| Bobo Rockefeller | |
| Birth Name: | Jievutė Paulekiūtė |
| Birth Date: | 16 September 1916 |
| Birth Place: | Noblestown, Pennsylvania, U.S. |
| Death Place: | Little Rock, Arkansas, U.S. |
| Alma Mater: | Northwestern University |
| Spouse: | |
| Partner: | Charles W. Mapes (1962) |
| Children: | Winthrop Paul Rockefeller |
| Family: | Rockefeller family (by marriage) |
Barbara "Bobo" Sears Rockefeller (née Jievutė Paulekiūtė; September 6, 1916 – May 19, 2008), also known professionally as Eva Paul, was an American actress and former member of the Rockefeller family by marriage to Winthrop Rockefeller from 1948 to 1954.[1] [2]
Bobo was born on 6 September 1916 as Jievute Paulekiute (Lithuanian: Jievutė Paulekiūtė) in Noblestown, Pennsylvania to Julius Paulekas, a coal miner, and Jieva (née Ivanavicius), both destitute Lithuanian immigrants.[1] [3] Her parents divorced shortly after her birth.[4]
She spent her childhood in Chicago. Later, her family moved to Indiana. At the age of 17, she became Miss Lithuania. For her education, she attended Northwestern University.
She also held the position of third secretary at the U.S. embassy in Paris.[1] She was also featured on Times cover.[5]
She married Winthrop Rockefeller on February 14, 1948[6] in a small, private ceremony attended by fewer than 10 people, including best man Laurence Rockefeller and maid of honor Isabel Paul.[7] She divorced Rockefeller in 1954, reporting they had already been separated for four years and following what newspapers described as a "fierce legal battle", she won custody of her son and a $5.5 million settlement. She later had a brief engagement to hotelier Charles W. Mapes in 1962.[8] Her son, Winthrop Paul Rockefeller, a former lieutenant governor of Arkansas, died in 2006.[1]
She died on May 19, 2008, in Little Rock, Arkansas.[9]