Elizabeth Lloyd Holman was an American socialite, actress, singer, and activist.
34 Facts About Libby Holman
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Libby Holman's family was Jewish, but she was not raised religiously.
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Libby Holman graduated from Hughes High School on June 11,1920, at the age of 16.
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Libby Holman graduated from the University of Cincinnati on June 16,1923, with a Bachelor of Arts degree.
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Libby Holman later subtracted two years from her age, insisting she was born in 1906, the year she gave the Social Security Administration as the year of her birth.
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Libby Holman left her hometown in the fall of 1924 to pursue acting in New York City.
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Libby Holman first lived at an all-women's dormitory at a YWCA and took classes at Columbia University.
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Libby Holman began working for female pimp Polly Adler in the winter when her savings ran low.
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Libby Holman followed Pollock's advice and soon became a star.
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Libby Holman gave her the nickname, "The Statue of Libby".
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One of Libby Holman's signature looks was the strapless dress, which she has been credited with having invented, or at least being one of its first high-profile wearers.
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Mabel showed us the garden and Libby Holman said, 'I hate flowers.
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Libby Holman was a large girl with a fuzzy head of hair.
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Libby Holman had slits for eyes and a bee-stung mouth and a somewhat unreliable singing voice.
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Libby Holman went around in a ratty old beret and an overcoat made from the pelts of one fox and several rabbits with rabies.
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Libby Holman put it in an envelope and left the room.
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Libby Holman had a variety of relationships with both men and women during her lifetime, including Jeanne Eagels, Tallulah Bankhead, Josephine Baker, and, later in her life, writer Jane Bowles.
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Libby Holman scandalized some by dating much younger men, such as American actor Montgomery Clift, whom she mentored.
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Libby Holman asked his friend Dwight Deere Wiman, the producer of the show, to introduce him to her.
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Libby Holman pursued her around the world in his plane, and became known as "Smitty, the traveling bear" in Holman's friend group, referencing his pet-like devotion to following her around the world.
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Libby Holman took a one-year leave of absence to stay at the Reynolds family estate in Winston-Salem, North Carolina.
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Libby Holman said she was unable to remember much of the night or the following day; the numerous testimonies given by Walker in the inquest contradicted each other.
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Libby Holman left for Cincinnati to seek the help of her father, who was a lawyer.
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On January 10,1933, Libby Holman gave birth to Christopher Smith "Topper" Reynolds.
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For if Libby Holman was the richest woman in the world celebrated and honored with special friendships, the specter of violence tracked her from the start.
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That Libby Holman was unable to remember what happened is repeated by biographer Jon Bradshaw's work.
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In March 1939, Libby Holman married Ralph Holmes, a film and stage actor.
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Libby Holman waited till the day they were due to open, after the owners had spent a vast amount on publicity, and told them she was not going to sing in their club until they changed their racial door policy.
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Libby Holman had given him permission to go mountain climbing with a friend on Mount Whitney, the highest peak in California, but was unaware that the boys were ill-prepared for the adventure.
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Libby Holman was involved in the Civil rights movement and became a close friend and associate of Martin Luther King Jr.
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On June 18,1971, Libby Holman was found nearly dead in the front seat of her Rolls-Royce.
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Libby Holman was taken to the hospital where she died hours later.
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Libby Holman's death was ruled a suicide due to carbon monoxide poisoning.
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Libby Holman was cremated and her ashes scattered at Treetops.