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  1. The Two Mrs. Grenvilles. Ann Arden, a showgirl and would-be actress meets the young William Grenville, Jr., son of an old and monied New York family. She wins a proposal of marriage from Billy ...

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  2. The Two Mrs. Grenvilles is a 1987 television miniseries based on Dominick Dunne 's 1985 novel of the same name and dramatizing the sensational killing of William Woodward, Jr. by his wife, Ann Woodward in 1955. Directed by John Erman, the miniseries stars Ann-Margret, Elizabeth Ashley, Stephen Collins and Claudette Colbert in her final ...

  3. The Two Mrs. Grenvilles: With Ann-Margret, Claudette Colbert, Stephen Collins, John Rubinstein. Family image matters more than anything to the Grenvilles, even when the son is shot dead by his former chorus girl wife, whom his mother despises.

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    • 1987-02-08
    • Crime, Drama
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  4. Jan 1, 1985 · 4,441 ratings294 reviews. When Navy ensign Billy Grenville, heir to a vast New York fortune, sees showgirl Ann Arden on the dance floor, it is love at first sight. And much to the horror of Alice Grenville—the indomitable family matriarch—he marries her. Ann wants desperately to be accepted by high society and become the well-bred woman of ...

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    • Dominick Dunne
  5. Social. Ann, a former chorus girl marries above herself into a rich society family, but her mother-in-law regards her with great suspicion from the start. When Ann shoots her husband dead, claiming she thought he was a prowler, the older Mrs. Grenville decides to back the woman she despises, to protect the family image.

  6. Jun 29, 2020 · “The Two Mrs. Grenvilles” is, as the title suggests, interwoven stories about two very different women — the socially and sexually avaricious Ann and her straight-laced mother-in-law, Alice Grenville. You will be fascinated by Ann. You will resist the charmless Alice. And then, at the end of the novel, you’ll get to revisit your judgments.

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  8. Sep 11, 2009 · A conspiracy of silence binds the two Mrs Grenvilles together: Ann must protect herself and Alice must protect her family name. Dunne (who died on August 26) handles the story skilfully, revealing details but never sensationalizing the events so that they become overcooked and tawdry. This review originally appeared in the Times Literary ...