Sunday, January 03, 2016

Old Hollywood Blind Item #5 - Mr. X

This A/B-list actress and comedienne rarely if never talked about her teen years to interviewers. When she was growing up in New York City, and still very much underage, drunken friends of her father (who was a bouncer at several mob-controlled saloons) would rape her. One man gave her an STD. Considering her public persona, it was something that was too painful to discuss.

14 comments:

Tricia13 said...

Ethel Merman?

Tricia13 said...

Born and raised in NYC(Queens)

Kno Won Uno said...

Marion Davies

Kno Won Uno said...

Or Fanny Brice.
I think if it was Merman, Enty would have mentioned that she sang

MontanaMarriott said...

To be different, Joan Rivers?

BigNoiseFromWinnetka said...

According to Merman's bio (a written and heavily researched book, not Wiki), her father was a lifelong bookkeeper and accountant, and a devout Episcopalian. And I figure the blind would have called her a Broadway star or legend as opposed to a comedienne.

Laninna said...

Mae West

Derek Harvey said...

May West---she was considered a promiscuous persona, she was raised in NY and
"Her father was a prizefighter known as "Battlin' Jack West" who later worked as a "special policeman", and later had his own private investigations agency" according to Wikipedia...

Janie said...

Merman would be listed as Broadway star, she was mainly known for her singing also.

Piloh said...

Mary Tyler Moore

Anne B. said...

Barbara Stanwyck

Pink Escada said...

Mae West

Daisy said...

Rita Hayworth. Similar blind item was just revealed.

just4fun said...

Nah - her father was a doctor, not a bouncer

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