About
First American movie columnist who had columns featured in 400 newspapers that were read by 20 million people worldwide. She was labeled the Queen of Hollywood for a period of time.
Before fame
She decided to become a writer while attending high school where she wrote and gave a speech at her graduation.
Trivia
She published her memoirs, The Gay Illiterate, in 1944.
Family life
She was married three times and had a daughter, Harriet, in 1906.
Associated with
She once lived in the town of Dixon, Illinois which was also the hometown of Ronald Reagan.
