Louella Parsons

Trivia

• Smarmy-tongued Hollywood gossip columnist of the 40s and 50s who was often in imbroglios with not only her subjects but her professional rivals as well.
• Carole Lombard's nickname for her was "Lollypops".
• She was awarded 2 Stars on the Hollywood Walk of Fame for Radio at 6300 Hollywood Boulevard and for Motion Pictures at 6418 Hollywood Boulevard in Hollywood, California.
• Founder of the Hollywood Women's Press Club.
• Is portrayed by Brenda Blethyn in RKO 281 (1999) (TV), by Doris Belack in The Hearst and Davies Affair (1985) (TV), by Anne Bellamy in Bogie (1980) (TV), by Jane Kean in The Scarlett O'Hara War (1980) (TV), by Sandy Martin in Marlene (2000), by Priscilla Morrill in Marilyn: The Untold Story (1980) (TV), by Elizabeth Taylor in Malice in Wonderland (1985) (TV) and by Jennifer Tilly in The Cat's Meow (2001)
• Godmother of Mia Farrow
• Became a syndicated Hollywood columnist for William Randolph Hearst, so her "Los Angeles Examiner" column appeared in over six hundred newspapers the world over and made her one of the most powerful voices in the movie business (1925).
• Her memoir "The Gay Illiterate", published in 1944, became a bestseller and was followed by "Tell It to Louella" (1961).
• Is buried in Holy Cross Cemetery, Culver City, California.
• In 1914, Parsons began writing the first gossip column in the United States for the Chicago Record-Herald.

Quotes

• "Cinderella goes back to the ashes on a liquor-slicked highway."
• " Awesome Orson, the self-styled genius."