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Who contested Jean Ross as the inspiration for the song "These Foolish Things (Remind Me of You)"?

  • Eric Maschwitz's estranged wife Hermione Gingold

  • Maschwitz's son and music critic, Peter

  • Anna May Wong

Answer

Eric Maschwitz's estranged wife Hermione Gingold contested Jean Ross as the inspiration for the song "These Foolish Things (Remind Me of You)". Maschwitz and Gingold had been married in 1928, but their marriage had broken down by 1934, and they were divorced in 1938. Maschwitz and Ross had a relationship in the early 1930s, and Gingold believed that Ross was the inspiration for the song.
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