Elizabeth Adams

Elizabeth Adams, known as Madam Alex and sometimes Alex Adams (1933 or 1934 (Aged 17 in 1951 and 56 in the November 1989 Vanity Fair article.)

Adams operated a prostitution ring in Beverly Hills for more than 20 years. Under the pseudonym Alex Fleming (one of several), she sent young women to hotels in the district and on cruises charging $300 for two hours and up to $2,000 for a whole day, including for periods accompanying men to Europe and on cruises in the Caribbean. Adams assisted Sydney Biddle Barrows, the so-called 'Mayflower madam' of Manhattan, informing Barrows of suitable clients to add to her list. She later claimed Heidi Fleiss, for whom she had originally been a mentor, had stolen her list of clients. Madam 90210: My Life as Madam to the Rich and Famous, written by Adams in collaboration with William Stadiem, was published in 1993.

Adams died at the Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles, (reputedly) at the age of 60, after open heart surgery and the ending of life support. Her son, Scott, also of Los Angeles, survived her.