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Inez Lauder Maclaren left her native country, Scotland, to seek fame and fortune in the United States. Aiming at a career as a music hall artist, she first made waves in her new home town, Chicago. Yet Spain would become the décor of her biggest successes: nicknamed “La Yanqui” because of her Anglo-American accent, Inez managed to surf on the wave that all things American were. Celebrating the new sound of jazz music, many new nightclubs were opened in Europe during this era – often high-class establishments with compulsory tuxedo and champagne. Spurred on by the popularity of American cinema, diffusing the ‘American way of life’, La Yanqui turned from Scottish lassie to international star of the variety theatre.
