Louella Parsons
Louella Parsons was the first American movie columnist. She was retained by William Randolph Hearst, possibly because she had praised Hearsts mistress Marion Davies, and her columns were read bymillion people in 400 newspapers worldwide.
Louella Parsons was born Louella Rose Oettinger in Freeport, Illinois, the daughter of Helen and Joshua Oettinger. Her father was of German Jewish descent, as was her maternal grandfather, while her maternal grandmother, Jeanette Wilcox, was of Irish origin. During her childhood, her parents attended an Episcopal church. She had two brothers, Edwin and Fred, and a sister, Rae. In 1890, her widowed mother married John H. Edwards. They lived in Dixon, Illinois, later hometown of Ronald Reagan.
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