Background
She was born in 1925 to Julian "Drake" David and Ella David.
She was born in 1925 to Julian "Drake" David and Ella David.
She graduated from San Jacinto High School.
She had the nickname "Mission Moonlight". Clifford Pugh of the Houston Chronicle said that she "wrote about big names for half of the 20th century and became a celebrity in her own right". Lisa Gray of the Houston Press said that Mesinger "wrote in the swingin" lingo of "40s showbiz".
She took post-secondary education at Texas Woman"s University, Indiana University Bloomington, and the University of Houston.
They had two children, Julianne and Jay. Mesinger had a career in television
In the 1950s she hosted two celebrity oriented shows on a television network operated by the University of Houston. In 1964 the Houston Chronicle hired her to be a columnist.
Foreign a period she and her family lived at the Shamrock Hotel.
She had two children, Jay and Julianne. Her collection of antiques, fine art, mementos, and photographs of Hollywood actors and actresses from the second half of the 20th Century was called the "Maxine Mesinger Memorial Museum" by her family. Mesinger was afflicted by multiple sclerosis.
On Friday January 19, 2001, at The Methodist Hospital, Mesinger died from complications of multiple sclerosis, at the age 75.
On September 9, 2003, the Maxine Mesinger Multiple Sclerosis Clinic at Baylor College of Medicine and The Methodist Hospital opened. After her death, her collection of art, mementos, and photographs remained intact.
Her husband, Emil, continued living in their house near River Oaks. In June 2013 Emil died and the two children established an auction of the collection to be held on October 26, 2013 at Morton Auctioneers and Appraisers.
The Auctioneer for the Mesigner Estate Auction was Houston auctioneer and Vice-President of Morton"s Auctioneers and Appraisers, Colette Clift Mayers.
The Mesinger Sclerosis Clinic was scheduled to receive a portion of the proceeds.