Jeanne Murray Vanderbilt

Jeanne Lourdes Murray Vanderbilt (1919–2013) was an American heiress and socialite. She was the second wife of Alfred Gwynne Vanderbilt Jr.

Early life and family Vanderbilt was born Jeanne Lourdes Murray in 1919. She was the eldest child of John Frances Murray, a commissioner of the New York Port Authority. She was the cousin of Anne McDonnell, the first wife of Henry Ford II.

Vanderbilt grew up at 755 Park Avenue in New York City.

She married the sportsman and Vanderbilt family heir Alfred Gwynne Vanderbilt Jr. at Philadelphia City Hall on October 13, 1945 following an elopement from New York in a private plane. The private ceremony was attended by a friend of the bride and Colonel Sol Rosenblatt, the groom's attorney. They announced their separation in January 1956 and divorced later that year.

Following her divorce, Vanderbilt lived in New York City, Palm Beach, and Paris.

Death She died on December 15, 2013.