6 Notorious Female Gangsters - Page 6 of 9

Virginia Hill

Known as the Flamingo as well as “Queen of the Gangster Molls,” Hill became notorious as the girlfriend of Brooklyn mobster Bugsy Siegel. When she moved to Los Angeles to pursue her acting ambitions, she met Siegel, for whom she’d soon be lover and courier. He’d later name his Flamingo Hotel in Las Vegas after her. But this proved a bust business, bringing an abrupt end to Siegel’s career, and arguably his life. He was gunned down in Hill’s Hollywood home on June 20, 1947.