Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - "The Heiress" yakatanga kuratidzwa muLos Angeles pana October 6, 1949 uye yakabudiswa mumitambo naParamount Pictures pana December 28, 1949. Kunyange zvazvo bhaisikopo racho rakatadza kubudirira pamabhokisi emabhokisi, rikawana $2.3 miriyoni pamari yaishandiswa yaisvika $2.6 miriyoni, rakafarirwa zvikuru, uye vaongorori vakarumbidza kutungamirirwa kwaWyler, manyorerwo aro uye zvaiitwa nevatambi. Iyi firimu yakagamuchira mazita masere anotungamirira pa 22nd Academy Awards
, kusanganisira Best Picture, uye akahwina mibairo mina (kupfuura chero imwe firimu yakasarudzwa gore iroro); Best Actress (ye de Havilland), Best Original Score, Best Production Design, uye Best Costume Design. Muna 1996, "The Heiress" yakasarudzwa kuti ichengetedzwe muUnited States National Film Registry neLibrary of Congress se "inokosha mutsika, munhoroondo, kana kuti mukuonekwa zvakanaka".