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Marion Graves Anthon Fish (nickname, "Mamie"; June 8, 1853 – May 25, 1915), often referred to by contemporaries as Mrs. Stuyvesant Fish, was an American socialite and self-styled "fun-maker" of the Gilded Age.
Aug 19, 2021 · Mamie Fish, born Marion Graves Anthon, was a notorious party-giver and wit in Newport society. Learn about her lavish entertainments, her caustic wit, and her feuds with other society ladies.
Marian Graves Anthon Fish died of a cerebral hemorrhage at her beloved country estate, 'Glenclyffe', at Garrison-on-Hudson, shortly before her thirty-ninth wedding anniversary, and her own birthday celebrations, that were being planned there.
May 9, 2020 · The most irreverent broad of the Gilded Age, Marion (“Mamie”) Fish did not shine with beauty. Nore with education. Heavyset, stern, barely literate, and often quite rude, whatever she lacked in graces she more than made up for in quick wit and acidic tongue.
Jul 17, 2012 · When Marion Graves Anthon Fish a.k.a. "Mamie" decided she wanted a cottage in Newport, she wasn't thinking of a French chateau or a French Renaissance palace, but a colonial estate, American through and through.
Jun 30, 2015 · Marion Graves Anthon Fish, or “Mamie,” was known for throwing extravagant parties for hundreds to thousands of guests at her opulent homes in New York City and Newport, Rhode Island.
After her death, her role in society was filled by three women: Mamie Fish, Theresa Fair Oelrichs, and Alva Belmont, known as the "triumvirate" of American society. [3]
