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  1. The Grenville family will back Ann’s story and protect her as long as she, herself, never divulges what really happened. Dunne, a contributing editor of VANITY FAIR magazine, gives a vivid and ...

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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 back story, as they say in the movies, is that as a very young man, Dominick Dunne saw an unforgettably beautiful woman dancing at the Stork Club. Everyone knew who she was: Ann Woodward, who ...

  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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  5. Aug 9, 2021 · In the four-hour mini-series she portrays Ann Arden, a beautiful, ambitious showgirl who marries into New York`s Grenville family. Colbert plays her disapproving mother-in-law, Alice, the ”other ...

  6. 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 ...

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  8. 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.