Barbara "Bobo" Sears Rockefeller (September 6, 1916 – May 19, 2008), also known professionally as Eva Paul, was an American actress.[1][2]

Early life and career

Bobo was born on 6 September 1916 as Jievute Paulekiute (Lithuanian: Jievutė Paulekiūtė) to a family of Lithuanian origin.[1][3] She spent her childhood in Chicago.[1] Later, her family moved to Indiana.[1] At the age of 17, she became Miss Lithuania.[1] For her education, she attended Northwestern University.[1]

She also held the position of third secretary at the U.S. embassy in Paris.[1] She was also featured on Time's cover.[4]

Personal

She married Winthrop Rockefeller on February 14, 1948[5] in a small, private ceremony attended by less than 10 people, including best man Laurence Rockefeller and maid of honor Isabel Paul.[6] She divorced Rockefeller in 1954, reporting they had already been separated for four years and following what newspapers described as a "fierce legal battle", she won custody of her son and a $5.5 million settlement. She later had a brief engagement to hotelier Charles W. Mapes in 1962.[7] Her son, Winthrop Paul Rockefeller, a former lieutenant governor of Arkansas, died in 2006.[1]

She died on May 19, 2008, in Little Rock, Arkansas.[8]

Filmography

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Fox, Margalit (21 May 2008). "Barbara Sears Rockefeller, Actress with a Famous Divorce Settlement, Dies at 91". The New York Times.
  2. ↑ "She went from Winthrop to windfall in divorce settlement". 26 May 2008.
  3. ↑ Miller, Stephen (May 20, 2008). "Bobo Rockefeller, 91, Married Well, Divorced Better". The New York Sun.
  4. 1 2 3 "Actress married heir to Standard Oil fortune". Los Angeles Times. 23 May 2008.
  5. ↑ "Daughter of poor immigrants weds Winthrop Rockefeller". The News-Review. February 14, 1948. p. 1.
  6. ↑ "Whipping Cream of Society at Wedding". The Kane Republican. February 14, 1948. p. 1.
  7. ↑ "Barbara 'Bobo' Sears Rockefeller: Former wife of late Arkansas governor". 21 May 2008.
  8. ↑ "Barbara Rockefeller Jr. in the U.S., Obituary Collection, 1930-Current". U.S. Obituary Collection. May 25, 2008. Retrieved January 9, 2023 – via Ancestry.com.
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