Poor Little Rich Girl: The Barbara Hutton Story (1987)
Movie Info
Originally shown in two parts, this massive TV movie adaptation of C. David Heymann's biography stars Farrah Fawcett as Woolworth heiress Barbara Hutton. With two failed marriages to her credit, 29-year-old Barbara marries film idol Cary Grant (James Read), the first man who loves her for herself and not her millions. This alliance goes the way of all of Barbara's romances; there will be four more marriages, the last when Ms. Hutton is 50-years-old. Shutting herself away in her Tangiers mansion, Barbara begins her long descent into the world of booze and drugs. Poor Little Rich Girl: The Barbara Hutton Story merely skims the surface of its subject's stormy life, but Farrah Fawcett's performance commands the audience's attention throughout the film's daunting 240 minutes.
Cast
Farrah Fawcett
as Barbara Hutton
as Barbara Hutton
Kevin McCarthy
as Franklin Hutton
as Franklin Hutton
Bruce Davison
as Jimmy Donahue
as Jimmy Donahue
Burl Ives
as F.W. Woolworth
as F.W. Woolworth
Anne Francis
as Marjorie Post
as Marjorie Post
James Read
as Cary Grant
as Cary Grant
David Ackroyd
as Graham Mattison
as Graham Mattison
Fairuza Balk
as Barbara (age 12)
as Barbara (age 12)
Linden Ashby
as Lance (as an adult)
as Lance (as an adult)
Stéphane Audran
as Pauline
as Pauline
Amadeus August
as Haugwitz-Reventlow
as Haugwitz-Reventlow
Nicholas Clay
as Prince Alexis Mdivani
as Prince Alexis Mdivani
Miriam Margolyes
as Elsa Maxwell
as Elsa Maxwell
Anthony Peck
as James Douglas III
as James Douglas III
Zoë Wanamaker
as Jean
as Jean
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Pretty sure this won't be everyone's cup of tea, but I for one loved it and watched for six hours straight. Yes, really! Here, Fawcett plays Barbara Hutton, the seven-times married heiress to the Woolworth fortune, and one of the richest women in America. Believe me, it's a wild ride. The acting is pretty darn hammy in places, but life stories like this fascinate me, and so I recommend! (strange that there are no other reviews on Flixster for this).
Leanna Elle
Super Reviewer
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