Louella Parsons

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

The Ed Sullivan Show

What's My Line?

The Colgate Comedy Hour

The Steve Allen Show

This Is Your Life

Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage

Show People

A Star Is Born World Premiere

All Movies (16)

• I Can't Give You Anything But Love: The Jimmy McHugh Story2024 · as Self (archive footage)
• Howard Hughes: His Women and His Movies2000 · as Self (archive sound)
• The Casting Couch1995
• Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage1983 · as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
• The Legend of Rudolph Valentino1961 · as Self (archive footage)
• A Star Is Born World Premiere1954 · as Self
• Susan Slept Here1954 · as Telephone Interviewer (voice) (uncredited)
• Starlift1951 · as Louella Parsons
• The Corpse Came C.O.D.1947 · as Herself
• Without Reservations1946 · as Louella Parsons
• Screen Snapshots (Series 25, No. 1): 25th Anniversary1945 · as Self
• Screen Snapshots (Series 22, No. 10)1942 · as Self
• Cavalcade of the Academy Awards1940 · as Self
• Hollywood Hotel1938 · as Louella Parsons
• Hollywood on Parade No. B-11934
• Show People1928 · as Self (uncredited)

All TV Shows (5)

• The Steve Allen Show1956 · as Self
• This Is Your Life1952 · as Self
• The Colgate Comedy Hour1950 · as Self
• What's My Line?1950 · as Self
• The Ed Sullivan Show1948 · as Self