![]() Their mother apparently remarried in 1871 a Mr Kennedy, and the family returned to Jersey when Elinor was eight years old. Her elder sister grew up to be Lady Duff-Gordon, famous as the fashion designer "Lucile". This training not only gave her an entrée into aristocratic circles on her return to Europe, but it led her to be considered an authority on style and breeding when she worked in Hollywood in the 1920s. ![]() Elinor was schooled by her grandmother, Lucy Anne Saunders, in the ways of upper-class society. Following the death of her father when she was just two months old, her mother returned to the parental home in Canada with her two daughters Lucy and baby Elinor. Although her works are relatively tame by modern standards, she had tremendous influence on early 20th century popular culture, and perhaps on the careers of notable Hollywood stars such as Rudolph Valentino and Gloria Swanson.Įlinor Glyn was born in Saint Helier, the younger daughter of Douglas Sutherland (1838–1865), a civil engineer of Scottish descent, and Elinor Saunders (1841–1937), of an Anglo-French family which had settled in Canada. Born Elinor Sutherland, she coined the use of 'It' as a euphemism for sex appeal. ![]()
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