Too Rich: The Secret Life of Doris Duke is a four-part miniseries that first aired on CBS in 1999 starring Lauren Bacall and Richard Chamberlain. It was based primarily on the book The Richest Girl In The World: by Stephanie Mansfield as well as Bob Colacello's two in-depth articles about Ms Duke in Vanity Fair. Colacello was the magazine's authority on Doris Duke. . The title of the series was derived from the book Too Rich: The Family Secrets of Doris Duke by Pony Duke and Jason Thomas . Manfield's book was the first to be obtained by CBS, which optioned it for a planned miniseries in... early 1995. The Duke-Thomas book, which was "being peddled as a miniseries" by the authors months before publication , was originally optioned earlier that same year by producer Doris Keating, who planned a miniseries of her own. The miniseries Too Rich: The Secret Life of Doris Duke presents a dramatized account of the life of the heiress, philanthropist, and once richest woman in the world, Doris Duke.
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| On the air: | February 21, 1999-February 24, 1999 |
| Network: | CBS |
| Producer: | Frank von Zerneck |