A new biography reveals shocking details about the life of the late socialite. — -- Before Meghan Markle, Wallis Simpson was the first American divorcee to marry into the British royal family.

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The girl born Bessie Wallis Warfield in Baltimore in 1896 lost her father by the time she was five months old, and grew up dependent on the largesse of her capricious uncle. No wonder, then, that she ...

The youngest-ever Best Actress nominee at age 9 for ‘Beasts of the Southern Wild,’ Quvenzhané Wallis says fans tell her, “You look so different now!” Jess Pinkham/TM/Fox Searchlight/Courtesy of ...

Wallis Annenberg, the billionaire philanthropist who supported the arts, science, education and animal welfare causes over decades in Los Angeles, died Monday, her family said. She was 86. Annenberg ...

Wallis Annenberg, the billionaire philanthropist who supported the arts, science, education and animal welfare causes over decades in Los Angeles, died Monday, her family said. She was 86. Annenberg ...

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Three of Wallis Annenberg’s children accuse Vikki Levine, the sister of their mother’s longtime partner, of exerting control over Annenberg in “likely fatal” ways, isolating her and hastening her ...

Wallis and Futuna is a group of islands in the South Pacific Ocean, between Samoa and Fiji Dozens of people are occupying the royal palace building on the French Pacific territory of Wallis and Futuna ...

Wallis Annenberg is survived by her four children and five grandchildren. Her children, Lauren Bon, Gregory Weingarten and Charles Weingarten, co-directors of the Annenberg Foundation and Trustees at ...

LOS ANGELES (KABC) -- Wallis Annenberg, the visionary Los Angeles philanthropist whose family name graces everything from a performing arts center in Beverly Hills to a wildlife crossing in Agoura ...