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Virginia Hill (born Onie Virginia Hill; August 26, 1916 – March 24, 1966) was an American organized crime figure. An Alabama native, she became a Chicago Outfit courier during the mid-1930s. She was famous for being the girlfriend of mobster Bugsy Siegel.
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Mar 21, 2016 · The woman was Virginia Hill, the onetime so-called “Queen of the Mob,” a courtesan and entrusted cash courier for household-name American gangsters from the mid-1930s through the 1940s. An Austrian official concluded the 49-year-old Virginia died of a self-administered overdose of sedatives, not a surprise given her history of near-fatal ...
Nov 15, 2021 · Virginia Hill's turbulent early life sows the seeds of her mob queen future. Hill was born on August 26, 1916, in the tiny town of Lipscomb, Alabama. Her childhood was difficult, as her father, an alcoholic mule trader named Mack Hill, beat her and her ten other siblings — at least until an 8-year-old Hill slammed a greasy skillet into her ...
Mar 16, 2021 · News. Virginia Hill, Alabama-born mob queen, testified before US Senate 70 years ago. Updated: Mar. 16, 2021, 6:30 a.m. |. Published: Mar. 16, 2021, 6:30 a.m. Virginia Hill Hauser, one time...
Sep 12, 2022 · Clever, witty, glamorous, deadly: Virginia Hill was an infamous figure in America’s mid-century organised crime circles. She graced television screens across the country, was described by Time magazine as the “queen of the gangsters’ molls”, and has since been immortalised by Hollywood.
May 2, 2019 · In summer 1938, Virginia hit Hollywood, moving in on her third mob outfit as she quietly befriended Los Angeles vice king Jack Dragna. More publicly, she took up with actors Errol Flynn and George ...
The only woman ever identified as a Mafia associate, Virginia Hill was born into poverty in Lipscomb, Alabama, the seventh of ten children, all of whom suffered abuse at the hands of their alcoholic father. Her seemingly ruthless nature was apparently acquired at a tender age.
