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Date of Birth

17 October 1864, Jersey, Channel Islands, UK

Date of Death

23 September 1943, London, England, UK

Birth Name

Elinor Sutherland

Spouse

Clayton Glyn

(27 April 1892 - November 1915) (his death) 2 children

Trivia

After getting married she wrote sentimental romance novels to help make ends meet. These were only moderately successful. Then she decided to go all out and write a selacious novel about a three-week love affair between an exotic woman and an upper-class man. "Three Weeks" was an instant scandal in 1907. Like "Lady Chatterly's Lover" and "Peyton Place", it was vilified from the world's pulpits while becoming a worldwide smash (although not as well written as either of those books). Initially banned for a time in the United States and Great Britain, "Three Weeks" provided Madame Glyn, as she was sometimes called, with lifetime financial security.

"Three Weeks" took six weeks to write.

Coined the term "it" (eg. "an 'it' girl") and defined it as "a strange magnetism that attracts both sexes." She claimed only four people in Hollwood had "it": Antonio Moreno, Rex the Wild Stallion, the Ambassador Hotel doorman, and Clara Bow.

Sister of couturière and Titanic survivor Lady Duff Gordon.

Two daughters: Margot (June 1893) and Juliet (15 December 1898).

Joanna Lumley portrays her in the film The Cat's Meow (2001)

Salary

It (1927)

$50,000

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