Cannell, Kathleen, 1891-1974.

American dance critic and fashion editor, born Kathleen Biggar Eaton, Cannell began her career as a mime and dancer, appearing with the Provincetown Players and elsewhere. From 1919 to 1944, she lived in France, was the Paris fashion editor for the New York Times and the New Yorker, and was part of the artistic circle centered around Gertrude Stein and Ernest Hemingway. When she returned to the U.S., she continued to write on fashion, dance, theatre, music, and literature for a variety of journals, most notably the Christian Science Monitor. She also wrote a novel and short stories and was a television and radio host, and public speaker.