Here are four more great stars of the past, so famous that most movie fans knew their real names as well as their professional monikers. We bet you do too.
Hello, everybody. Joe Morella and Frank Segers, your classic movie guys, here today to introduce another reader challenge. Read on!
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When stars were famous in the 30s and 40s their fans wanted to know all about them and in some cases their real names became part of the Hollywood legend.
Can you identify these super stars by their real names? (No peaking at various internet sites.)
This isn’t as easy as it sounds. Let us know how you do.
Using just my memory:
Ruby Catherine Stevens
Marion Morrison
Margarita Carmen Cansino
Alexander Archibald Leach
I think I’ve got 3 of them — John Wayne-Marion Morrison. Rita Hayworth-Rita Cansino. Cary Grant-Archibald Leech. I don’t know Stanwyck’s real name! Very strange, since I just love her!
The always “must see” Stanwyck’s real name is Ruby Stevens. Her early roles (ala Baby Face) were far ahead of their time… and she may have the best poker scene ever as Charles Coburn was trying to fleece Henry Fonda when Babs steals the scene… Love her.