Tex guinan biography

All All. Sign In. Texas Guinan Actress Producer. It's hard to be very specific about any dates or events early in the life of Texas Guinan. She loved publicity and frequently improvised facts about herself when she felt they made better stories than the truth. She was born in Waco, Texas, but likely not on a ranch as she often claimed.

The child of Irish immigrants, Mary Louise Cecilia Guinan was.

She was active in vaudeville and theater, and was in many movies often as the gun-toting hero in silent westerns, more than a match for any man. In the prohibition era, Tex's talents for entertainment and self-promotion came together for a successful career as the owner and hostess in night clubs and speakeasies, where she made certain everyone had a good time.

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Mary Louise Cecilia "Texas" Guinan (January 12, – November 5, ) was an American actress, producer, and entrepreneur.

Queen of the Night Clubs. Texas Malone. The Gun Woman. The Tigress. The Stainless Barrier.