Little Gloria... Happy at Last(1982)

Money, glamour, scandal . . . The story of Little Gloria Vanderbilt.

Little Gloria... Happy at Last is a television drama centered on the tumultuous childhood of Gloria Vanderbilt. At just eleven years old, the heiress becomes caught in a bitter custody battle between her wealthy but self-indulgent mother and her determined aunt. The case becomes a media sensation, with Gloria's fate hanging in the balance as the two women fight for control of her life and vast fortune. The film explores how privilege and family dysfunction collide when a child's wellbeing becomes secondary to adult ambitions and social status. Gloria's journey from pawn to survivor forms the emotional core of this compelling period drama about wealth, power, and the cost of growing up in the public eye.