Martha Lindley Blaine Trump (née Beard; born 1948)[1] is an American socialite. For 25 years she was the wife of real-estate heir Robert Trump. She is an ex-sister in law of former President and current President-Elect Donald Trump.
Early life and education
editBlaine Trump was born Martha Lindley Blaine Beard,[1] and grew up in South Carolina, Florida and Alabama. Her father, Joseph Beard,[2][3] was a top executive at IBM.[4] Blaine and her family moved to Yokohama due to her father's job when she was ten. There, she attended the International School of the Sacred Heart.[4] She later graduated from the American School of Paris in Louveciennes. She attended Bennett College in Millbrook, New York, and then[5] the University of Tokyo before dropping out to marry Peter Retchin.[6]
Activity
editTrump is a trustee of the American Ballet Theatre.[7]
In 1998, Trump received the Marietta Tree Award for public service from the New York City citizens' committee.[citation needed]
Personal life
editBlaine Trump has been married and divorced twice. First she was briefly married to Peter Retchin, with whom she had a child in 1978, Christopher Hollister who is a real estate executive.[6][8]
In 1984 she married Robert Trump, who worked in his property-developer family firm Trump Organization and they were together for 25 years, from 1984 to 2009.[9] In October 2004, Blaine overdosed on pills and was hospitalized at Mount Sinai Hospital in Manhattan, New York after she learned her husband had bought a $3.7 million house on Long Island for his girlfriend, Ann Marie Pallan, who was his secretary for many years.[10] They were involved in a lengthy divorce battle. The divorce was filed in 2007, went to court in 2008, and they reached a secret settlement in 2010.[11]
After Robert and Blaine separated, in 2006, after more than 20 years of marriage, they put their 6,500-square-foot, three-unit, three-floor, unfinished co-op residence on the market.[12]
In 2012, Blaine Trump put her $17.5 million mansion in Millbrook, New York, up for sale.[13]
In 2017, Blaine Trump and her life partner Steve Simon attended President Donald Trump's inauguration ball in Washington.[14][15]
References
edit- ^ a b "M L Blaine Beard", United States census, 1950; Mountain Brook, Jefferson, Alabama; roll 3254, line 3, enumeration district 37-301B. Retrieved on 2024-02-09.)
- ^ "Paid Notice: Deaths: Beard, Josephus Simmons II". The New York Times. 8 March 2002. Retrieved 28 July 2024.
- ^ "Paid Notice: Deaths: Trump, MaryA". The New York Times. 11 August 2000. Retrieved 28 July 2024.
- ^ a b Schiro, Anne-Marie (October 28, 1987). "The Winning Ways of Blaine Trump". The New York Times. Retrieved February 18, 2019.
- ^ "Clipped From The Orlando Sentinel". Orlando Sentinel. August 28, 1966. Retrieved February 18, 2019.
- ^ a b "Blaine Trump: Socialite". People. Vol. 49, no. 18. May 11, 1998. Retrieved February 18, 2019.
- ^ "Board of Governing Trustees". American Ballet Theatre. Retrieved February 18, 2019.
- ^ "Raina Dieterle, Christopher Trump-Retchin". The New York Times. June 10, 2007. Retrieved February 18, 2019.
- ^ Karni, Annie (2020-08-15). "Robert S. Trump, the President's Younger Brother, Dies at 71". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2020-08-16.
- ^ Ann Marie Pallan: Who is Robert Trump's wife?
- ^ Rosenblum, Emma (December 8, 2007). "Divorce, Park Avenue Style". New York. Retrieved February 18, 2019.
- ^ Neuman, William (14 May 2006). "A Trump Triplex Goes on the Market". The New York Times. Retrieved 28 July 2024.
- ^ Bear, Rob (June 22, 2012). "The Oh-So-Very Un-Trump Mansion of Socialite Blaine Trump". Curbed. Retrieved February 18, 2019.
- ^ Goldfarb, Brad (December 19, 2016). "Socialite Blaine Trump's Home in Manhattan". Architectural Digest. Retrieved February 18, 2019.
- ^ Barsamian, Edward (January 21, 2017). "Inside the 2017 Inauguration Day and Ball Ceremonies With Blaine Trump". Vogue. Retrieved February 18, 2019.
External links
edit- Blaine Trump at IMDb
