Consuelo Vanderbilt Balsan, once a society fixture, is the real life inspiration behind one of the central characters in ...

Only time will tell if the life of Consuelo, Duchess of Marlborough hints at what's to come for Gladys on the HBO period ...

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

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

The character's plot line closely mirrors that of Consuelo Vanderbilt, who tied the knot with the Duke of Marlborough in 1895.

While Gladys' season 3 storyline may seem a bit too extreme to be made up, even it was based on the experiences of the real ...

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 final moments of The Gilded Age Season 3 Episode 1 “Who Is in Charge Here?” follow Gladys as she successfully sneaks out of the Russell’s 61st street mansion and dashes into the night.

Even though Gladys claims she loves Billy Carlton, a suitor she covertly met up with at the opera thanks to the secrecy of Mrs. Fish and Gladys’ brother Larry Russell (Harry Richardson), Bertha firmly ...

George and Bertha Russell's marriage is teetering on the brink in the third season of The Gilded Age, but one of the stars in the show first found fame in American Horror Story. Taissa Farmiga, who ...

The episode picked up in the panicked aftermath of Gladys’ late-night escape from the Russell house in The Gilded Age Season 3 premiere.