Editing Maxine Elliott (section)

==Businesswoman==
Elliott was successful in both business and investment. She had homes in America, England, and in France. A photograph of [[Winston Churchill]] (accompanied by his wife, [[Clementine Churchill|Clementine]]) working on an oil painting in the grounds of one of her houses, Hartsbourne Manor{{sfn|Hartsbourne Country Club|2020|p=}} in England, appears in Andrew Roberts' ''Churchill: Walking with Destiny''.{{sfn|Roberts|2018|pp=lxxxiii, lxxviii, cxii, lcxxxii lxxxii}}

Elliott's sister [[Gertrude Elliott|Gertrude Elliot]] with her husband [[Johnston Forbes-Robertson]] and their children [[Maxine Blossom Miles|Maxine "Blossom" Miles]], [[Jean Forbes-Robertson|Jean]], Chloe and [[Diana Forbes-Robertson|Diana]] lived in a wing of Hartsbourne Manor.<ref>{{Cite news|last=TIMES|first=Special Cable to THE NEW YORK|date=1909-08-22|title=KING EDWARD SMILES ON MAXINE ELLIOTT; American Actress Admitted to the Circle of His Friends at Marienbad. PRAISED IN ENGLISH PRESS Miss Elliott Called "Handsomest Woman of Her Generation" -King Annoyed by Public Attention.|language=en-US|work=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1909/08/22/archives/king-edward-smiles-on-maxine-elliott-american-actress-admitted-to.html|access-date=2021-09-22|issn=0362-4331}}</ref> In 1932, she built le [[Château de l'Horizon]] near [[Juan-les-Pins]]. There she entertained guests that included Churchill, [[Lloyd George]] and [[Vincent Sheean]].{{sfn|Shakespeare|2016|p=}} In her old age, the diarist [[Henry Channon|"Chips" Channon]] described her as "an immense bulk of a woman with dark eyes, probably the most amazing eyes one has ever seen", "lovable, fat, oh so fat, witty and gracious"; he recorded having watched her eat "pat after pat of butter without any bread".<ref>Bertie- A Life of Edward VII, Jane Ridley, Chatto & Windus, 2012, p. 438</ref> Elliott died on March 5, 1940, in [[Cannes]], France, a wealthy woman, at the age of 72.{{sfn|Forbes-Robertson|1964|pp=277–278}}