Oscar Wilde, J.P. Morgan and Mamie Fish are a few of the real people who have appeared on the HBO historical series ...

The Gilded Age was a period in the late nineteenth century and early twentieth century during whereby several extremely wealthy families managed to construct behemoth houses based on European palaces.

Gladys Russell’s wedding gown in “The Gilded Age” was a couture creation inspired by real-life heiress Consuelo Vanderbilt.

Palm Beach,” on Netflix, coming in December, promises to reveal “the Southern socialites at the center of all the opulence.” ...

While Gladys' season 3 storyline may seem a bit too extreme to be made up, even it was based on the experiences of the real ...

Consuelo Vanderbilt Balsan, once a society fixture, is the real life inspiration behind one of the central characters in ...

The character's plot line closely mirrors that of Consuelo Vanderbilt, who tied the knot with the Duke of Marlborough in 1895 ...

Only time will tell if the life of Consuelo, Duchess of Marlborough hints at what's to come for Gladys on the HBO period ...

Consuelo Vanderbilt Balsan was a Palm Beach society fixture from the time she settled in Manalapan with her second husband ...

Harper (The It Girls) entices readers with this lively novel about wealthy American heiress Consuelo Vanderbilt. Forced into marriage by her mother, 18-year-old Consuelo marries Sunny, Charles ...

Taissa Farmiga as Gladys Russell posing for her John Singer Sargent portrait in HBO's The Gilded Age. Photo: by Karolina Wojtasik/HBO.

On the other hand, we have the story of Consuelo Vanderbilt, the Duchess of Marlborough. But more on her later. Did Dollar Princesses always get a happily ever after?