Random Facts About Old Hollywood's Biggest Actors

Random Facts About Old Hollywood's Biggest Actors


July 11, 2024 | Jane O'Shea

Random Facts About Old Hollywood's Biggest Actors


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Here are some random facts about old Hollywood's biggest actors. 

Rita Moreno only dated Elvis to make Marlon Brando jealous, and she later said that Brando was the far better lover and that Elvis was an amateur. 

Fred Astaire's first screen test did not leave a great impression. His evaluation read: "Can't act, can't sing, balding, can dance...a little."

Reportedly, Elizabeth Taylor rushed to Montgomery Clift's aid after he crashed into a telephone pole on the way home from one of her parties. According to the story, she found him choking on two of his broken teeth, so she reached down his throat and removed them. 

Angela Lansbury moved her entire family to Ireland due to her daughter's fascination with Charles Manson and her son's addiction.

Richard Burton and Robert F. Kennedy got into a contest to determine who could quote more of Shakespeare's sonnets. Both of them had perfect recitations, but Burton got the upper hand by reciting the sonnets backward. 

Natalie Wood's fear of drowning began on the set of The Green Promise when a bridge collapsed, causing her to fall into the water. Eerily, in 1980 she did drown.


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