Bobo Rockefeller | |
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Born | Jievutė Paulekiūtė September 16, 1916
Noblestown, Pennsylvania, U.S. |
Died | May 19, 2008
Little Rock, Arkansas, U.S. | (aged 91)
Alma mater | Northwestern University |
Spouses | |
Partner | Charles W. Mapes (1962) |
Children | Winthrop Paul Rockefeller |
Family | Rockefeller family (by marriage) |
Barbara "Bobo" Sears Rockefeller ( née Jievutė Paulekiūtė; September 6, 1916 – May 19, 2008), also known professionally as Eva Paul, was an American actress and former member of the Rockefeller family by marriage to Winthrop Rockefeller from 1948 to 1954. [1] [2]
Bobo was born on 6 September 1916 as Jievute Paulekiute ( Lithuanian: Jievutė Paulekiūtė) in Noblestown, Pennsylvania to Julius Paulekas, a coal miner, and Jieva ( née Ivanavicius), both destitute Lithuanian immigrants. [1] [3] Her parents divorced shortly after her birth. [4]
She spent her childhood in Chicago. [1] Later, her family moved to Indiana. [1] At the age of 17, she became Miss Lithuania. [1] For her education, she attended Northwestern University. [1]
She also held the position of third secretary at the U.S. embassy in Paris. [1] She was also featured on Time's cover. [5]
She married Winthrop Rockefeller on February 14, 1948 [6] in a small, private ceremony attended by fewer than 10 people, including best man Laurence Rockefeller and maid of honor Isabel Paul. [7] She divorced Rockefeller in 1954, reporting they had already been separated for four years and following what newspapers described as a "fierce legal battle", she won custody of her son and a $5.5 million settlement. She later had a brief engagement to hotelier Charles W. Mapes in 1962. [8] Her son, Winthrop Paul Rockefeller, a former lieutenant governor of Arkansas, died in 2006. [1]
She died on May 19, 2008, in Little Rock, Arkansas. [9]
Bobo Rockefeller | |
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Born | Jievutė Paulekiūtė September 16, 1916
Noblestown, Pennsylvania, U.S. |
Died | May 19, 2008
Little Rock, Arkansas, U.S. | (aged 91)
Alma mater | Northwestern University |
Spouses | |
Partner | Charles W. Mapes (1962) |
Children | Winthrop Paul Rockefeller |
Family | Rockefeller family (by marriage) |
Barbara "Bobo" Sears Rockefeller ( née Jievutė Paulekiūtė; September 6, 1916 – May 19, 2008), also known professionally as Eva Paul, was an American actress and former member of the Rockefeller family by marriage to Winthrop Rockefeller from 1948 to 1954. [1] [2]
Bobo was born on 6 September 1916 as Jievute Paulekiute ( Lithuanian: Jievutė Paulekiūtė) in Noblestown, Pennsylvania to Julius Paulekas, a coal miner, and Jieva ( née Ivanavicius), both destitute Lithuanian immigrants. [1] [3] Her parents divorced shortly after her birth. [4]
She spent her childhood in Chicago. [1] Later, her family moved to Indiana. [1] At the age of 17, she became Miss Lithuania. [1] For her education, she attended Northwestern University. [1]
She also held the position of third secretary at the U.S. embassy in Paris. [1] She was also featured on Time's cover. [5]
She married Winthrop Rockefeller on February 14, 1948 [6] in a small, private ceremony attended by fewer than 10 people, including best man Laurence Rockefeller and maid of honor Isabel Paul. [7] She divorced Rockefeller in 1954, reporting they had already been separated for four years and following what newspapers described as a "fierce legal battle", she won custody of her son and a $5.5 million settlement. She later had a brief engagement to hotelier Charles W. Mapes in 1962. [8] Her son, Winthrop Paul Rockefeller, a former lieutenant governor of Arkansas, died in 2006. [1]
She died on May 19, 2008, in Little Rock, Arkansas. [9]