Pamela Harriman

Pamela Harriman (20 March 1920–5 February 1997) was a Washington, D.C. socialite, diplomat and celebrity.

Romantic Involvements

She led a very full love life, including three marriages and many affairs, including those with Edward Roscoe Murrow (1904-1965); John Hay "Jock" Whitney (1904-1982), philanthropist and diplomat, last owner of the New York Herald Tribune; Prince Aly Khan (1911-1960), son of Aga Khan III and Therese Magliano; Gianni Agnelli (1921-2003), son of Edoardo Agnelli and Virginia dei Marchesi Bourbon del Monte Santa Maria; and Baron Elie de Rothschild (born 1917), son of Baron Robert Philippe de Rothschild and Nelly Beer.

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Edward Roscoe Murrow - 1904 - 1965 - John Hay "Jock" Whitney - 1982 - New York Herald Tribune - Aly Khan - 1911 - 1960 - Aga Khan III - Therese Magliano - Gianni Agnelli - 1921 - 2003 - Edoardo Agnelli - Virginia dei Marchesi Bourbon del Monte Santa Maria - Elie de Rothschild - 1917 - Robert Philippe de Rothschild - Nelly Beer

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After divorce from Randolph Churchill, she moved to Paris and in 1948 began her five-year-long affair with Gianni Agnelli. She described this as the happiest period of her life. Agnelli, however, was not faithful in this relationship: in 1952 Pamela discovered him in bed with a young girl and threw them out, and Agnelli sustained a severe leg injury in a car accident while bringing the girl home. Pamela nursed him through his injury, and became pregnant, having an abortion in Switzerland. When Princess Marella Caracciolo di Castagneto became pregnant by Agnelli, Pamela moved on.

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Paris - 1948 - Gianni Agnelli - 1952 - Switzerland - Marella Caracciolo di Castagneto

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Her next relationship was with Baron Elie de Rothschild, who was married. She learned about art history and wine-making during this clandestine and short relationship. Infuriated by her husband's affair with Harriman, Liliane de Rothschild reportedly drove her car into Harriman's; adding insult to injury, the aggrieved baroness reportedly was forced by her husband to pay for the repairs to his mistress's car.

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Elie de Rothschild - Liliane de Rothschild

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In 1959 she took up residence in New York, renewing her acquaintanceship with Broadway producer Leland Hayward, whom she married on 4 May 1960 in Carson City, Nevada. He died on 18 March 1971. Pamela married her former lover Averell Harriman on 27 September 1971. This marriage lasted until his death in 1986.

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1959 - New York - Broadway - Leland Hayward - 4 May - 1960 - Carson City, Nevada - 18 March - 1971 - 27 September - 1986

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