American gossip columnist, author, songwriter, and hostess
Probably the only gossip columnist who could ever boast of an eponymously titled movie: Hotel for Women (in which she also appeared).
Introduced Maria Callas to Aristotle Onassis.
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.
[describing herself] A short, fat, homely piano player from Keokuk,Iowa, with no money, no background . . . who decided to become a,legend, and did just that!,Giving parties is a trivial avocation, but it pays the dues for my union,card in humanity.
I make enemies deliberately. They are my sauce piquante to my dish of,life.
Seeing unhappiness in the marriage of friends, I was content to have,chosen music and laughter as a substitute for a husband.
Under pressure, people admit to murder, setting fire to the village,church or robbing a bank, but never to being bores.
Etiquette-a fancy word for simple kindness.
Serve the dinner backward, do anything - but for goodness sake, do something weird. .
