Tinsley Randolph Mortimer (née Mercer; born August 11, 1975) is an
American socialite and television personality. She is known for
starring in reality television series High Society and The Real
Housewives of New York City.Tinsley Randolph Mortimer (née Mercer;
born August 11, 1975) is an American socialite and television
personality. She is known for starring in reality television series
High Society and The Real Housewives of New York City.Mortimer was
born Tinsley Randolph Mercer in Richmond, Virginia. Her father was
George Riley Mercer Jr., a wealthy real-estate investor, and her
mother is Dale Tatum Mercer, an interior designer and socialite. She
has a younger sister, Dabney Winston Mercer. Her paternal grandfather,
George Riley Mercer Sr., founded Mercer Rug Cleansing in 1936.
Mortimer is descended from multiple First Families of Virginia. She
grew up at Graymont, her family's estate in Richmond.Mortimer attended
St. Catherine's School, a private all-girls Episcopal school in
Richmond, and later the Lawrenceville School, a boarding school in
Lawrenceville, New Jersey, where she was a member of the Kirby House.
Mortimer was a debutante, having been presented to Richmond society at
the Bal du Bois at the Country Club of Virginia. She went to the
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill as a freshman in college,
but later transferred to Columbia University. At Columbia, she was a
member of St. Anthony Hall. She was also a nationally ranked tennis
player and played varsity tennis for Columbia. She graduated from
Columbia with a bachelor of arts degree in art history, and later
obtained her master's degree in decorative arts from the Cooper Hewitt
design museum. Tinsley Mortimer Top Movies & Young Movies