Mezue ahịrịokwu na-esonụ: "The Heiress" malitere na Los Angeles n'October 6, 1949 ma bụrụ nke Paramount Pictures wepụtara na December 28, 1949. Ọ bụ ezie na ọ bụ ọdịda ụlọ ọrụ igbe, na-enweta $ 2.3 nde na mmefu ego nke $ 2.6 nde, ihe nkiri ahụ nwetara nkatọ dị mma, na ndị na-enyocha ihe nkiri na-eto ntụziaka Wyler, ọ bụ edemede na arụmọrụ nke ndị na-ese ihe. Ihe nkiri ahụ nwetara ọkwa asatọ na-eduga na
22nd Academy Awards, gụnyere maka Best Picture, ma merie ihe nrite anọ (karịa ihe nkiri ọ bụla ọzọ a họpụtara n'afọ ahụ); Best Actress (maka de Havilland), Best Original Score, Best Production Design, na Best Costume Design. N'afọ 1996, "The Heiress" bụ nke a họpụtara maka idebe na United States National Film Registry site n'ọbá akwụkwọ nke Congress dị ka "ọdịbendị, akụkọ ihe mere eme, ma ọ bụ nke mara mma".