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Elsie de Wolfe
American interior decorator, author, and actress
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| Born | Ella Anderson de Wolfe December 20, c. 1859 New York City, U.S. |
| Died | July 12, 1950(1950-07-12) (aged 90) Versailles, France |
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| Title | Lady Mendl |
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Elsie de Wolfe, Lady Mendl (née Ella Anderson de Wolfe; December 20, c.
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1859[1] – July 12, 1950[2]) was an American actress who became a very prominent interior designer and author. Born in New York City, de Wolfe was acutely sensitive to her surroundings from her earliest years and became one of the first female interior decorators, replacing dark and ornate Victorian decor with lighter, simpler styles and uncluttered room layouts.
Her 1926 marriage to English diplomat Sir Charles Mendl was seen as a marriage of convenience, although she was proud to be called Lady Mendl. Since 1892, de Wolfe had been livi
