Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Bertha Russell, played by Carrie Coon, draws heavy inspiration from the life of Alva Vanderbilt (née Smith), later Alva Belmont.

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In 1894, over the objection of the governor and the mayor, President Grover Cleveland sent American soldiers into Chicago and then invoked the Insurrection Act to suppress strikes and protests. His ...

Kendall Myers is a Senior Author with Collider. As part of the TV and Movies Features team, she writes about some of the most popular releases before, during, and after they premiere. In three years, ...