Lee Radziwill

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Lee Radziwill (born Caroline Lee Bouvier; March 3, 1933 – February 15, 2019) was an American socialite, public relations executive, and interior designer. She was the younger sister of Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis and the sister-in-law of President John F. Kennedy. Born in New York City, she grew up in high society and had her debut in 1950.

She studied at several elite schools and attended Sarah Lawrence College. In the 1960s she tried acting but did not find lasting success. She later became a respected interior decorator, known for stylish rooms and famous clients. She lived in Paris and New York and was friends with celebrities like the Rolling Stones and Truman Capote. In 1996 she was named to Vanity Fair's International Best Dressed Hall of Fame.

Radziwill helped start the famous Grey Gardens documentary by filming earlier family footage with the Maysles brothers, which eventually became a celebrated film and inspired later works.

She married three times. First to Michael Canfield (1953–1958, annulled), then to Prince Stanisław Albrecht Radziwiłł (1959–1974), with whom she had two children, Anthony and Anna Christina. Her third marriage was to film director Herbert Ross (1988–2001). Lee Radziwill died on February 15, 2019, at age 85 in Manhattan, New York.