Probably the only gossip columnist who could ever boast of an
eponymously-titled movie: [link=tt0031447, otherwise known as "Elsa Maxwell's Hotel for Women", (in which she also appeared).
Credited with introducing Rita Hayworth to Prince Aly Khan in the summer of 1948.
Famed as hostess of lavish parties for royalty and high society and credited with the introduction of the scavenger hunt and treasure hunt for use as party games.
Short, stout American hostess and celebrity tattle-tale columnist.