June Carter Cash
Musical Monikers
Madonna
Justin Bieber
My Ghost Story
I Survived
Babe Ruth
Johnny Cash
Georgia O'Keefe
I Survived
2 photos
Quick Facts
- NAME: Gloria Vanderbilt
- OCCUPATION: Artist, Fashion Designer, Writer
- BIRTH DATE: February 20, 1924 (Age: 89)
- PLACE OF BIRTH: New York, New York
- Full Name: Gloria Morgan Vanderbilt-Cooper
- AKA: Gloria Vanderbilt-Cooper
- AKA: Gloria Vanderbilt
- ZODIAC SIGN: Pisces
Best Known For
Known for her fashion design and tumultuous personal life, actress, writer and artist Gloria Vanderbilt became an iconic figure in American popular culture during the 20th century.
Videos see all videos
Gloria Vanderbilt - Full Biography
Gloria Vanderbilt, the "Jeans Queen," has endured seven decades of fame, starting when she was at the center of an ugly custody battle and dubbed America's "poor little rich girl."
Gloria Vanderbilt - Mini Biography
A short biography of Gloria Vanderbilt, the American heiress whose illustrious family pedigree helped her become a branded icon when she launched her line of designer jeans.
Quiz
Think you know about Biography?
Answer questions and see how you rank against other players.
Play NowGloria Vanderbilt. (2013). The Biography Channel website. Retrieved 05:39, May 21, 2013, from http://www.biography.com/people/gloria-vanderbilt-9515220.
Gloria Vanderbilt. [Internet]. 2013. The Biography Channel website. Available from: http://www.biography.com/people/gloria-vanderbilt-9515220 [Accessed 21 May 2013].
"Gloria Vanderbilt." 2013. The Biography Channel website. May 21 2013, 05:39 http://www.biography.com/people/gloria-vanderbilt-9515220.
"Gloria Vanderbilt," The Biography Channel website, 2013, http://www.biography.com/people/gloria-vanderbilt-9515220 [accessed May 21, 2013].
"Gloria Vanderbilt," The Biography Channel website, http://www.biography.com/people/gloria-vanderbilt-9515220 (accessed May 21, 2013).
Gloria Vanderbilt [Internet]. The Biography Channel website; 2013 [cited 2013 May 21] Available from: http://www.biography.com/people/gloria-vanderbilt-9515220.
Gloria Vanderbilt, http://www.biography.com/people/gloria-vanderbilt-9515220 (last visited May 21, 2013).
Gloria Vanderbilt. The Biography Channel website. 2013. Available at: http://www.biography.com/people/gloria-vanderbilt-9515220. Accessed May 21, 2013.
She designed a line of jeans that proved to be hugely popular. Each pair featured her signature and swan logo. Before long, Vanderbilt branched out into other types of clothes and perfumes. She suffered a great loss during this time of commercial success—her husband Wyatt Cooper died in 1978.
Turning to her own life as a source of inspiration, Vanderbilt penned the first of her memoirs, Once Upon a Time: A True Story, in the mid-1980s. Tackling fiction, Vanderbilt also wrote several novels,
Contents
including The Memory Book of Starr Faithfull (1994). In 1997, Vanderbilt wrote about one of the most difficult experiences of her life. A Mother's Story explores the suicide of her son Carter Cooper in 1988.
Vanderbilt returned to fiction with the erotic novella Obession released in 2009. That same year, she dished about her real-life loves in It Seemed Important at the Time: A Romance Memoir. One of her most recent works is a collection of short stories entitled The Things We Fear Most (2011). In addition to writing, Vanderbilt has enjoyed some success as an artist.
These days Vanderbilt is also known as the mother of television personality Anderson Cooper. She has made some appearances on his talk show, Anderson (now Anderson Live), in recent years. (Cooper is also the primary anchor of Anderson Cooper 360, a news program on CNN.)
© 2013 A+E Networks. All rights reserved.
profile name: Gloria Vanderbilt profile occupation:
Your Connections
Sign in with Facebook to see how you and your friends are connected to famous icons.
Profile Connections
Included In These Groups
-
Famous Pisceans 522 people in this group
-
Famous Fashion Designers
View groupEach day, we put on clothes that do more than just cover up bodies. We choose clothes that represent our personalities, our moods, the times we live in, our ambitions and our desires. Who are the people behind the designs we wear every day? These fashion designers who have made fashion a huge industry, and whose work is as controversial, and as influential, as traditional art. These are some of the designers who have dressed the world's most famous people—and are hugely famous in their own right.
Famous Fashion Designers 58 people in this group
-
Famous People Named Gloria
View groupTake a look at famous people named Gloria, such as Gloria Vanderbilt, Gloria Naylor, and Gloria Macapagal Arroyo.
Famous People Named Gloria 6 people in this group
