Louella Parsons
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Louella Rose Oettinger Parsons, was an American gossip columnist and screenwriter. At her peak, her columns were read by 20 million people in 700 newspapers worldwide.
Parsons in 1937
June Allyson reveals a secret to Parsons (1946)
(L-R): Jimmy McHugh, Anna Maria Alberghetti, Barbara Rush and Louella Parsons from Modern Screen, 1960
Hedda Hopper
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Elda Furry, known professionally as Hedda Hopper, was an American gossip columnist and actress. At the height of her influence in the 1940s, more than 35 million people read her columns. A strong supp
Louella Parsons
…subsequently became an influential figure in Hollywood and remained the unchallenged "Queen of Hollywood gossip" until the arrival of the flamboyant Hedda Hopper, with whom she feuded for years. Parsons was born Louella Rose Oettinger in Freeport, Illinois, the daughter of Helen (née Stine) and Joshua Oettinger…
Hopper in 1930
Hopper in 1929
Hopper and Carole Lombard in The Racketeer (1929)
Hopper in the early 1920s