Interesting People - Holly Golightly
This one's for Hekner: The heroine of Truman Capote's book Breakfast at Tiffany's, Holly Golightly, was originally christened “Connie Gustafson”.
(Annotations on Capote’s type-written, hand-edited manuscript of his celebrated novella show that the heroine’s name: Holly Golightly, later famously played by Audrey Hepburn, was originally christened “Connie Gustafson”.
The character was reportedly inspired by Capote’s close friendships with a series of New York society figures, including the heiress and fashion designer Gloria Vanderbilt; Oona O’Neill, daughter of the playwright Eugene O’Neill; actress Carol Grace; writer Maeve Brennan; and model Dorian Leigh, whom he nicknamed “Happy Go Lucky”.
Thank goodness he changed it! No offense to any Connies or Gustafsons out there, but... )
(Annotations on Capote’s type-written, hand-edited manuscript of his celebrated novella show that the heroine’s name: Holly Golightly, later famously played by Audrey Hepburn, was originally christened “Connie Gustafson”.
The character was reportedly inspired by Capote’s close friendships with a series of New York society figures, including the heiress and fashion designer Gloria Vanderbilt; Oona O’Neill, daughter of the playwright Eugene O’Neill; actress Carol Grace; writer Maeve Brennan; and model Dorian Leigh, whom he nicknamed “Happy Go Lucky”.
Thank goodness he changed it! No offense to any Connies or Gustafsons out there, but... )