The Sex Lives of Sex Symbols

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1. HOWARD HUGHES(1905-1976)
This billionaire, tycoon, and movie producer was not a sex symbol for his looks. His attraction was purely financial. Throughout his life Hughes managed to date and sleep with many of the most attractive women in Hollywood. He was known as a man who ruthlessly pursued women. His long list of affairs shows that he was greatly successful.
WIFE
Ella Rice (She was Hughes first wife. They married in 1925 and divorced in 1929).
AFFAIRS
Ingrid Bergman (Actress), Eleanor Boardman (Actress), Bette Davis (Hughes was caught in bed with Davis by her husband), Gail Ganley (Hughes began dating her when she was 19 years-old), Ava Gardner (Actress), Joan Fontaine (Actress), Marilyn Monroe (Actress), Carole Lombard (Actress), Jean Harlow (Actress), Billie Dove (Actress, they began dating when she was 16), Shelly Winters (Actress), Jane Russell (Actress), Lana Turner (Actress), Ginger Rogers (Actress), Elizabeth Taylor (Actress), Susan Hayward (Actress),Veronica Lake (Actress),
2. MARLENE DIETRICH(1901-1992)
This German born starlet was a universal sex symbol after her role in the 1930 film The Blue Angel directed by Josef von Sternberg. She was an entertainer for troops during WWII and was one of the most beloved stars of the era.
HUSBAND
Rudolf Seiber. Dieterich's only husband. They were married from 1924 until his death in 1976),
AFFAIRS
She dated many actors and musicians. We have for you an abbreviated listing. Brian Ahere (British actor), Burt Bachrach (Conductor, arranger and musician),Yul Brynner (Actor), Gary Cooper (Actor), Mercedes D'acosta (author and lesbian socialite), Jean Gabin (French actor), Eddie Fisher (actor), General James Gavin (head of the 88th Airborne Division during WWII.), Joe Kennedy (father of Jack, Bobby and Ted), Gerard Philippe (French Actor), James Stewart (actor), John Wayne (actor), Ernest Hemingway (writer), General George Patton (US General), Edith Piaf (French musician), Thomas Mann (Writer and spiritualist),Alexander Vertinsky (Russian musician).
3. JAMES DEAN(1931-1955)
Dean was the major male sex symbol of the 1950's. Although he acted in only three films Dean has become a cult figure and remains a popular figure to this day. He died at age 24 and was never married.
AFFAIRS
Ursula Andress (Actress and his last affair before his death), Pier Angeli (Actress, said to be the only woman Dean truly loved. Angeli committed suicide at age 40), Rogers Brackett (Director who was said to be Dean's first gay lover), Dizzy Sheridan (Dancer), Jeanette Mille (Actress whom he saw the day before he died), Beverly Wills (Dean dated her briefly, but she broke up with him because he did not know how to dance.), Julie Harris (Confessed that she wanted to date Dean).
4. JOAN CRAWFORD(1906-1977)
Crawford was a starlet in her own right. She remained a sex symbol for nearly 30 years. She was loved by fans, but disliked by other actors and actresses. She was often considered an egomaniac. During the later part of her life the media made a mockery of her and teased her passion for self-improvement. She was very popular with the men of Hollywood.
HUSBANDS
Douglas Fairbanks Jr. (Actor. They were married from 1929 to 1933), Tone Franchot (Actor. They married in 1935 and divorced in 1939), Phillip Terry (Actor and former Stanford football player. They married in 1942 and divorced in 1946), Alfred Steele (President of Pepsi Cola. They were married in 1955. He died in 1959 from a heart attack).
AFFAIRS
Greg Bautzer (Hollywood lawyer in the 1940's), Jackie Cooper (they had an affair when she was in her 30's he just 17),William Dozier (Movie producer), Clark Gable (Actor), Milton Rackmil (president of Universal Studios), Spencer Tracy (actor), Bette Davis (Crawford pursued David romantically, but she was rebuffed by Davis), Greta Garbo(Actress), Rock Hudson (Actor).
5. GARY COOPER (1901-1961)
Cooper was one of the earliest Hollywood studs. He was among the most beloved stars of the silence film era. Cooper was a known nudist and sometimes an exhibitionist. The press claimed that he pursued influential women as a way to advance his career.
WIFE
Veronica Balfe (Actress and Cooper's only wife. They married in 1933, and even though he had numerous affairs, they remained married until his death.)
AFFAIRS
Tallulah Bankhead (Actress), Ingrid Bergman (Actress), Clara Bow (Actress), Marlene Dieterich (Actress), Countess Dorothy Di Frasso (American born socialite), Carole Lombard (Comedienne), Patricia Neal (Actress), Mae West (Actress), Evelyn Brent(Actress), and Grace Kingsley (Columnist).
6. BRIGITTE BARDOT (1934-)
This French sex queen was part of the new breed of sex symbol during the early and middle 1960's. While she confessed to having many lovers in her life time she commented, "But now they are successive. Never do I have more than one at a time."
HUSBANDS
Roger Vadim (Starmaker and her first husband. They were lifelong friends), Jacques Charrier (He was Bardot's second husband. They were married in 1959. They divorced in 1962.), Gunther Sachs (German tycoon and Bardot's third husband. They eloped to Las Vegas in 1966), Bob Zaguri (Bardot met this South American businessman in 1963at the Cannes film festival. They married later that year).
AFFAIRS
Laurent Vergez (Photographer whose nude pictures of Bardot appeared in Playboy and others), Raf Vallone (Italian actor), Miroslav Brozeck (Actor), Sean Connery (Actor), Sacha Distel (French musician), Louis Malle (French director of three films with Bardot), Patrick Giles (He was the first of her many young lovers. They dated when she was 35, he was only 23).
7. HUMPHREY BOGART(1899-1957)
Bogart was one of the most unlikely sex symbols in his day. His appearance was less than handsome, yet he became the heart throb of women everywhere. His onscreen character was one of tough guy/macho man, yet the epitome of chivalry. Though he was not as promiscuous as some of his cohorts, Bogart managed to bed some of the most beautiful women in Hollywood.
WIVES
Helen Manken (She was his first wife. They married in 1926 and divorced in 1927.), Mary Philips (Actress and wife number two), Mayo Methot (Actress, and his third wife), Lauren Bacall (Actress. He first met her when he was 45 and she was 19. They were married from 1945 until his death.)
8. MAE WEST(1892-1980)
West was the oldest sex symbol of all time. She did not appear in her first film until she was 40 years old. West went to jail in the 1920's for appearing and staring in a play called Sex. Some consider her to be the great grandmother of the sexual revolution. She was known to be attracted to muscular men and her list of lovers include many of the most famous in her time. Mae loved variety and had many more lovers than are listed.
HUSBAND
Frank Wallace (West's only husband. They married in 1911. He disappeared for nearly 20 years. West divorced him in 1942).
AFFAIRS
Max Baer (Heavyweight boxing champion), Gary Cooper (Actor), Jack Dempsey (Heavyweight boxing champion), Richard Du Bois (Mr. America 1954), Jack La Rue (Actor),William Jones (Middleweight boxing champion), Mickey Hargitay (Mr. Universe), Teddy Lawler (Actor), Cary Grant (Actor), Paul Novak (They were together for 27 years. They met when he was 33 and she was 66), Harry Richman (Comedian), Vincent Lopez (World heavyweight wrestling champion), Sri Deva Ram Sukol (Yogi and swami from India who taught West yoga and tantric sex in the late 1950's), Chalky Wright (1950's boxer).
9. CLARK GABLE(1901-1960)
Gable loved women. His life was full of affairs, on the screen and off. He was one of the most well loved actors of his day and his list of women is quite impressive. He made movies starting at an early age and lasting until his death in 1960.

WIVES
Josephine Dillion (She was Gable's first wife. She was an actress and drama coach. They married in 1924, when Gable was 24 and she was 40.), Ria Franklin Prentis Lucas Langham (Gable's second wife. She was 17 years older than Gable. They were married in 1930 until he met Carole Lombard in 1932), Carole Lombard (Actress. Lombard was said to be the love of Gable's life. They dated on and off for seven years until their wedding in 1939. They were together until her tragic death in a plane crash in 1942.), Lady Sylvia Ashley (She was Gable's fourth wife; a former show girl. They married in 1949), Kay Williams (She was Gable's fifth wife. They married in 1955 and stayed together until his death in 1960).
AFFAIRS
Joan Crawford (actress), Suzanne Dadolle (French model), Jean Harlow (Actress, starlet), Joan Harrison (English actress who worked for Hitchcock), Grace Kelley (They begun dating when this actress was in her early 20's and Gable in his 50's), Millicent Rogers (Heiress of the Standard Oil fortune family),Adela Rogers St. Johns (Hollywood socialite,Ava Gardner (Actress),Vivien Leigh (Actress in Gone With the Wind), Hedy Lamarr (Actress), Mary Pickford (Actress), Lana Turner (Actress).
10. JUDY GARLAND (1922-1969)
Though Garland is not a sex symbol in the vein of Bardot or Mae West, she certainly was beloved by the men of Hollywood. Garland was a magical and charismatic actress who stole the hearts of many. She also had one of the most difficult experiences and seemed to suffer from depression and many hardships during her life. She managed to catch the attention of many men during her short life.
HUSBANDS
David Rose (Garland's first husband. They married in 1941 and she was soon pregnant. They divorced in 1943), Sid Luft, (He was an agent for the William Morris agency. They were married in 1952 and divorced in 1960), Mark Heron (They began dating in 1964 and married in 1965. They separated after only six months).
AFFAIRS
Artie Shaw (Bandleader whom she dated though he was considerably older than her), Gene Kelly (Actor), Jackie Cooper (Actor), Eddie Fisher (Actor), Joe Mankiwicz (Writer and producer), Frank Sinatra (Musician), Louis B. Mayer (MGM studio head).
11. CARY GRANT (1904-1986)
This certifiable Lady's Man is known for his seductive skills. In fact, he has inspired generations of men to date sexy women and have multiple partners. He has had a long and sexually prosperous life, and eventually settled down. Grant is famous for experimenting with LSD. At a young age he changed his name from Archie Leach to Cary Grant to sound more sophisticated.
WIVES
Virginia Cherrill (Actress. They were married in 1934 and divorced soon after the wedding), Barbara Hutton (A very rich woman. Grant married Hutton in 1941. It is known that he signed a prenuptial agreement to waive all rights to her fortune. They divorced in 1944), Betsy Drake (This beautiful actress and granddaughter of the family that founded the Drake Hotel in Chicago married Grant in 1949. They divorced in 1962), Dyan Cannon (Actress. They married in 1965 when Grant was 61, Cannon was only 27.They divorced in 1966. Cannon claimed Grant was "an apostle of LSD"), Barbara Harris (Actress).
AFFAIRS
Phyllis Brooks (Actress), Sophia Loren (Actress), Kim Novak (Actress), Ginger Rogers (Actress), Ingrid Bergman (Actress), Mary Brian (Actress), Cynthia Bouron (Employee of 20thCentury Fox who filed a paternity suit against Grant in 1970. The case was dismissed), Fay Wray (Actress who starred in King Kong), Mae West (Actress).
12. MARILYN MONROE(1926-1962)
We all know of the beauty and world-wide appeal of Marilyn, AKA Norma Jean. She was perhaps the most famous sex symbol of all time and is still a cultural icon. Marilyn changed the face of sexuality forever, from her smile, her body, and her raw passion. There has been no sex symbol before or since that has impacted the world the way she did. As you can see from this list, she was desired by not only every teenage boy in America, but some of the most wealthy and powerful as well.
HUSBANDS
Jim Dougherty (Marilyn's first husband. They married when she was just 16. They stayed together for only two years), Joe Dimaggio (Baseball star and second husband. They were married in 1954. The marriage lasted only nine months. To this day, her crypt in Los Angeles has fresh flowers delivered from Dimaggio in perpetuity), Arthur Miller (American playwright and third husband. They married in 1956 and divorced in 1960)
AFFAIRS
Marlon Brando (Actor), Clark Gable (Actor), Frank Sinatra (Singer), Tony Curtis (Actor), JFK (President), Robert Kennedy (Politician), and Yves Montand (French actor).

This article was excerpted from "The Sex Lovers Book of Lists", which contains all the interesting and bizarre sex trivia you need to make you the life of the party! Go to How To Succeed With Women to order your copy today!
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