Person
Louella Parsons
Acting · 1881–1972
Biography
Date of Birth 6 August1881, Freeport, Illinois, USA Date of Death 9 December 1972, Santa Monica, California, USA (arteriosclerosis) Smarmy-tongued Hollywood gossip columnist of the 40s and 50s who was often in imbroglios with not only her subjects but her professional rivals as well.
Known for
What's My Line?
Self
The Steve Allen Show
Self
The Colgate Comedy Hour
Self
The Ed Sullivan Show
Self
This Is Your Life
Self
Show People
Self (uncredited)
Without Reservations
Louella Parsons
Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Susan Slept Here
Telephone Interviewer (voice) (uncredited)
A Star Is Born World Premiere
Self
Filmography
- 2024I Can't Give You Anything But Love: The Jimmy McHugh StorySelf (archive footage)
- 2000Howard Hughes: His Women and His MoviesSelf (archive sound)
- 1995The Casting Couch
- 1983Hollywood Out-takes and Rare FootageSelf (archive footage) (uncredited)
- 1961The Legend of Rudolph ValentinoSelf (archive footage)
- 1956The Steve Allen ShowSelf
- 1954A Star Is Born World PremiereSelf
- 1954Susan Slept HereTelephone Interviewer (voice) (uncredited)
- 1952This Is Your LifeSelf
- 1951StarliftLouella Parsons
- 1950The Colgate Comedy HourSelf
- 1950What's My Line?Self
- 1948The Ed Sullivan ShowSelf
- 1947The Corpse Came C.O.D.Herself
- 1946Without ReservationsLouella Parsons
- 1945Screen Snapshots (Series 25, No. 1): 25th AnniversarySelf
- 1942Screen Snapshots (Series 22, No. 10)Self
- 1940Cavalcade of the Academy AwardsSelf
- 1938Hollywood HotelLouella Parsons
- 1934Hollywood on Parade No. B-1
- 1928Show PeopleSelf (uncredited)
- 1927The Isle of Forgotten WomenStory
- 1915His New JobWriter
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