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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...
Feb 9, 2021 · Forgotten Hollywood: Hedda Hopper and Louella Parsons. February 9, 2021. —. Meher Tatna. When in the 1920s Hollywood studios created the star system which lasted till the 1960s, young men and women were plucked from obscurity, buffed and polished and transformed into movie stars with invented names and backgrounds to glamorize them.
Jun 9, 2021 · Longworth's new season “Gossip Girls” focuses on Louella Parsons and Hedda Hopper, who wrote influentially dishy gossip columns giving different actors and films the hype that their...
In contrast to her arch-rival Hedda Hopper, who was notorious for her column's crass tone, Parsons' writing style was often described as "sweetness and light" or "gooey". She received criticism for her casual chatty tone and casual regard for dates and places.
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Helen Mirren played Hedda Hopper in the movie Trumbo (2015), directed by Jay Roach. Tilda Swinton played in Hail, Caesar! (2016), the double part of Thora and Thessaly Thacker, two identical twin sister gossip columnists (mimicking the rivalry between Hedda Hopper and Louella Parsons, but both heavily based on Hopper herself).
YearTitleRoleNotes1916Maida RhodesLost film Credited as Elda Furry1917Sylvia MarloweLost film Credited as Elda Milar1917June JusticeLost film1917Myra ThornhillCredited as Elda FurryApr 5, 2017 · April 5, 2017. By. Alastair James. Another in our occasional series, inspired by FX’s fabulous Feud: Bette and Joan, documenting classic Hollywood Feuds. Here it’s the turn of gossip columnists Hedda Hopper and Louella Parsons. Louella Parsons had become the doyenne of Hollywood gossip by the 1930s.
Hopper, Hedda and Louella Parsons. Driven, sometimes ruthless, Hollywood rivals whose gossip columns wielded considerable power in the entertainment industry of the 1940s and 1950s. Hopper, Hedda (1885–1966). Name variations: Elda Curry; Elda or Ella Furry; Elda Millar.
