reinert Diane Gauthier Rick Romer Suzanne Cloutier
	Production Design	James Hulsey Jean-Baptiste Tard
Production	Executive Producer	Frank von Zerneck Robert M. Sertner Bernard Sofronski Martin Rabbett
	Producer	Richard D. Arredondo John Erman Randy Sutter Stephanie Germain
	Co-Producer	Ted Babcock
	Associate Producer	Peter Sadowski
Costume & Make-Up	Costume Design	Barcie Waite
Sound	Original Music Composer	Patrick Williams
Camera	Director of Photography	Victor J. Kemper
Directing	Director	John Erman
Writing	Writer	Dennis Turner
Editing	Editor	Mark Conte
Department	Role	Name

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