Countess Elizabeth Caroline Maria Agatha Felicitas Therese von
Fürstenberg-Herdringen (August , â€" April , ), known professionally
as Betsy von Furstenberg, was a German-born American actress who
starred in several Broadway plays, films, and TV series in the mid-th
century.In , she published Mirror, Mirror, a novel centered on an
heiress pursuing love among Europe's elite social circles.Elizabeth
Caroline Maria Agatha Felicitas Therese, Gräfin von
Fürstenberg-Herdringen was born in Arnsberg, Germany. Her parents
were Franz-Egon, Graf (Count) von Fürstenberg-Herdringen (â€") and
his first wife, Elizabeth Foster Johnson (â€"), a native of Memphis,
Tennessee. Her stepmothers were Gloria Rubio, Clara Ghyczy and Joan
Siegel (not be confused with Joanne Siegel). She had two half-siblings
from her father's marriage to Gloria Rubio: Franz-Egon, Freiherr von
Fürstenberg-Herdringen (b. ), and Dolores Maria Agatha Wilhelmine
Luise Freiin von Fürstenberg-Herdringen (â€"), who married Patrick
Guinness.Born in Westphalia, von Furstenberg left Germany with her
parents for New York. She was tutored in dance starting from when she
was four years old, and by age seven she was already performing with
the American Ballet Theatre. When she was , she began working as a
fashion model. Von Furstenberg received her early formal education at
private schools in New York City, attending the Gardner School there
and later graduating from the Hewitt School.
Fürstenberg-Herdringen (August , â€" April , ), known professionally
as Betsy von Furstenberg, was a German-born American actress who
starred in several Broadway plays, films, and TV series in the mid-th
century.In , she published Mirror, Mirror, a novel centered on an
heiress pursuing love among Europe's elite social circles.Elizabeth
Caroline Maria Agatha Felicitas Therese, Gräfin von
Fürstenberg-Herdringen was born in Arnsberg, Germany. Her parents
were Franz-Egon, Graf (Count) von Fürstenberg-Herdringen (â€") and
his first wife, Elizabeth Foster Johnson (â€"), a native of Memphis,
Tennessee. Her stepmothers were Gloria Rubio, Clara Ghyczy and Joan
Siegel (not be confused with Joanne Siegel). She had two half-siblings
from her father's marriage to Gloria Rubio: Franz-Egon, Freiherr von
Fürstenberg-Herdringen (b. ), and Dolores Maria Agatha Wilhelmine
Luise Freiin von Fürstenberg-Herdringen (â€"), who married Patrick
Guinness.Born in Westphalia, von Furstenberg left Germany with her
parents for New York. She was tutored in dance starting from when she
was four years old, and by age seven she was already performing with
the American Ballet Theatre. When she was , she began working as a
fashion model. Von Furstenberg received her early formal education at
private schools in New York City, attending the Gardner School there
and later graduating from the Hewitt School.
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