Ganna Walska

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1887 – 1984

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Who was Ganna Walska?

Ganna Walska was a Polish opera singer and garden enthusiast who created the Lotusland botanical gardens at her mansion in Montecito, California. She was married six times, four times to very 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.

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Born
Jun 26, 1887
Brest
Spouses
Nationality
  • United States of America
Lived in
  • Santa Barbara
Died
Mar 2, 1984
Montecito

Submitted
on July 23, 2013

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