Consuelo Vanderbilt Balsan was a Palm Beach society fixture from the time she settled in Manalapan with her second husband ...

On Season 3 of HBO’s The Gilded Age, a similar saga plays out. Gladys Russell is betrothed—against her will but to her mother ...

The Gilded Age Season 3 Episode 4 finally depicted the dreaded marriage of Gladys Russell (Taissa Farmiga) to Hector, the Duke of Buckingham.

[Warning: The following contains MAJOR spoilers for The Gilded Age Season 3 Episode 4.] ...

After last week’s cliffhanger showed Gladys hiding in her bedroom and refusing to come downstairs, we finally got our answer about whether she’d go through with the arranged marriage to Hector, Duke ...

Inside Gladys Russell's real-life unhappy marriage to the Duke in The Gilded Age The Gilded Age fans have seen the Duke of Marlborough pop the question to Gladys Russell, but it's not clear if the ...

The character of Gladys Russell on HBO's "The Gilded Age" is based on the real Consuelo Vanderbilt Balsan, a Gilded Age socialite who was forced to marry the Duke of Marlborough. While its unclear ...