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 ...

[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 Gilded Age Season 3 Episode 3 “Love is Never Easy” ends in turmoil for young Gladys Russell (Taissa Farmiga). Sure, the latest episode of the HBO hit ends with the reveal of the heiress ...

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 ...