Flipboard 2025 Old Hollywood

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After a string of failed marriages, Jane Wyman converted to Catholicism—and on her deathbed, it led to an utterly bizarre request.

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Marion Davies is best known today for being the long-term mistress of tycoon William Randolph Hearst—but she was so much more than arm candy.

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Child star Bobby Driscoll was best known as the voice of Disney's Peter Pan—but his twisted ending was anything but happy.

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In her search for true love, Joan Collins had the most traumatizing and heartbreaking track record of any Hollywood actress.

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Over two decades in Old Hollywood, Tyrone Power’s star shone high—and he was made all the more legendary by his tragic and untimely death.

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Jenny Maxwell had Hollywood at her fingertips and her whole life ahead of her—but if few people know of her today, maybe that’s because of her chilling end.

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Etta James knew how to party, which she probably learned from her teenage mother. Unfortunately, it led her straight to the psych ward.

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Of all Hollywood's great tragedies, the tale of Dorothy Dandridge feels unique—and the exact circumstances of her death still haunt us.

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Fredi Washington was one of the most talented actresses of her time. If her name isn’t well known today, maybe that’s because of her devastating story.

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Lena Horne was a true triple threat, but even with her immense talent, she experienced incredibly tragedy throughout her career.

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Gone With the Wind might be controversial today, but legendary actress Hattie McDaniel was so much more than just “Mammy.”

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Pam Grier Facts. Pam Grier is famous for being the queen of the 1970s. But there's so much more to her glamorous and often tragic life.



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