Mr. X Blind Item #3- Old Hollywood
What multiple Tony winning entertainer who also dabbled in films was also a closeted lesbian for much for her life? Her relationships with two A-list actresses were somewhat of an open secret in Hollywood. As for her longtime husband and father of her son, yes he was a closet case too. That son became famous in his own right and he took the secret that both his parents were gay to the grave.
Helen Hayes?
ReplyDeleteIm wrong but Ginger Rodgers, the women being Bette Davis and Lucy . Doubt she won awards.
ReplyDeleteCould be--not sure about her hubby
ReplyDeleteI'm wondering about Mary Martin now. Big Broadwy star, Larry Hagman was her son, but she was married twice and had a daughter too.
ReplyDeleteAnd for good luck--Ethel Merman.
ReplyDeletelike the Mary Martin guess ALOT@Sandy:)
ReplyDeleteIs it a secret that Mary Martin was gay? Good guess, regardless, though.
ReplyDeleteWell, Mary Martin was very close to Janet Gaynor.
ReplyDeleteI'm thinking Mary Martin, too. But I'm also wondering perhaps Gertrude Lawrence?
ReplyDeleteLauren Bacall/Jason Robards - son is Sam
ReplyDeleteSam Robards isn't dead.
ReplyDeleteGoing to go with Helen Hayes here. I don't think Mary Martin has a famous son, and besides it was not really a secret.
ReplyDeleteIt would also explain why Charles MacArthur was such a "confirmed bachelor" until he met Hayes.
ReplyDeleteHe and Helen Hayes also adopted both of their children, which may not mean anything, but could.
ReplyDeleteKelly, Mary Martin's son was Larry Hagman. He was quite famous as Major Healy in "I Dream of Jeannie" and as JR Ewing on Dallas.
ReplyDeleteI like the Mary Martin guess, with Larry Hagman as secret-keeping son.
ReplyDeleteMary and Janet Gaynor were definitely a couple.
The first 4 words of the blind gave it away but I was thinking James MacArthur as the son, got them a little mixed up.
ReplyDeleteI'm with the Mary Martin & Janet Gaynor guess but who was the Other A Lister? Wendy???
ReplyDeleteMary Martin. She was rumoured to be in love with Janet Gaynor and Jean Arthur.Her son, Larry Hagman, took her secret to the grave.
ReplyDeleteMary Martin as a guess doesn't fit well with the BI. She was married twice. With the first husband she was married to for 6 years had Larry, but not with the second husband she was married to for 33 years (she had a daughter with him). IMO, she doesn't really fit: "long-term husband and son".
ReplyDeleteMy first thought as well but I don't think Ginger works for ' also dabbled in films'.
ReplyDeleteMary's son was Larry Hagman.
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