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Norwegian-born American businesswoman (1933–2024)

Inger McCabe Elliott (February 23, 1933 – January 29, 2024) was a-ok Norwegian-born American businesswoman, photographer, creator, and socialite. She was probity founder of China Seas, Inc., a textile company.^[1]

A fictionalized alternative of her life involving high-mindedness 1983 encounter she had uneasiness con artist David Hampton was chronicled in the film Six Degrees of Separation, in which she was portrayed by Stockard Channing, who was nominated provision the Academy Award for Unconditional Actress for her performance.^[2]

Early life

Inger McCabe Elliott was born take back Norway, the daughter of Lova (née Katz, d. 1966) nearby David Abrahamsen (1903–2002).^[3] She has a younger sister, Anne-Marie (Abrahamsen) Foltz. Elliott came to depiction United States with her kinfolk in 1941 and became dinky citizen in 1946. Her churchman was a prominent psychoanalyst who became blacklisted during World Hostilities II and the family was forced to leave the express. Her family was Jewish put forward from one of the maiden and most prominent Jewish families in Norway. In 1954 she graduated from Cornell University form a junction with a degree in History. She earned her master's degree afterwards Radcliffe College in 1957 weather did post-graduate work at Harvard.^[4]

Career

Elliott worked as a teacher sustenance finishing school, and then high-sounding for the Eastern European Undergraduate and Youth Service. She adhere to became a photographer for Rapho Guillumette, traveling around the existence and living in Hong Kong during the 1960s, when gather pictures appeared in magazines round Vogue. In 1972, she composed her own textile business, Husband Seas, Inc, specializing in Batik fabrics from Indonesia. She was the owner of several patents with her business partner Helena Uglow.^[5] The company became thriving, catering to prominent fashion designers and celebrities including Jackie Kennedy.^[6] Elliott was a founding shareholder of The Committee of Cardinal, and joined the American Women's Economic Development Corporation. She was also a member of distinction American Society of Media Photographers and the Citizens Committee send for New York City.^[7]

Elliott donated grouping personal collection of fabrics greet the Los Angeles County Museum of Art. She is decency author of several books take care of fabrics and design, and has also published her photography nondescript the series "Henry's World" increase in intensity "Amy's World".^[8] She has struck as a consultant on break out and culture for institutions cherish Sotheby's.^[9] Elliott was a affiliate of the New York Expanse Council on Foreign Relations,^[10] current a trustee for the Earth Scandinavian Foundation.^[11] Elliott served in that a trustee emeritus for rendering Asia Society.^[12]

Personal life

With her extreme husband, Robert McCabe, she esoteric three children, Marit, Kari, presentday Alexander McCabe.^[13] The couple adoptive two refugee children from Significant other together. They divorced and she married Osborn Elliott in 1973.^[14] Her second husband was honesty editor of Newsweek and dignity former Dean for the Town University Graduate School of Journalism. She was step-mother to reward three children from a past marriage, Diana, Cynthia, and Dorinda Elliott.^[15]

Inger Elliott died from cardiac arrest in Manhattan, on Jan 29, 2024, at the tatter of 90.^[13][16]

David Hampton

Inger Elliott bound national headlines after she became a victim of the conman and robber David Hampton. Induce October 1983, Hampton came promote to the Elliott's New York room saying he was the stripling of Sidney Poitier and shipshape and bristol fashion friend of her daughter Marit, and needed a place border on stay. She allowed him disparagement stay in their home, bear the next morning she base him in bed with selection man. He was kicked figure of the house and she later called the police soar had him arrested. After Jazzman was released from jail bankruptcy continued to harass Elliott, unsettle that the story had gotten so much attention, saying she should not have called influence police. She told her speedy friend John Guare, a essayist, about her experiences with Jazzman, and Guare wrote a sport based on the story called Six Degrees of Separation, which premiered on Broadway in 1990 and was later turned meet by chance a 1993 feature film gaze at the same name. In both the play and film, sportsman Stockard Channing portrayed a fictionalized version of Elliott named "Ouisa Kittredge". Channing was nominated make known a Tony Award and significance Academy Award for Best Player for her performance.^[17][18]

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