Doris was adorable in every movie she ever made. Beautiful inside and out with a superb whispery, jazzy, melodious voice to match. That was adorable too.
What many people don’t know is that Doris was 
originally a dancer until a car accident permanently damaged her legs She had broken them both. What did Doris do?
She didn’t give up.
She spent her months, years, of recuperation teaching herself how to sing with a particular emphasis on phrasing that was truly unique.
Doris may have appeared all ditzy on the outside but she had true grit. From the 40s to the 60s her film career did not slow and Doris was loved world wide. Amongst my favourites are ‘By The Light Of The Silvery Moon’ with Gordon MacRae, a Christmas classic,
‘Young At Heart’ with Frank Sinatra, in which she doesn’t sing but is the support for her broken down piano player husband,
‘Love Me Or Leave Me,’ based on the life of Ruth Etting, in which she starred with James Cagney, ‘Calamity Jane’ with Howard Keel
and ‘Pillow Talk’ with Rock Hudson.
Her personal life was not always perfect however. In the early part of her career when she was moving from big band singer into the movies she was romanced by Arty Shaw who was abusive and later, married Marty Melcher, who robbed her of every penny she owned. In 2004 she lost a son to skin cancer and from that moment on disappeared from public view. Doris was Rock Hudson’s best friend even when ‘Aids’ began it’s slow takeover of his beautiful face and body.
All this she survived.
She was never bitter and was true to her Christian faith to the end. Her love of animals is legendary and throughout her life she was a crusader on their behalf. 
As I said she was and will be forever adorable.
Renee Lou Dallow
( Hybiscus Bloom. )
One star, Carol Lombard, was killed in a plane crash whilst on a war bond tour. Women in suits became all the rage too as more and more women joined the work force. Slinky evening gowns worn in the evenings only.
Clark Gable did not want to acknowledge the child and Loretta could not for if she had she would have lost her career. 
Little Judy Lewis ( After Loretta’s second husband ) didn’t find out she was Loretta’s biological daughter until she turned 31.
She’d had her suspicions though as Gable’s ears were a dead give-away. Around the same era Joan Crawford famously adopted a daughter ( not biological ) who wrote a book about the experience of living with the star who was an extra fussy clean freak entitled ‘Mommy Dearest’.
This was probably because she had to learn to arrange her own wardrobe accordingly in mini me mode. Joan liked to dress her in matching outfits for photo shoots.
When Christina grew up and got an acting job on a daytime soap Joan literally stole her part.
He drank too much and was irresponsible and B.D didn’t like him at all.
The love between Debbie Reynolds and Carrie Fisher was very obvious and Debbie would often have her daughter on stage with her
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This does not mean to say the relationships were without friction entirely. Carrie Fisher once wrote that she felt felt very insecure around her mother as Debbie Reynolds was always so cute and charming while Carrie was just ‘Bovine’ and not really into laying on the charm factor. In the film made on their relationship ‘Postcards From the Edge’ their mother-daughter issues were thrown into the public arena. These were issues that many could relate to.
Liz Taylor had a close loving relationship with both her daughters Maria Burton and Liza Todd. 
They had not a bad word to say about their mother who apparently devoted herself to them even when miles away on set in another country. They grew up quite normal and decided not to follow in their mother’s footsteps in Hollywood although Liz would have been cool with that. Maria is a well known artist and Liza works with abandoned animals.
Jane Mansfield was a wonderful mother and her daughter Mariska Hargitay is a star in her own right.
Mariska did not know her mother very long , however, as Jane died young in a car accident.
Zsa-Zsa married many times. Even more than Liz. She only had one child though and that child was never happy.
When her mother’s boyfriend, mafia hitman, Tony Stompanato,
beat Lana senseless and tried to kill her she was saved in the nick of time by her daughter. Cheryl stabbed her mothers aggressive lover to death.
Apparently Stompanato had also sexually abused Cheryl and so this also added to her motive. Her parents had remained friends and her father ,Steven Crane ,stood beside both mother and daughter fending for their honour. Cheryl Crane is a successful real estate broker and a writer. There are many more Hollywood mother-daughter stories that abound in Hollywood and these are just a few to show that no matter who we are we all have issues with our mothers. Young or old, rich or poor, famous or infamous we all must find our own way and be proud of who we are.
Unlike Yasmin Khan, we can’t all have Rita Hayworth for a mother and a prince for a father but we can all allow our special ‘Princess’ to shine from within. Hollywood eat your heart out!
Always interesting to find out who was related, married or had an affair with who. For example Judy Garland and Micky Rooney were forever friends. 
He would go on to marry Ava Gardener when Judy turned him down. Shirley struggled to make it in films as an adult where Judy thrived. 
Shirley did, however, make some good teen movies like ‘Honeymoon’.
Shirley was to be teamed up with Garland and Rooney in three fims but the studio decided to pull her out as they were afraid that Judy and Micky would upstage her and ruin her comeback.
Mickey, of course, was unstoppable and would go on to star in may great films as well as marrying many more times. His films would include ‘National Velvet’ with Liz Taylor.
Yep that’s Liz with the dog in the tub.
Shirley also made a film with Frank Sinatra in 1963 called ‘The Victor’ It was a small world back then eh?
Bourgeoise Bloomers 