- Born
- Died
- Birth nameLouella Rose Oettinger
- Nickname
- Lolly
- Louella Parsons was born on August 6, 1881 in Freeport, Illinois, USA. She was an actress and writer, known for Hollywood Hotel (1937), Without Reservations (1946) and Starlift (1951). She was married to Dr. Henry Watson Martin, John McCaffrey Jr. and John Demont Parsons. She died on December 9, 1972 in Santa Monica, California, USA.
- SpousesDr. Henry Watson Martin(1926 - 1964) (his death)John McCaffrey Jr.(1915 - ?) (divorced)John Demont Parsons(1905 - 1914) (divorced, 1 child)
- Godmother of Mia Farrow
- Carole Lombard's nickname for her was Lollypops.
- Founder of the Hollywood Women's Press Club.
- Became a syndicated Hollywood columnist for William Randolph Hearst, so her "Los Angeles Examiner" column appeared in over six hundred newspapers the world over and made her one of the most powerful voices in the movie business (1925).
- Played by Elizabeth Taylor in Malice in Wonderland (1985), Brenda Blethyn in RKO 281 (1999) and Jennifer Tilly in The Cat's Meow (2001).
- [on Orson Welles] Awesome Orson, the self-styled genius.
- [on Frances Farmer] Cinderella goes back to the ashes on a liquor-slicked highway.
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