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Overview

Too Rich: The Secret Life of Doris Duke is a four-part miniseries that was first broadcast on CBS in 1999 starring Lauren Bacall and Richard Chamberlain. It was based primarily on the book The Richest Girl In The World: by Stephanie Mansfield as well as Bob Colacello's two in-depth articles about Ms Duke in Vanity Fair. Colacello was the magazine's authority on Doris Duke.

The title of the series was derived from the book Too Rich: The Family Secrets of Doris Duke by Pony Duke and Jason Thomas. Manfield's book was the first to be obtained by CBS, which optioned it for a planned miniseries in early 1995. The Duke-Thomas book, which was "being peddled as a miniseries" by the authors months before publication, was originally optioned earlier that year by the producer Doris Keating, who planned a miniseries of her own.

Too Rich: The Secret Life of Doris Duke presents a dramatized account of the life of the heiress, philanthropist, and once richest woman in the world, Doris Duke. It has since been re-broadcast on The Hallmark Channel, and on Lifetime combined together and presented as a 192 minute movie. The film stars Hayden Panettiere as young Doris Duke, Lindsay Frost as 20 to 50 year old Doris Duke, and Lauren Bacall as an elderly Doris Duke. Bacall, who had met Doris Duke a few times, was pleased to have been able to appear in a TV miniseries, devoting a few paragraphs to the experience in her autobiography.

Series Cast

  1. Lauren Bacall as Doris Duke (elderly)

    Lauren Bacall

    Doris Duke (elderly)

    4 Episodes

  2. Richard Chamberlain as Bernard Lafferty

    Richard Chamberlain

    Bernard Lafferty

    4 Episodes

  3. Lindsay Frost as Doris Duke

    Lindsay Frost

    Doris Duke

    4 Episodes

  4. Kathleen Quinlan as Nanaline Duke

    Kathleen Quinlan

    Nanaline Duke

    4 Episodes

  5. Joe Don Baker as Buck Duke

    Joe Don Baker

    Buck Duke

    4 Episodes

  6. Roberta Maxwell as Myra

    Roberta Maxwell

    Myra

    4 Episodes

  7. Sheila McCarthy as Tammy

    Sheila McCarthy

    Tammy

    4 Episodes

  8. Howard McGillin as James Cromwell

    Howard McGillin

    James Cromwell

    4 Episodes

  9. Brian Stokes Mitchell as Duke Kahanamoku

    Brian Stokes Mitchell

    Duke Kahanamoku

    4 Episodes

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Last Season

Season 1

1999 • 4 Episodes

Season 1 of Too Rich: The Secret Life of Doris Duke premiered on February 21, 1999.

Episode 4

(1x4, February 24, 1999) Season Finale

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Too Rich: The Secret Life of Doris Duke
Too Rich: The Secret Life of Doris Duke

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Status Ended

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Type Miniseries

Original Language English

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