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Life of the Party: The Pamela Harriman Story

Oct 12, 1998 · 1h 36m
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Drama
TV Movie

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Told mostly in flashbacks, the film tells the story of Pamela Digby Churchill Hayward Harriman, one of the greatest and probably most famous courtesans of the twentieth century. While not showing her childhood, first marriage to Winston Churchill's son, or most of her affairs, we do get to see her affair and eventual marriage to Broadway producer Leland Hayward, and then her marriage to politician Averell Harriman, with whom she had an affair while both were married to others in World War II. We also see her as ambassador to France during her last years, and her death in 1997. While some (mostly her lovers) adored her, others (mostly her son and her husbands' children) hated her.

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CAST

Ann-Margret
Pamela Harriman
Mitchell Ryan
Averell Harriman
Gail Strickland
Betsey Cushing Roosevelt Whitney
Natalie Radford
Pamela Harriman at 20
John DeMita
Peter Duchin
Susan Ruttan
Janet
Sydney Walsh
Minnie Churchill
Joan Severance
Paley
Directed by Waris Hussein

DETAILS

Status
Released
Original language
EN
Budget
—
Revenue
—
Production
ABC, Lifetime
Country
US

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