Jimmie Fidler | |
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 Fidler in a scene from Personality Parade (1938) | |
| Born | August 26, 1898 |
| Died | August 9, 1988 (aged 89) |
| Occupation(s) | columnist journalist radio and television personality |
| Honours | Hollywood Walk of Fame |
Jimmie Fidler (August 26, 1898 – August 9, 1988) was an American columnist, journalist and radio and television personality. He wrote a Hollywood gossip column and was sometimes billed as Jimmy Fidler.
Born James Marion Fidler in St. Louis, Missouri, Fidler was a Hollywood publicist and advertising man who became a highly successful syndicated columnist with his "Jimmie Fidler in Hollywood" column in 187 outlets, including the New York Post and the Los Angeles Times. In 1933–34 his 15-minute NBC radio show, Hollywood on the Air, sponsored by Tangee lipstick, was broadcast from the Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel. He was regarded in Hollywood as a genuine threat to gossip queen Louella Parsons, especially after he scooped her in November 1935 on a major story about Clark Gable, an incident so embarrassing to Parsons that she lied about it in her autobiography.[1]
- ^ Barbas, Samantha. The First Lady of Hollywood: A Biography of Louella Parsons. University of California Press, 2005.