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Elsa Maxwell

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Elsa Maxwell

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American gossip columnist, author, songwriter, and hostess (1883–1963)

Person · Open Library

Works
8

Top works

  • Elsa Maxwell's etiquette book
  • Melinda and Her Sisters
  • Best-in-books
  • Etiquette book
  • The celebrity circus

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Music · MusicBrainz

Type
Person
Country
US
Active from
1973-05-23

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Listeners · Last.fm

Listeners
41
Total plays
231

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Quotes

  • What is a bore? Maxwell definition: a vacuum cleaner of society, sucking up everything and giving nothing. How do you spot one? Bores are always eager to be seen talking to you.
  • Bores put you in a mental cemetery while you are still walking.
  • Under pressure, people admit to murder, setting fire to the village church, or robbing a bank, but never to being bores.

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Wikidata facts

Instance of
human
Given name
Elsa
Family name
Maxwell
Gender
female
Citizenship
United States
Place of birth
Keokuk
Place of death
New York City
Occupation
socialite
Languages spoken
English language
Field of work
gossip
Instrument
piano
Image
Elsa Maxwell, on the Conte de Savoia, 1935.jpg
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Commons category
Elsa Maxwell
date of birth
1883-05-24
date of death
1963-11-01
Commons gallery
Elsa Maxwell
sexual orientation
lesbianism
place of burial
Ferncliff Cemetery
Sources (4)

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