Marjorie Oelrichs
Socialite, Deceased Person
1908 – 1937
Who was Marjorie Oelrichs?
Marjorie Oelrichs Duchin, nicknamed "Bubbles", was an American socialite. The daughter of Charles and Marjorie Oelrichs, she became the wife of dance bandleader Eddy Duchin after the two met at the Waldorf, and wed on June 5, 1935. A well-known New York and Newport beauty, she was described by Vogue as having "waxen skin and eyebrows like butterflies." An Edward Steichen photograph of Oelrichs was included in an advertisement for Pond's cold cream in a 1926 copy of Ladies' Home Journal. Oelrichs died six days after the 1937 birth of the couple's son, Peter Duchin.
Kim Novak portrayed Oelrichs in the 1956 Hollywood biopic The Eddy Duchin Story opposite Tyrone Power as Duchin.
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- Born
- Jun 23, 1908
United States of America - Also known as
- Bubbles
- Marjorie Oelrichs Duchin
- Parents
- Spouses
- Eddy Duchin
(1935/06/05 - 1937/07/30)
- Eddy Duchin
- Children
- Nationality
- United States of America
- Profession
- Died
- Aug 3, 1937
Submitted
on July 23, 2013
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