16 Facts About Babe Paley

Barbara Cushing Mortimer Paley was an American magazine editor and socialite.

Babe Paley was married twice; first, to the sportsman Stanley G Mortimer Jr.

Barbara Cushing Mortimer Babe Paley, born Barbara Cushing in Boston, Massachusetts, was the daughter of renowned brain surgeon Harvey Cushing, who belonged to a prominent Cleveland medical family and held professorships at Johns Hopkins, Harvard, and Yale, and Katharine Stone, a granddaughter of Ohio congressman John Crowell.

Babe Paley completed her high school education at Winsor School in Boston in 1934.

In 1937, Babe Paley was involved in a car accident while returning from a party in Long island when the drunk male driver crashed into a tree.

In 1938, Babe Paley decided to move to Manhattan to live with her sister Betsey and then shared an apartment with her friend Priscilla Weld.

Babe Paley was named on the best-dressed lists of 1945 and 1946.

Babe and William Paley maintained an apartment at the St Regis, which was adorned by the interior design expertise of Billy Baldwin.

Guest Babe Paley severed her friendship with Capote when he published excerpts from Answered Prayers, his tell-all about New York's elite.

In 1946, she met William "Pasha" Babe Paley, who was estranged from his wife Dorothy Hart Hearst, the former wife of John Randolph Hearst.

William Babe Paley was wealthy and interested in the arts, and sought acceptance in New York's cafe society.

For Barbara, William Babe Paley offered wealth, security, and worldly experiences.

Babe Paley allocated her jewelry collection and personal belongings to friends and family, wrapping them in colorful paper and creating a comprehensive file system with instructions for their distribution after her death.

Babe Paley died from lung cancer on July 6,1978, a day after her 63rd birthday.

Barbara Babe Paley remains an icon in the realms of fashion and style.

Babe Paley has been portrayed in various films and series, including:.