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▬Contents of this video▬ 00:00 - Intro 00:32 - Cary Grant 00:59 - Natalie Wood 01:23 - Kirk Douglas 02:06 - Michael Caine 02:18 - Rita Hayworth 04:13 - Rock Hudson 04:33 - Joan Crawford 05:25 - Doris Day 05:33 - Bea Arthur 05:54 - Marilyn Monroe 06:37 - Audrey Hepburn 07:08 - Judy Garland 07:35 - Outro
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During the notoriously oppressive studio system era of Hollywood, movie stars often changed their names for a number of different reasons. At times, they selected new names for themselves, but more often than not, their professional names were chosen for them by the studio executives.
Back in those days, the "big five", MGM, Warner Brothers, Paramount, RKO, and 20th Century Fox, exerted at least a degree of control over every last aspect of a star's life. They dictated their wardrobe choices and hairdos, arranged their romances and sometimes even their marriages, and concocted the perfect artificial people of the viewing public's dreams.
Sometimes American and British actors who had mundane, 'ordinary' sounding names were given 'exotic' ones to make them appear more intriguing and glamorous. On the flip side of the coin, foreign actors were often given names that scrubbed away any last hint of their ethnic heritage.
Ultimately, what it came down to was if you wanted to be rich and famous, then you had to do exactly what the execs over at the studio told you to do. Fortunately, these days film stars have the freedom to either keep their birth name or choose for themselves what stage name they want to perform under.
In this facts-packed video, we'll be taking a look at several Old Hollywood Celebrities Who Changed Their Name For Fame. We'll also touch on why they discarded their birth names in favor of the ones they ultimately became famous under.
Old Hollywood Celebrities Who Changed Their Names for Fame
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