Ask the Chatbot Games & Quizzes History & Society Science & Tech Biographies Animals & Nature Geography & Travel Arts & Culture ProCon Money Videos

Elsa Maxwell: Quick Facts

Written and fact-checked by
The Information Architects of Encyclopaedia Britannica

The Information Architects maintain a master list of the topics included in the corpus of  Encyclopædia Britannica, and create and manage the relationships between them.
The Information Architects of Encyclopaedia Britannica
Last updated

Facts

Born May 24, 1883 • Keokuk • Iowa
Died November 1, 1963 (aged 80) • New York City • New York

Photos

Elsa Maxwell, c. 1935.
See All Images →
Professional wit Fran Lebowitz, 2016
Fran Lebowitz
American writer and cultural critic
default image
Jim Backus
American actor
default image
Jason Miller
American actor and playwright
default image
Patty Duke
American actress
Woody Allen speaking into a microphone with hands raised beside his face during a press conference, against a red background.
Woody Allen
American director, writer, and actor
Matthew Perry wearing a black suit, white shirt, and black tie, smiling at the 2015 Silver Circle Gala in Beverly Hills.
Matthew Perry
American Canadian actor
Jamie Lee Curtis smiling and wearing a red and black patterned dress with a silver necklace at the 78th Venice International Film Festival.
Jamie Lee Curtis
American actress
Ethan Hawke
Ethan Hawke
American actor, director, and novelist
Dr. Maya Angelou sits and smiles, wearing a black outfit, in a wooden chair at her home in Winston-Salem, North Carolina.
Maya Angelou
American poet, memoirist, and actress
Tyler Perry wearing a black suit and white shirt, holding an award and posing in front of a step and repeat backdrop at CinemaCon in Las Vegas.
Tyler Perry
American playwright, actor, screenwriter, producer, and director
Steve Martin, wearing glasses and a black tuxedo with a bow tie, smiles while posing at the 2015 Vanity Fair Oscar Party in Beverly Hills.
Steve Martin
American actor and writer
default image
Bette Midler
American actress and singer
Black and white portrait of Fred Astaire, 1936, wearing a suit, tie, and boutonniere, looking slightly to the side with a slight smile.
Fred Astaire
American dancer and singer
Danai Gurira poses holding her Screen Actors Guild Award trophy, wearing a white feathered dress, at the 25th annual Screen Actors Guild Awards in Los Angeles.
Danai Gurira
American actress
George Takei as Hikaru Sulu in Star Trek, wearing a gold Starfleet uniform and looking intently ahead, with a blurred red and gray background.
George Takei
American actor, writer, and activist
Tracy Letts wearing a tuxedo and glasses, smiling and holding his Tony Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role in a Play, standing in front of a Tony Awards backdrop.
Tracy Letts
American actor and playwright
default image
Kenneth Anger
American filmmaker
John Sayles in 2010, wearing a dark shirt and looking at the camera against a plain brown background.
John Sayles
American director, screenwriter, and actor
Sam Shepard
Sam Shepard
American playwright and actor
Shirley Temple
Shirley Temple
American actress and diplomat

Related Quizzes

USA 2006 - 78th Annual Academy Awards. Closeup of giant Oscar statue at the entrance of the Kodak Theatre in Los Angeles, California. Hompepage blog 2009, arts and entertainment, film movie hollywood
Pop Culture Quiz
Zora Neale Hurston (1891-1960) portrait by Carl Van Vecht April 3, 1938. Writer, folklorist and anthropologist celebrated African American culture of the rural South.
American Writers Quiz