"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." The life of Elsa Maxwell, the 20th century gossip columnist and socialite, is now the decorative backbone ...

Nobody can tell for sure what it is or why, but the yeastiest dish on TV this season is served up about midnight every Tuesday when the Popocatepetl of party-givers, Elsa Maxwell, rises onstage at NBC ...

In her hobble-de-hoyden Tuesday night romps on NBC-TV’s Jack Paar Show, doughty Prattler Elsa Maxwell. 74. has merrily trampled and spiked the foibles, veneers and peculiarities of such vulnerable ...

Though largely forgotten today, Elsa Maxwell (1883%E2%80%931963) was vastly influential all over the world infrom the 1910s to the 1950s, holding court with royalty ...

Ever since New Yorkers learned that Mayor Eric Adams’s nighttime whereabouts centered on the downtown members’ club Zero Bond—this is, in fact, one of the few things that the public knows for sure ...

Elsa Maxwell, who was known for her parties for royalty and high society figures, once said, “Enemies to me are the sauce piquante to my dish of life.” She would have been an avid bridge player, ...

Elsa Maxwell, in a column about Dewey, pointed out that our Presidential candidates, as often as not, have nothing in particular to recommend them. Miss Maxwell was disturbed by the fact that people ...

Who should visit Camp Joseph T. Robinson, Ark. but rotund Elsa Maxwell, professional party-liner for café society. Last week, interviewed by the New York World-Telegram, Miss Maxwell had some ...

“Greece,” gushed Elsa Maxwell, “is a poor country but a proud one. When the Queen said that Greece needed tourist business, it suddenly occurred to me that someone should organize a cruise.” Suiting ...