The Curse Of Beauty

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Supermodel, actress, icon-- Audrey Munson's beauty paved the way for a life of glamour, passion, and ultimately tragedy. She dated the millionaires of the fashionable Newport colony, became the first American movie star ever to appear naked in a film. Then her promising film career collapsed, her doctor fell in love with her and killed his own wife, and on her fortieth birthday, her mother committed her to an insane asylum. She remained there until her death in 1996 at the age of 104 and is now buried in an unmarked grave. Bone reveals, for the first time, the riveting truth of the forgotten life of an iconic beauty