Editing Berry Berenson (section)

==Early life==
Berry Berenson was born in [[Murray Hill, Manhattan]], New York City. Her mother was born Maria-Luisa Yvonne Radha de Wendt de Kerlor, better known as [[Elsa Schiaparelli#Family|Gogo Schiaparelli]], a socialite of Italian, Swiss, & French ancestry.<ref name="htgxkf">Elsa Schiaparelli. ''Shocking Life''. New York. Dutton, 1954</ref> Her father, Robert Lawrence Berenson, was an American career diplomat turned shipping executive. He was of [[Russian Jews|Russian-Jewish]] and [[Polish Jews|Polish-Jewish]] descent, and his family's original surname was Valvrojenski.<ref>Bernard Berenson. ''Sketch for a Self-Portrait''. New York. Pantheon. 1949</ref><ref>"Robert L. Berenson, Ex-Envoy and Head of Shipping Line, Dies". ''[[The New York Times]]''. February 3, 1965, page 35</ref><ref>[https://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=FB0A15F93859167B93CAA91788D85F458485F9 "Marisa $chiaparelli Is Married in Gown Designed. by Her Mother, the Cougurlere"]. ''The New York Times''.</ref>

Berenson's maternal grandmother was the Italian-born fashion designer [[Elsa Schiaparelli]],<ref>Linda Greenhouse, "Schiaparelli Dies in Paris; Brought Color to Fashion", The New York Times, November 15, 1973</ref> and her maternal grandfather was Wilhelm de Wendt de Kerlor, a [[Theosophy (Blavatskian)|Theosophist]] and [[psychic medium]].<ref name = "htgxkf"/><ref>{{cite magazine|last=Thurman |first=Judith |url=http://www.newyorker.com/archive/2003/10/27/031027fa_fact_thurman |title=Mother of Invention|magazine=[[The New Yorker]]|date=October 27, 2003}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.ritmanlibrary.nl/c/p/h/bel_18.html |title=Bibliotheca Philosophica Hermetica entry |website=ritmanlibrary.nl |date=February 27, 2006 |access-date=November 12, 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110524140757/http://www.ritmanlibrary.nl/c/p/h/bel_18.html |archive-date=May 24, 2011 }}</ref> Her elder sister, [[Marisa Berenson]], became a well-known model and actress. She also was a great-grandniece of [[Giovanni Schiaparelli]], an Italian astronomer who believed he had discovered [[Martian canals|canals on Mars]], and a second cousin, once removed, of art expert [[Bernard Berenson]] (1865–1959), and his sister [[Senda Berenson Abbott|Senda Berenson]] (1868–1954), an athlete and educator who was one of the first two women elected to the [[Basketball Hall of Fame]].<ref>{{cite encyclopedia|url=http://www.britannica.com/eb/article-9125376/Senda-Berenson#668134.hook |title=Encyclopædia Britannica Online entry |encyclopedia=Britannica.com |date=February 16, 1954 |access-date=November 12, 2010}}</ref>