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Marina Torlonia | |
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Other names | Donna Torlonia, Marina Torlonia Shields, Marina Torlonia Slater |
Born | Palazzo Núñez-Torlonia, Rome, Italy | 22 October 1916
Died | 15 September 1960 Piacenza, Italy | (aged 43)
Noble family | House of Torlonia |
Spouse(s) | |
Issue | 3, including Francis Alexander Shields |
Father | Marino Torlonia, 4th Prince of Civitella-Cesi |
Mother | Mary Elsie Moore |
Donna Marina Torlonia dei Principi di Civitella-Cesi (22 October 1916 – 15 September 1960) was an Italian-American aristocrat, best known as the paternal grandmother of the actress and model Brooke Shields.
Torlonia was born in Rome, at Palazzo Núñez-Torlonia, the youngest daughter of Marino Torlonia, 4th Prince of Civitella-Cesi [1] and his American wife, Mary Elsie Moore, a daughter of Charles Arthur Moore, a shipping broker and car mechanic from Connecticut. [2] [3] The Torlonia family gained its fortune in the administration of Vatican finances.
She had three siblings:
In February 1934, Torlonia had made her New York City debut. [5] Torlonia enjoyed going to nightclubs and charity work, and in 1934 she led many charity fundraising efforts. [6] Some of the charity fundraisers she was involved with include the American Auxiliary Hospital in Mougins, France, [7] [8] the Italian Welfare League, [9] New York City Cancer Institute, [10] [11] the New York Diet Kitchen Association, [12] [13] the Babies Hospital of the City of New York, [14] Soldiers and Sailors Club of New York, [15] New York Exchange for Woman's Work, [16] Woman's Auxiliary of the Osteopathic Clinic of New York, [17] Goddard Neighborhood Centre, [18] Children's Village at Dobbs Ferry, New York, [19] among others.
In 1936, Torlonia was dressed as "wealth" with a tall headdress and two hand maids at one of a nationwide set of birthday celebrations for President Roosevelt. [20] The following year in 1937 at the Roosevelt Birthday Ball Torlonia was one of a hundred women specially dressed to celebrate the event, she was dressed as "The East", representing the Eastern United States fashion, and in attendance was the President's mother Sara Roosevelt. [21] [22]
Sculptor Marino Marini created a wax portrait of Marina Torlonia in 1935. [23]
Donna Marina Torlonia dei Principi di Civitella-Cesi was married twice, her husbands being:
Torlonia was the paternal grandmother of American actress Brooke Shields, the daughter of her son Francis Alexander Shields. [28] [29]
Torlonia died on 15 September 1960, in an automobile accident in Piacenza, Italy, shortly after leaving the wedding of her nephew Marco Torlonia, 6th Prince of Civitella-Cesi, to princess Orsetta Caracciolo, niece of film director Luchino Visconti. [30] Duke Raffaele Canevaro di Zoagli and his mother-in-law, Eleanor Terry, were also killed in the accident. [31] [32] [33]
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![]() | The topic of this article may not meet Wikipedia's
notability guideline for biographies. (January 2023) |
Marina Torlonia | |
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Other names | Donna Torlonia, Marina Torlonia Shields, Marina Torlonia Slater |
Born | Palazzo Núñez-Torlonia, Rome, Italy | 22 October 1916
Died | 15 September 1960 Piacenza, Italy | (aged 43)
Noble family | House of Torlonia |
Spouse(s) | |
Issue | 3, including Francis Alexander Shields |
Father | Marino Torlonia, 4th Prince of Civitella-Cesi |
Mother | Mary Elsie Moore |
Donna Marina Torlonia dei Principi di Civitella-Cesi (22 October 1916 – 15 September 1960) was an Italian-American aristocrat, best known as the paternal grandmother of the actress and model Brooke Shields.
Torlonia was born in Rome, at Palazzo Núñez-Torlonia, the youngest daughter of Marino Torlonia, 4th Prince of Civitella-Cesi [1] and his American wife, Mary Elsie Moore, a daughter of Charles Arthur Moore, a shipping broker and car mechanic from Connecticut. [2] [3] The Torlonia family gained its fortune in the administration of Vatican finances.
She had three siblings:
In February 1934, Torlonia had made her New York City debut. [5] Torlonia enjoyed going to nightclubs and charity work, and in 1934 she led many charity fundraising efforts. [6] Some of the charity fundraisers she was involved with include the American Auxiliary Hospital in Mougins, France, [7] [8] the Italian Welfare League, [9] New York City Cancer Institute, [10] [11] the New York Diet Kitchen Association, [12] [13] the Babies Hospital of the City of New York, [14] Soldiers and Sailors Club of New York, [15] New York Exchange for Woman's Work, [16] Woman's Auxiliary of the Osteopathic Clinic of New York, [17] Goddard Neighborhood Centre, [18] Children's Village at Dobbs Ferry, New York, [19] among others.
In 1936, Torlonia was dressed as "wealth" with a tall headdress and two hand maids at one of a nationwide set of birthday celebrations for President Roosevelt. [20] The following year in 1937 at the Roosevelt Birthday Ball Torlonia was one of a hundred women specially dressed to celebrate the event, she was dressed as "The East", representing the Eastern United States fashion, and in attendance was the President's mother Sara Roosevelt. [21] [22]
Sculptor Marino Marini created a wax portrait of Marina Torlonia in 1935. [23]
Donna Marina Torlonia dei Principi di Civitella-Cesi was married twice, her husbands being:
Torlonia was the paternal grandmother of American actress Brooke Shields, the daughter of her son Francis Alexander Shields. [28] [29]
Torlonia died on 15 September 1960, in an automobile accident in Piacenza, Italy, shortly after leaving the wedding of her nephew Marco Torlonia, 6th Prince of Civitella-Cesi, to princess Orsetta Caracciolo, niece of film director Luchino Visconti. [30] Duke Raffaele Canevaro di Zoagli and his mother-in-law, Eleanor Terry, were also killed in the accident. [31] [32] [33]
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