Muffie Cabot

Mabel "Muffie" Wentworth Brandon Cabot (; born c. 1936) is an American heiress and socialite. During the 1980s she served as social secretary to Nancy Reagan. She is the mother of actress Ali Wentworth.

Early life A member of an American family descended from passengers on the Mayflower, Cabot grew up in Cambridge, Massachusetts, was educated at various boarding schools, and graduated from Smith College. Her father, Richard Hobart, was an art collector and an investment banker with Loomis Sayles while her mother, Janet Elliott Wulsin, was a former explorer who undertook several National Geographic Society-financed expeditions to Tibet and Outer Mongolia.

Career and marriages

Wentworth and Brandon eras Cabot's first husband was Eric Wentworth, a correspondent for The Washington Post. During this period the couple were known for hosting parties that were the highlight of the Washington social scene. Her early work on the book was encouraged by long-time friend Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis who read a first draft prior to her death.

Personal life Describing her mother's preferences, Ali Wentworth has explained that Cabot "will choose a bath over a shower, a play over a movie, and the ocean over a pool." She has said that Cabot's normal response to any stress in life is to check into the Four Seasons Hotel; a few minutes after the September 11 attacks Cabot called Ali Wentworth, then living in New York, and recommended she immediately book a suite at the hotel.

In addition to Ali Wentworth, Cabot's other children from her marriage to Eric Wentworth included a son and another daughter. With Henry Brandon she also had a daughter.