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Alan Ladd. Actor: Shane. Alan Walbridge Ladd was born in Hot Springs, Arkansas, the only child of Ina Raleigh (aka Selina Rowley) and Alan Harwood Ladd, a freelance accountant. His mother was English, from County Durham. His father died when he was four.
- September 3, 1913
- January 29, 1964
- He Had A Traumatizing Childhood
- He Burned His House Down
- His Impoverished Childhood Haunted Him
- His Classmates Gave Him A Mean Nickname
- He Almost Became An Olympic Athlete
- His First Entertainment Industry Job Was Triggering
- He Lacked Something Crucial For A Film Star
- His Acting Teacher Didn’T Believe in Him
- He Turned Criticism Into Motivation
- He Lived Apart from His First Wife
Tragedy struck the Ladd household early on. In 1917, at four years old, Ladd experienced loss far too soon. He watched his father, who he shares a name with, collapse and succumb to a heart attack, leaving behind Ladd and his mother to fend for themselves. For the future actor, this event marked the first tragedy in a life full of struggle and unce...
From then on, disasters hit Ladd’s family one after the other. Soon after losing his father, like a scene straight out of a children’s PSA, Ladd burneddown their apartment building while playing with matches. His mother had no choice but to take her son and move away, setting off on a journey that would leave Ladd with startling repercussions. Max ...
Ladd’s early childhood was full of migration from one place to the other, and the conditions were absolutely grueling. His family decided to move to California in the early 1920s in search of a better life. Ladd recalled as an adult how he was always hungry as the family couldn’t even afford food on the road. In fact, the journey was so traumatizin...
As the new kid in town, Ladd struggled to fit in at school. He fell a few grades behind due to his family’s move. Moreover, despite being the oldest kid in class, he suffered from malnourishment and had the smallest build. Therefore, his classmates came up with a mean-spirited nickname for him:They decided to call him “Tiny,” and incessantly taunte...
Things started looking up for Ladd during high school...for a short while, at least. At 16, his body was in better shape and he was winning awards for swimming and diving, prompting him to try out for the Olympics. Alas, during practice, Ladd suffered a head injury that knocked the ambition out of him and he quit the sport. But even as Ladd struggl...
After waving goodbye to his swimming career, Ladd managed to secure a job as a grip at Warner Bros. Unfortunately, his bad luck struck again. Soon after starting work, he fell off a scaffold and injured himself. This accident immediately brought back the traumatic memories of his swimming debacle, and as such, he quit the gig immediately. However, ...
Despite his talent, motion picture studios turned Ladd down because of his looks. His blonde hair and light skin didn't translate well on camera, with Universal Pictures even citing that he was "too blonde." To Ladd's dismay, they dropped him only six months after signing him. Still, if there was one thing he had in spades, it was unrelenting deter...
After a lot of struggle, and money borrowing, Ladd managed to go to acting school. Yet, much like his early school days after moving to California, his experience was depressing. His acting teacher said he was too quiet and that his voice was too high. Nonetheless, even with the odds stacked against him, Ladd found a way to stick to the acting worl...
Ladd’s hard work on his voice kick-started his acting career. Despite his acting teacher's biting words, Ladd managed to build himself a career as a radio actor. He trained his voice into becoming rich and deep and found much success in the medium. He had finally made it to the starting line of the long path to stardom. Still, as bolstering as this...
In 1936, Ladd married his high school sweetheart Jane “Midge” Harold, but their marriage was a turbulent one.The couple couldn’t afford to live together in the first year of their marriage, and by 1937, they started sharing a friend’s apartment. As uncomfortable as that was, an overcrowded apartment was about to be the least of their worries. Pixni...
Ladd was born in Hot Springs, Arkansas, on September 3, 1913. He was the only child of Ina Raleigh (also known as Selina Rowley) (1888–1937), and Alan Ladd (1874–1917), a freelance accountant. His mother was English, from County Durham, and had migrated to the U.S. in 1907 when she was 19.
Alan Ladd. Actor: Shane. Alan Walbridge Ladd was born in Hot Springs, Arkansas, the only child of Ina Raleigh (aka Selina Rowley) and Alan Harwood Ladd, a freelance accountant. His mother was English, from County Durham. His father died when he was four.
- January 1, 1
- Hot Springs, Arkansas, USA
- January 1, 1
- Palm Springs, California, USA
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Dec 13, 2023 · Alan Ladd was born on September 3, 1913, to the American-born Alan Ladd Sr., a freelance accountant who traveled frequently, and the petite Selina Rowley Ladd (stage name Ina Raleigh), who was born in County Durham, England, in 1888 and came to the United States in 1907.
Jan 29, 2015 · Ladd was born on September 3, 1913 to Ina Raleigh and Alan Ladd, in the Arkansas region of the United States. His father, who worked as a freelance accountant, died when Ladd was hardly four years old. After his father’s death, Ina Raleigh got married to a painter Jim Beavers.
Aug 3, 2010 · Alan Ladd was an American actor and producer. He was the son of Selina Ina (Rowley), who was known as Ina Raleigh, and Alan Harwood Ladd. His father was born in Neenah, Winnebago, Wisconsin, to Canadian parents, of American descent.
