Entertainment Lawyer 3/21/11: Old Hollywood Blind Item

**hustle4alivin** · March 24th, 2011, 09:27 PM

This Golden Globe winning actress was A+++ list. She was primarily known for television and comedy and for a very distinctive voice. Prior to hitting it big though, our actress made ends meet not in the odd jobs she always claimed in her authorized biographies, but turning tricks. Supposedly it is also how she met her future husband.

Crazy Days and Nights: Old Hollywood Blind Item

Lucille Ball and Carol Burnett seem to be the most popular guesses so far.
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**sprynkles** · March 24th, 2011, 09:42 PM

Lol, Carol B was my first thought for some reason. I've heard some crazy gossip about her before. But I like the Lucy guess too. I can see her actually doing this.

**NoNoRehab** · March 24th, 2011, 10:29 PM

Some on the CDAN blog claims their mother was "in the know" of that era and this is definitely Lucille Ball.

**hustle4alivin** · March 24th, 2011, 10:33 PM

Originally Posted by NoNoRehab

Some on the CDAN blog claims their mother was "in the know" of that era and this is definitely Lucille Ball.

Yep, I saw that too. This isn't the first time that I've heard this rumor about her.
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**Calico Kid** · March 24th, 2011, 11:15 PM

From the book Hollywood Babylon--It's Back:

"Lucille Ball launched herself into show business as a hooker, and her husband Desi Arnaz had a fling with Cesar Romero."

Amazon.com: Hollywood Babylon--It's Back (9780974811888): Darwin Porter, Danforth Prince: Books

**sluce** · March 25th, 2011, 03:43 PM

Lucille is also reported to have given an infant up for adoption in New York.

**Valley Doll** · March 25th, 2011, 03:56 PM

Originally Posted by hustle4alivin

Yep, I saw that too. This isn't the first time that I've heard this rumor about her.
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I was thinking the same thing. I remembering hearing that Lucy used to get her share of man meat.

**hustle4alivin** · March 25th, 2011, 07:34 PM

Originally Posted by Valley Doll

I was thinking the same thing. I remembering hearing that Lucy used to get her share of man meat.

Joan Crawford and Nancy Reagan were rumored to start out that way too. Nancy was supposedly known in Hollywood for giving stellar blowjobs.

Rumors about actresses being former call girls/escorts/hookers is nothing new. Joan Collins, Sharon Stone, Victoria Principal, and Denise Richards are just some of the actresses who allegedly started out hooking.
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**Angeli** · March 26th, 2011, 02:18 AM

Carol Channing has always seemed like a man in drag to me. Wasn't there something printed after her husband died -- a quote by her that they'd only had sex once in the marriage or something like that?

**A*O** · March 26th, 2011, 04:44 AM

Come on, the Hollywood casting couch being what it is I reckon every aspiring actress (and actor for that matter) has to hustle for a living one way or another at some point. I doubt there are any major stars, now or then, who didn't go through the process.

**nana51** · March 26th, 2011, 02:14 PM

The casting couch is a bit different than out and out hooking.

**witchcurlgirl** · March 26th, 2011, 03:27 PM

I'm sure the people fucking for parts gave themselves the exact same rationalization. Why isn't it out and out hooking? Because actual cash doesn't exchange hands?

**pookie207** · March 26th, 2011, 11:15 PM

I can totally believe Lucille Ball turned tricks. Doubt it was Carol Burnett but I can believe the rumors that she is a lesbian.

**BITTER** · March 26th, 2011, 11:25 PM

Lucille Ball briefly left Hollywood in the 30s for about two years. The official story is that she had polio or something. Maybe she used that time to have this alleged child. Or to turn alleged tricks.

**hustle4alivin** · March 26th, 2011, 11:51 PM

Originally Posted by witchcurlgirl

I'm sure the people fucking for parts gave themselves the exact same rationalization. Why isn't it out and out hooking? Because actual cash doesn't exchange hands?

Sex is a commodity in Hollywood, so the casting couch (or fucking for tracks in the music industry) is a form of prostitution in a way, but it's different from working on the ho stroll or being a call girl or rent boy. I don't think nana is saying that it isn't prostitution, it's a different version of it.

I have a relative who's been trying to make it in Hollywood, he's had a few minor roles, but nothing major, and he told me about producers or directors propositioning him. It happens.
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