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Life of the Party: The Pamela Harriman Story (1998)

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Cast list
Ann-MargretasPamela Harriman
Mitch RyanasAverell Harriman
Natalie RadfordasPamela Harriman at 20
John DeMitaasPeter Duchin
Susan RuttanasJanet
Cynthia HarrisasKathleen
Gail StricklandasBetsey Cushing Roosevelt Whitney
Sydney WalshasMinnie Churchill
Joan SeveranceasPaley
Scott Thompson BakerasYoung Averell Harriman
Diane AgostiniasHayward Housekeeper
Dennis BassoasDinner Guest
Harry DannerasDr. Atchley
Mary Donnelly-Haskellas (as Mary Haskell)
David DukesasLeland Hayward
Eric FriedbergasJudge
Bruce GrayasFielding
Adam JamesasWinston Spencer
Carolyn KimballasHarriman Housekeeper
Hal Landon Jr.asEpiscopal Bishop
Janice LyndeasWashington Woman #1
Elaine PrinciasLady Cunard
James WarwickasBritish Officer
Crew list:
Waris Hussein (Director)
Christopher Ogden (Writer)
Lisa Friedman Bloch (Writer)
Review
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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