Jeanne Campbell

Lady Jeanne Louise Campbell (December 10, 1928 - June 9, 2007) was a British socialite and foreign correspondent who wrote for the "Evening Standard" in the 1950s and 1960s.

Background

Lady Jeanne was the daughter of Ian Douglas Campbell, 11th Duke of Argyll and his first wife, the Hon. Janet Gladys Aitken. She was a granddaughter of the press baron Lord Beaverbrook, who was the owner of the "Evening Standard", and a stepdaughter of Margaret, Duchess of Argyll.

Private life

Lady Jeanne married in 1962, as her first husband, the American writer Norman Mailer (he described her as "interesting, complex, and Machiavellian"). They divorced in Mexico a year later.

She married, in 1967, as her second husband, John Sergeant Cram III, a descendant of the railroad tycoon Jay Gould. They divorced in 1968.

She had two children. Her elder daughter, Kate Mailer (born 1962), is an actress. Her younger daughter, Cusi Cram (born 1967), is also an actress (she portrayed Cassie Callison on the soap opera "One Life to Live" from 1981 until 1983), a Herrick-prize-winning playwright, and an Emmy-nominated writer for the children's animated television program "Arthur".

References

* [http://www.slate.com/id/2175677/nav/tap3/ Slate - Lady Jeanne Campbell (1928-2007)]
* [http://www.nysocialdiary.com/node/2762 New York Social Diary]
* [http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9804E2DC143AF934A35755C0A9619C8B63 Paid Obituary, The New York Times]