Louella Parsons
Birth Name:
Louella Rose Oettinger
Birth Place:
Freeport, Illinois, United States
Profession
Actress, Writer, Soundtrack
Fast Facts
- Was a godmother to accomplished actress Mia Farrow
- Got her start as a newspaper writer for the Dixon Star while in college
- Got her start with films by selling a script to the Essanay Company in 1912
- Was widely recognized as the first American film columnist
- In 1934, she became the host of the radio show "Hollywood Hotel․"
- In 1944, her memoir, "The Gay Illiterate," was published
- Was the founder of the Hollywood Women's Press Club