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Elsa Maxwell (b. May 24 1883 , Keokuk , Iowa - d. November 1 1963 , New York City ) was an American Gossip Columnist and author, songwriter, and professional hostess. Her parties for royalty and high society figures of her day earned her the nickname "the hostess with the mostest". Maxwell is credited with the introduction of the , Tallulah Bankhead , Katharine Cornell , Lynn Fontanne , Helen Hayes , Gertrude Lawrence , Alfred Lunt , Lord Menuhin , and Cornelia Otis Skinner . In 1953, Maxwell published a single issue of her magazine, ''Elsa Maxwell's Café Society'', which had a portrait of Zsa Zsa Gabor on the cover. Anne Edwards' biography, ''Callas'' (2001), says that Maxwell introduced Maria Callas to Aristotle Onassis and that Maxwell was a Lesbian who tried to seduce Callas. BIBLIOGRAPHY
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