Golden Age of Hollywood Stars Real Names

[loveisbeautiful]

I've been watching a lot of old movies, so I thought I'd make a MyTake of some of those stars real names. Some of these names you may already know and some you may not, either way I think this will be fun.

Let's get started.

1. Frederick Austerlitz

Fred Astaire

2. William Franklin Beedle Jr.

William Holden

3. Margarita Carmen Cansino

Rita Hayworth

4. Harlean Harlow Carpenter

Jean Harlow

5. John Charles Carter

Charlton Heston

6. Frank James Cooper

Gary Cooper

7. Issur Danielovitch

Kirk Douglas

8. Ruth Elizabeth Davis

Bette Davis

9. Marie Magdalene Dietrich

Marlene Dietrich

10. Frances Ethel Gumm

Judy Garland

11. Greta Lovisa Gustafsson

Greta Garbo

12. Vivian Mary Hartley

Vivien Leigh

13. Richard Walter Jenkins Jr.

Richard Burton

14. Hedwig Eva Maria Kiesler

Hedy Lamarr

15. Archibald Alec Leach

Cary Grant

16. Lucille Fay LeSueur

Joan Crawford

17. Virginia Katherine McMath

Ginger Rogers

18. Betty Joan Perske

Lauren Bacall

19. Roy Harold Scherer Jr.

Rock Hudson

20. Julia Jean Turner

Lana Turner

The End.

[Daniela1982]

John Wayne - Marion Michael Morrison
Betty Grable - Elizabeth Ruth Grable
Demi Moore - Demetria Guynes
Albert Einstein - Albert Brooks
Meg Ryan - Margaret Mary Emily Anne Hyra
Natalie Wood - Natalia Nikolaevna Zakharenko
Chevy Chase - Cornelius Crane Chase
Ben Kingsley - Krishna Pandit Bhanji
Olivia Wilde - Olivia Jane Cockburn (good grief!)
Michael Caine - Maurice Micklewhite
Whoopi Goldberg - Caryn Johnson
Audrey Hepburn - Edda Kathleen van Heemstra Hepburn-Ruston
Michael Keaton - Michael Douglas
Natalie Portman - Natalie Herschlag

Now I see why they changed their names. No one would have taken them seriously as actors under their real names.

[wingattebaby16]

kewl i know a few of these.

marion michael morrison = John Wayne, The Duke

[krin_m]

One more (May be not golden age): Marilyn Monroe
Real name: Norma Jeane Mortenson