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Linda Lee Thomas (November 17, 1883 – May 20, 1954) was an American socialite and the wife of musical theatre composer Cole Porter.
Ironically, Hayden notes that Porter’s most fulfilled love relationship appears to have been with wife Linda. According to Hayden, she turned a blind eye to her husband’s sexual adventurism.
The Porters moved to Hollywood in December 1935, but Porter's wife did not like the movie environment, and Porter's closeted homosexual acts, formerly very discreet, became less so; she retreated to their Paris house.
Love, Linda: The Life Of Mrs. Cole Porter is a theatrical and musical adventure about the life of Linda Lee Thomas, the socialite wife of composer Cole Porter, with a Book by Stevie Holland with Gary William Friedman, Music and Lyrics by Cole Porter, and Arrangements and Additional Music by Gary William Friedman.
A new movie explores composer Cole Porter's consummate musical gifts and his remarkable, unorthodox marriage
May 20, 2011 · I guess that after making sure the stone read that SHE WAS THE WIFE OF COLE PORTER, there wasn’t room to tell us when she was born (November 17, 1883). I thought about all the women I’ve ever met—in life and in books—who married great men rather than pursuing greatness themselves.
Kate Cole married Samuel Porter in 1884 and had two children, Louis and Rachel, who both died in infancy. Porter's grandfather, J.G. Cole, was a multi-millionaire who made his fortune in the coal and western timber business.
