7 Old Hollywood Stars Who Were LGBTQ

Elizabeth Taylor Elizabeth Taylor married seven times to six men, including Richard Burton twice. She's also said to have had relations with Marilyn Monroe. That's not why she's a gay icon. The English actress is loved for her activism regarding the LGBTQ+ community. Liz had many gay friends, but she married a lot of straight men. Rudolph Valentino It is said that the studio married Rudolph Valentino to Jean Acker in 1919 to hide that he was gay. The New York Times says Jean regretted the marriage and locked Rudolph out of their hotel room! They divorced. He met author Samuel Steward. Rudolph died at 31. Anthony Perkins Anthony Perkins is known for playing Norman Bates in Alfred Hitchcock's Psycho (1960). Later in life, he married actress Berry Berenson and had two children. Perkins was with Tab Hunter for four years and Grover Dale for seven. Raymond Burr Raymond Burr played two iconic TV characters: Perry Mason and Ironside. Burr married Isabella Ward in 1948. They lived with his mother and grandparents. The marriage ended after a few months. In 1960, Burr met Robert Benevides, an actor and veteran, on the set of Perry Mason. In the 1980s, the couple started a vineyard in California. They stayed together until Burr died in 1993. Marilyn Monroe Marilyn Monroe loved men and diamonds. The world's most iconic maneater was gay. Marilyn had relationships with her acting coaches, Natasha Lytess and Paula Strasberg. Jane Lawrence's book My Little Secret says the actress had relations with Monroe. Monroe encountered Joan Crawford, Barbara Stanwyck, Marlene Dietrich, Brigitte Bardot, and Elizabeth Taylor. In Gentlemen Prefer Blondes, Marilyn is open to blondes and brunettes. Robert Reed Playing the dad in The Brady Bunch seems pretty straight. Robert Reed, who played Mike Brady on The Brady Bunch, was gay. He married Marilyn Rosenberger and had a daughter but kept it a secret to protect his career. His Brady Bunch co-star, Barry Williams, said Robert didn't want to go there. I think he should have talked about it. "It wasn't discussed." Robert died in 1992. Richard Pryor Richard Pryor was married seven times and had seven children with six women. So, you'd think he was straight. In February 2018, his widow, Jennifer Pryor, told TMZ that her husband had an affair with Marlon Brando in the 1970s.