What is Gloria Vanderbilt?
{{Infobox person | birth_name = Gloria Laura Vanderbilt | image = Gloria Vanderbilt 1959.JPG | caption = Vanderbilt in 1959 | birth_date = {{birth date|1924|02|20}} | birth_place = [[Manhattan, New York City]], U.S. | death_date = {{death date and age|2019|06|17|1924|02|20}} | death_place = Manhattan, New York City, U.S. | other_names = Gloria Vanderbilt | family = [[Vanderbilt family|Vanderbilt]] | occupation = Artist, actress, fashion designer, socialite | parents = [[Reginald Claypoole Vanderbilt]]<br>[[Gloria Morgan Vanderbilt|Gloria Morgan]] | spouse = {{plainlist| *{{marriage|[[Pat DiCicco]]<br>|1941|1945|end=div}} *{{marriage|[[Leopold Stokowski]]<br>|1945|1955|end=div}} *{{marriage|[[Sidney Lumet]]<br>|1955|1963|end=div}} *{{marriage|[[Wyatt Emory Cooper]]<br>|December 24, 1963|January 5, 1978|end=died}} }} | children = 4, including [[Anderson Cooper]] }} '''Gloria Laura Vanderbilt''' (February 20, 1924 – June 17, 2019) was an [[Americans|American]] artist, author, [[socialite]] and [[heir]]ess. She was credited as an early developer of [[blue jeans]]. She was the mother of CNN reporter [[Anderson Cooper]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.cnbc.com/2017/09/06/cnbc-prime-the-filthy-rich-guide-gloria-vanderbilt-americas-poor-little-rich-girl.html|title=This 'poor little rich girl' grew up to be a fashion icon and mother to a 'foxy' media scion|last=Jacobson|first=Brianna|date=2017-09-06|newspaper=CNBC|access-date=2017-10-18}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2016/04/03/fashion/anderson-cooper-gloria-vanderbilt.html|title=At Home With Gloria Vanderbilt|last=Green|first=Penelope|date=2016-04-02|newspaper=The New York Times|access-date=2017-10-18|language=en-US|issn=0362-4331}}</ref> Vanderbilt worked in the fashion business in the 1970s and continued until the 1990s. In 2001, Vanderbilt opened her first art exhibition in [[Vermont]]. She was the author of several [[novel]]s and memoirs. She also had several [[perfume]]s with her name. Vanderbilt was born in [[New Yor