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Elsa Maxwell wurde als Tochter schottischer Emigranten im US-Bundesstaat Iowa geboren und kam als Kleinkind nach Kalifornien. Im Alter von 14 Jahren verließ sie die Schule und schloss sich einer Shakespeare-Theatertruppe an. Im Jahr 1905 wechselte sie zum Varieté und ging auf Europa- Tournee.
Elsa Maxwell (May 24, 1883 – November 1, 1963) was an American gossip columnist and author, songwriter, screenwriter, radio personality and professional hostess renowned for her parties for royalty and high society figures of her day.
Elsa Maxwell reigned as America’s top party-giver in the mid-Twentieth Century. Labeled “The Hostess with the Mostest” by the press, her rise to command the ballrooms of New York, Vienna and London took her worlds away from her humble Iowa beginnings. Elsa was Born in Keokuk, Iowa, in 1883, but moved to California as a small child. She ...
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- Iowa
- May 24, 1883
- Dorothy Fellowes-Gordon
- November 1, 1963
Elsa Maxwell was an American columnist, songwriter, and professional hostess, famous for her lavish and animated parties that feted the high-society and entertainment personalities of her day. Maxwell grew up in California. She left school at age 14 but later claimed to have continued her education.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
1. Nov. 2012 · Staggs reveals that despite Maxwell’s well-honed “just a poor girl from Iowa” routine, her family moved from Iowa not long after her birth and she spent much of her childhood in the plush ...
Prominenz und Presse sitzen gemütlich beim Kaffee, und Wortführerin ist eindeutig die Gesellschaftsreporterin Elsa Maxwell, damals 74 Jahre alt. Die Frau, links im Bild, unterhält die Berühmten...
