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After months of high anticipation, Ryan Murphy's Feud: Capote vs. the Swans finally premiered earlier this week.

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The series, which is based on Capote's Women: A True Story of Love, Betrayal, and a Swan Song for an Eraby Laurence Leamer, follows Truman Capote and his relationship with elite NYC women, otherwise known as his "swans."

Among the A-list cast starring in the show is Molly Ringwald, as Joanne Carson. But who exactly was she, and what was her relationship with Capote?

Here, everything you need to know about the Joanne Carson as you continue to watch Feud:

She was famously Johnny Carson's second wife.

Joanne went on her first date with the legendary personality in 1960, when she was a struggling model and he was an up-and-coming game show host.

The two were reportedly set up through her father.

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