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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 . First marriage. She was born Linda Belle Lee to the prominent Lee family of Virginia. Her father was Louisville banker William Paca Lee and her mother Lily Lee (née Hill).
Oct 15, 2000 · 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.
"The music is fabulous," he says, "but the relationship between Cole Porter and his wife, Linda, is the heart and soul of the film." Porter's marriage to Lee was rife with contradictions, and the...
Cole Porter was born June 9, 1891, at Peru, Indiana, the son of pharmacist Samuel Fenwick Porter and Kate Cole. Cole was raised on a 750-acre fruit ranch. Kate Cole married Samuel Porter in 1884 and had two children, Louis and Rachel, who both died in infancy.
Jul 8, 2017 · ‘Love, Linda’ offers rare glimpse of Cole Porter’s wife. By Jessi Virtusio. PUBLISHED: July 8, 2017 at 3:00 a.m. | UPDATED: May 23, 2019 at 1:05 p.m. With Cole Porter being an Indiana...
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