- Born
- DiedJune 3, 1989 · on an airplane en route from Los Angeles to New York City, New York, USA (Lou Gehrig's disease)
- Birth nameShirley Carter Burden
- Shirley Carter Burden was born in New York City, a descendant of the famed millionaire Cornelius Vanderbilt; he became infatuated with photography, and after graduating from the Browning School in 1926, went to work for Pathe News, and subsequently would work in Hollywood with Merian C. Cooper. After the end of World War II, Burden opened a photography studio in Beverly Hills that specialized in still shots for advertising agencies and architectural firms. From there, he expanded into publishing photo essays concerning various topics including "God Is My Life", a photo essay about the Trappist monks at the Abbey of Our Lady of Gethsemani in Tennessee, and "I Wonder Why", which depicted incidents in a young black girl's life, particularly her dealings with racial prejudice. His family established the Burden Professorship in Photography at Harvard University in 1999.- IMDb mini biography by: Jane Margaret Laight
- SpousesJulietta Valverde Lyon(January 23, 1971 - June 3, 1989) (his death)Florence Fair(April 28, 1934 - January 5, 1969) (her death, 2 children)
- Husband of Flobelle Fairbanks, who acted under the name of Florence Fair; she was a niece of Douglas Fairbanks, Sr.
- Cousin of Gloria Vanderbilt.
- Great-great-grandson of Cornelius Vanderbilt
- Cousin of Anderson Cooper.
- Cousin of W. Douglas Burden.
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