An (allegedly terrible) opera singer. Orson Welles claimed that the character of Susan Alexander in Citizen Kane (1941) was partly inspired by her heavily promoted, but unsuccessful, singing career.
She was the creator of the non-profit botanical garden Lotusland in Montecito, California.
Musical studies in Kiev.
Operas:
"The Merry Widow" (Kiev)
"Mam'zelle Nitouche" (New York Century Theater, 1915)