Ganna Walska
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Ganna Walska was a Polish opera singer and garden enthusiast who created the Lotusland botanical gardens at her mansion in Montecito, California. Ganna Walska was a coloratura soprano with a vocal ran
Passport photo of Ganna Walska (1920)
Ganna Walska after her marriage to Harold F. McCormick
Mansion entrance at Lotusland
Harold Fowler McCormick
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Harold Fowler McCormick was an American businessman. He was chairman of the board of International Harvester Company and a member of the McCormick family. Through his first wife, Edith Rockefeller, he
Ganna Walska
…of a violinist. She was married six times, four times to wealthy husbands. The lavish promotion of her lackluster opera career by her fourth husband, Harold Fowler McCormick, inspired aspects of the screenplay for Citizen Kane. Ganna Walska was born Hanna Puacz on 26 June 1887 in Brest, Russian Empire, to Polish parents…
Harold Fowler Mc Cormick
Harold Fowler McCormick with his first wife, Edith Rockefeller, in 1895
McCormick's grave at Graceland Cemetery