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

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 ...

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

HBO Max's historical drama series The Gilded Age Season 3 premiered on June 22, 2025. This season dosen't waste time dressing ...

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.

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 ...

In interviews with Deadline, 'The Gilded Age' creator Julian Fellowes and star Morgan Spector weighed in on arranged marriage for Season 3's plot.

The final moments of The Gilded Age Season 3 Episode 1 “Who Is in Charge Here?” follow Gladys as she successfully sneaks out of the Russell’s 61st street mansion and dashes into the night.

Even though Gladys claims she loves Billy Carlton, a suitor she covertly met up with at the opera thanks to the secrecy of Mrs. Fish and Gladys’ brother Larry Russell (Harry Richardson), Bertha firmly ...

[Warning: The following contains MAJOR spoilers for The Gilded Age Season 3 Episode 2, “What the Papers Say.”] Love is costing Gladys Russell everything in The Gilded Age Season 3.

Consuelo Vanderbilt and Gladys Russell from 'The Gilded Age' (Image: Hulton Archive, HBO) The Gilded Age was an era of social climbing, flaming fortunes, and grounded revolutions that changed America ...