Only time will tell if the life of Consuelo, Duchess of Marlborough hints at what's to come for Gladys on the HBO period ...

The character's plot line closely mirrors that of Consuelo Vanderbilt, who tied the knot with the Duke of Marlborough in 1895 ...

Consuelo Vanderbilt Balsan, once a society fixture, is the real life inspiration behind one of the central characters in ...

Consuelo Vanderbilt Balsan was a Palm Beach society fixture from the time she settled in Manalapan with her second husband ...

The Gilded Age was a period in the late nineteenth century and early twentieth century during whereby several extremely wealthy families managed to construct behemoth houses based on European palaces.

[Warning: The following contains MAJOR spoilers for The Gilded Age Season 3 Episode 4.] ...

On Season 3 of HBO’s The Gilded Age, a similar saga plays out. Gladys Russell is betrothed—against her will but to her mother ...

While Gladys' season 3 storyline may seem a bit too extreme to be made up, even it was based on the experiences of the real ...

The final moments of The Gilded Age Season 3 Episode 1 “Who Is in Charge Here?” follow Gladys as she successfully sneaks out of the Russell’s 61st street mansion and dashes into the night.

In interviews with Deadline, 'The Gilded Age' creator Julian Fellowes and star Morgan Spector weighed in on arranged marriage for Season 3's plot.

Even though Gladys claims she loves Billy Carlton, a suitor she covertly met up with at the opera thanks to the secrecy of Mrs. Fish and Gladys’ brother Larry Russell (Harry Richardson), Bertha firmly ...