Bernard and Doris 2006 Sympathetic look loosely based on the relationship between tobacco heiress, Doris Duke 1912 1993 think Duke University and her shy butler, Bernard Lafferty The icy and mercurial Duke fires her butler for serving a chilled cantaloupe the agency sends Lafferty, formerly household staff to Liz Taylor and to Peggy Lee Hes an alcoholic, fresh out of rehab He gradually becomes Dukes gay alter ego as she romps through life sleeping with young men, making shrewd decisions quickly, managing her fortune and orchids as Lafferty manages her New Jersey estate With a wine cellar to die for, Bernard falls off the wagon Can he pull himself together when Doris needs him