Aileen mehle biography of abraham james

Aileen Mehle (née Elder, June 10, – November 11, ), known by the pen name Suzy or Suzy Knickerbocker, was an American society columnist, active in journalism for over fifty years.

Aileen Mehle, a witty, ebullient beauty best known as the columnist Suzy — whose stories on Nouvelle Society and the frenzied celebrity culture that succeeded it, appeared in WWD and W between and — died Friday at age 98, according to friends. Mehle Sr. Mehle Jr. When she got to Gotham, the city had seven daily newspapers, each with a gossip column.

The most important columns were those of Walter Winchell read by an estimated 30 million people and Igor Cassini, brother of designer Oleg Cassini, who wrote under the pseudonym Cholly Knickerbocker. Mehle borrowed the last part of her byline from Cholly: Suzy Knickerbocker. You May Also Like. A titian-haired temptress whose personal style echoed that of Elizabeth Taylor in the Sixties and Seventies think caftans, massive jewelry and sky-high hair , Mehle was very attractive to men and was linked with shipping tycoon Aristotle Onassis, film producer Walter Wanger and Frank Sinatra, among others.

Not exactly, but a snarly feud between Big Apple gossip scribes James (Revson of Newsday) and Suzy (a.k.a.

But, after her second stab at matrimony, she never married again. She brings an ingredient to her reporting rarely found in a gossip column — humor. Aileen wields that power with a feather duster. I have a fast eye. I also listen, listen, listen. When I come home dog-tired at 1 a. But then I snap out of it and get to work.