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Amy Osborne Vanderbilt (1908 - 1974)

Birthdate:
Birthplace: Staten Island, Richmond, NY, United States
Death: December 27, 1974 (66)
Manhattan, New York City, New York, NY, United States
Place of Burial: Brooklyn, Kings, NY, United States
Immediate Family:

Daughter of Joseph Mortimer Vanderbilt and Mary Estelle Brooks
Wife of Atty. Curtis Bradbury Kellar; Robert B. Brinkerhoff; Morton Gill Clark and Hans Georg Friedrich Knopf
Mother of Private; Stephen John Knopf and Private
Sister of Ruth Vanderbilt

Occupation: Writer
Managed by: Private User
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About Amy Osborne Vanderbilt

  • Amy's birth and death information are available at https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/6638824/amy-vanderbilt
  • The following write-up is available at the above-mentioned URL:
    • "Journalist, Etiquette maven. Born in New York City, she became a part-time reporter for the Staten Island Advance when she was 16. She attended school in Switzerland, the Packer Collegiate Institute in Brooklyn, and New York University.
    • "In the 1930s and 1940s she held several jobs, including one with an advertising agency and another with a public relations firm while she researched her book. In 1952 she published ‘Amy Vanderbilt's Complete Book of Etiquette.’ A huge best seller, it was later retitled ‘Amy Vanderbilt's Etiquette.’ Vanderbilt was hailed as the successor to Emily Post.
    • "With her success, Vanderbilt became the hostess of a television etiquette program, ‘It's in Good Taste’ from 1954 to 1960. She also hosted a radio show, ‘The Right Thing To Do,’ from 1960 to 1962. She also served as official etiquette consultant for many agencies and organizations, including the State Department.
    • "Vanderbilt continued to write, publishing books on everyday etiquette and cooking. She jumped to her death from the window of her New York City apartment in 1974.
    • "Bio by: Iola"
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Amy Osborne Vanderbilt's Timeline

1908
July 22, 1908
Staten Island, Richmond, NY, United States
1950
September 15, 1950
Westport, CT, United States
1974
December 27, 1974
Age 66
Manhattan, New York City, New York, NY, United States
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The Evergreens Cemetery, Brooklyn, Kings, NY, United States