Hollywood History Goddess

There was nothing simple about Margaret “Gibby” Gibson the former silent film actress that lived her later years in virtual obscurity then confessing to the murder of Director William Desmond Taylor on her deathbed. During her Hollywood years she was friendly with thieves,drug dealers and blackmailers. She was relatively unnoticed as long as she stayed ahead of the law but the times the law caught up with her she would change her stage name and continue to act. She was arrested in A Chinatown brothel in 1917 she changed her name to Patricia Palmer and continued to act. She was arrested for suspicion of being part of a blackmailing ring in 1923 now known as Pat Lewis.  Margaret’s career was over with the advent of the talkies, she used at least 5 other aliases throughout her life but settling on Pat Lewis.  Margaret worked with William Desmond Taylor in 4 shorts in 1914. He was the new actor in town then.  Al Christie gave Gibby her big break in 1917. He signed her to a co...

Brandon Lee on the set of The Crow Brandon Bruce Lee (February 1, 1965 – March 31, 1993) was an American actor and martial artist. He was the only son of martial artist and film star Bruce Lee. As a child from visiting his father's sets, who at the time was a major martial arts film leading man, Lee developed the desire to become an actor. Lee was 8 years old when his father died, becoming an iconic figure of both the art and the film genre he specialized in. Lee pursued his goal of being a thespian, he then studied the craft at the Emerson College and the Lee Strasberg Theatre and Film Institute. Wanting to escape his father's image to become a dramatic actor, Lee figured that acting in action-oriented films would eventually lead him to other types of roles. After a stint doing local theater, Lee made his screen debut opposite David Carradine in the 1986 ABC's television film Kung Fu: The Movie, a spin-off of the 1970s television series Kung Fu, where he received second bi...

Brittany Anne Murphy-Monjack (née Bertolotti; November 10, 1977 – December 20, 2009)  was an American actress and singer. Born in Atlanta, Murphy moved to Los Angeles as a teenager and pursued a career in acting. Her breakthrough role was as Tai Frasier in Clueless (1995), followed by supporting roles in independent films such as Freeway (1996) and Bongwater (1998). She made her stage debut in a Broadway production of Arthur Miller's A View from the Bridge in 1997, before appearing as Daisy Randone in Girl, Interrupted (1999) and as Lisa Swenson in Drop Dead Gorgeous (1999). In the 2000s Murphy appeared in Don't Say a Word (2001) alongside Michael Douglas, and alongside Eminem in 8 Mile (2002), for which she gained critical recognition Her later roles included Riding in Cars with Boys (2001), Spun (2002), Just Married (2003), Uptown Girls (2003), Sin City (2005), and Happy Feet (2006). Murphy also voiced Luanne Platter on the animated television series King of the Hill (1997–20...

Peg Entwistle I was very disappointed in Ryan Murphy's work of fiction for Netflix "Hollywood" that dropped on Friday. I am the Hollywood Historian that Marked Peg's Grave in 2010. I knew her brother for 8 years until his death in 2018. here are the facts that Murphy got wrong in Hollywood.  Peg was not an alcoholic, also nobody knows if she was drinking the night she jumped. Peg was in an abusive marriage with actor Robert Keith, Keith was an alcoholic and according to her family she never abused alcohol.  Peg was born in Port Talbot Wales not London.  Peg was single at the time of her death, she did date Humphrey Bogart shortly before her death when they both acted in the play the Mad Hopes. Peg didn't kill herself because her role was cut in Thirteen Women or because she felt she hadn't achieved stardom in Hollywood, her first love was the Broadway stage and she intended to go back to New York City and the stage. Peg only wanted to do a ...

2020 marks the Centennial Deaths of 4 Silent Movie Stars who died in 1920. Clarine E. Seymour  (December 9, 1898 – April 25, 1920) was an American silent film actress. Brief Career In 1917, Seymour appeared in Pathé's Mystery of the Double Cross opposite actress Mollie King. Hal Roach saw her performance and offered her a film contract with his Rolin Film Company. Seymour accepted and relocated to Los Angeles to perform as the leading lady in the Toto the Clown (played by Armando Novello) film comedy serials. Throughout 1918, she appeared in the Toto serial and also had a supporting role in the comedy short Just Rambling Along (1918), opposite Stan Laurel. The deal with Roach soon soured after Seymour claimed she was fired for refusing to do her own stunts. She filed suit against the company and was awarded $1,325 (approximately $23,000 today) in damages. While the case was pending, Seymour appeared in comedy shorts for Al Christie's comedy shorts. In 1...