Virginia hill

Jerri Mason (left) and Chick Hill (Virginia Hill's brother) at Bugsy Siegel's inquest June 25, 1947 From: We Only Kill Eachother by Dean Jennings

Virginia Hill (1916-1966) was one of the most famous female mobsters. She was a courier for the national crime syndicate, moving thousands of dollars from one mobster to the next, even overseas. She purportedly slept with many gangsters, but was Bugsy Siegel's girlfriend. She fled to Austria after the Government went after her for tax evasion. She died on the ski slopes of Salzburg, Austria after ingesting a heavy dose of sleeping pills. She was 49 years old.

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This is perhaps the best photo I've ever seen taken of Virginia Hill.

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Here’s an odd cinematic footnote: Seventeen years before he played a supporting role in Bugsy (1991), the whip-smart...

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Known as the Flamingo as well as "Queen of the Gangster Molls," Hill became notorious as the girlfriend of Brooklyn mobster Bugsy Siegel. She came from a poor background, telling people she didn't own a pair of shoes until age 17. Born in Alabama and raised in Georgia, she moved to Chicago to seek fame and fortune. She found a bit of both working as an accountant for Al Capone.

Virginia Hill. "The flamingo" for who Bugsy named the Flamingo Hotel & Casino in Vegas after.