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

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

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

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 ...

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 ...

The Gilded Age Season 3 Episode 4 finally depicted the dreaded marriage of Gladys Russell (Taissa Farmiga) to Hector, the Duke of Buckingham.

The episode picked up in the panicked aftermath of Gladys’ late-night escape from the Russell house in The Gilded Age Season 3 premiere.

Taissa Farmiga Breaks Down Gladys Russell’s “Total Heartbreak” in ‘The Gilded Age’ Season 3 Episode 2: “One of the Saddest Feelings in the World” ...

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