About Aileen Getty
Born 1957. Aileen Getty is an American actor, film director and film actor.
Aileen Getty (born 1957) is an American heiress and activist. She is a member of the Getty family, the granddaughter of J. Paul Getty, a British petroleum industrialist who founded the Getty Oil Company. She co-founded the Climate Emergency Fund in 2019. The fund has distributed over $4 million to several environmental activist organizations including Extinction Rebellion and Just Stop Oil.
Early life She is the daughter of John Paul Getty Jr. Her brother Mark Getty is the co-founder of Getty Images.
She spent her childhood in Italy and attended boarding school in the United Kingdom.
As of 2018, she has given $92,400 to campaigns and independent committees of Gavin Newsom.
Personal life In 1981, she married Christopher Wilding, son of Elizabeth Taylor. They had two children before divorcing.
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American actor and film director
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Aileen Getty was born on 14 July 1957 in Los Angeles.
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Aileen Getty is an actor, film director and film actor.
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