grande dame

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Today’s glass and steel tower over the bones of what was once the grande dame of colonial luxury, the Hong Kong Hotel.

From Salon • Jul. 12, 2025

Starring Kristen Wiig, Ricky Martin, Laura Dern and Carol Burnett as grande dame Norma Dellacorte, the series plunges into a world of vast wealth and intrigue.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 17, 2024

Lange’s Lillian Hall is a theater grande dame playing the charismatic matriarch in a Broadway revival of Chekhov’s “The Cherry Orchard.”

From New York Times • May 30, 2024

One such crime took place at the city's most graceful grande dame, the 233-room Imperial Hotel, in 1897.

From BBC • Jul. 8, 2023

C.P. was surprised when Elna Spaulding, wife of Asa T. Spaulding and the grande dame of the Mutual community, came through the door.

From "The Best of Enemies" by Osha Gray Davidson