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Louella Rose Oettinger, (August 6, 1881 – December 9, 1972) known professionally as Louella Parsons, was an American gossip columnist and a screenwriter. At her peak, her columns were read by 20 million people in 700 newspapers worldwide.
Louella Parsons (born Aug. 6, 1881?, Freeport, Ill., U.S.—died Dec. 9, 1972, Santa Monica, Calif.) was an American newspaper writer, the first—and, for many years, most powerful—movie columnist in the United States.
Apr 1, 1997 · The movie industry’s two gorgons of gossip, buxom columnist Louella O. Parsons and her behatted counterpart, Hedda Hopper—the town’s most feared women and most notorious rivals—were...
Dec 21, 2022 · Failed marriages, sordid affairs, secret love children, and clandestine studio deals were just the start—read on for some sensational facts about Louella Parsons, the undisputed Queen of Hollywood Gossip. 1. She Started At The Bottom.
Louella Parsons was born on 6 August 1881 in Freeport, Illinois, USA. She was an actress and writer, known for Hollywood Hotel (1937), Without Reservations (1946) and Starlift (1951). She was married to Dr. Henry Watson Martin, John McCaffrey Jr. and John Demont Parsons.
An obsessive admiration for Hollywood's film stars, unstoppable ambition, and a touch of deceit propelled Louella Parsons (1881-1972) from a small town middle American journalist to one of Tinsel Town's most powerful and controversial personalities.
Jul 24, 2015 · Louella Parsons, the Hollywood mouthpiece for the Hearst empire of newspapers, became a most feared individual. Few stars crossed her, for to do so was tantamount to committing career suicide.
Feb 9, 2021 · For about three decades, two women ruled the town with powerful gossip columns and the ability to promote or destroy careers and lives. They were Hedda Hopper and Louella Parsons, alternately courted and reviled, but never ignored. Studios used them to keep their stars in line, often pitting the two against each other.
Although best known as the premiere Hollywood gossip columnist of the classical Hollywood studio era, Louella Parsons began her career in the film industry in 1911 when she was hired by the Chicago-based production company Essanay as its chief scenario editor.
Jun 9, 2021 · Parsons and Hopper aren’t necessarily saints or even icons—at some basic level, they were paid propagandists for extremely rich, powerful studio heads who had a vested interest in getting their...
