Nina S. Gore

Nina S. Olds (née Gore; July 25, 1903 – April 3, 1978) was an American actress and socialite known for her three marriages, to Eugene Vidal, Hugh D. Auchincloss, and Robert Olds, as well as her children, authors Gore Vidal and Nina Auchincloss. Early life Nina S. Gore was born on July 25, 1903, to U.S. Senator Thomas Gore (1870–1949) and his wife Nina Belle Kay (1877–1963), a Texas plantation owner's daughter. She had a younger brother, Thomas Notley Gore (1910–1964). Her father, who lost his eyesight during his youth, was said to have been an atheist and had a strong misanthropic streak. Nina's son would later write that "he was a genuine populist; but he did not like people very much. He always said no to anyone who wanted government aid." He was claimed to have said that "If there was any race other than the human race, I'd go join it." Thomas Gore died in 1949. Life and personality In 1928, Gore made her Broadway debut in Sign of the Leopard, which opened at the National Theatre. In 1940, Nina, an alternate delegate from Virginia to the Democratic convention announced her support of Wendell Willkie over Roosevelt.