So much gossip! \; So little time!&nbs p\; Women in History brings you the renown Gossip Mavens\, Hedda Hopper an d Louella Parsons\, as they take you on a journey through the Golden Age o f Hollywood. \; (Sorry\, no hair pulling allowed!)​
\nKnown as the " Queen of the Quickies\," Hedda Hopper was a "B" movie actress who was in o ver 120 films. Born Elda Furry\, on May 2 1885\, in Hollidaysburg\, Pennsy lvania\, she was the daughter of a butcher and one of 7 children. Star str uck\, she set out first to New York and then to Hollywood to establish a c areer on the stage and in films. She never really saw success until later in life\, when struggling to make ends meet\, she took up her pen and bega n to write. During the Golden Age of Hollywood\, Hedda\, along with Louell a Parsons raised the gossip column to an artform and had the power to make or break careers. She died in Hollywood\, at the top of her game\, on Feb ruary 1\, 1966.
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Hollywood gossip columnist\, who dominated Hollywood'
s Golden Era.
Louella's relationship with William Randoph Hearst and
her own three marriages made her life as stormy as any Hollywood movie