Jimmie Fidler
Radio personality, Broadcast Artist
1898 – 1988
Who was Jimmie Fidler?
Jimmie Fidler was an American columnist, journalist and radio and television personality. He wrote a Hollywood gossip column and was sometimes billed as Jimmy Fidler.
Born in St. Louis, Missouri, Fidler was a former Hollywood publicist who became a 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.
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- Born
- Aug 26, 1898
St. Louis - Also known as
- James Marion Fidler
- Jimmy Fidler
- Spouses
- Dorothy Lee
(1931 - 1931) - Virginia Roye
- Kay
( - 1988/08/09)
- Dorothy Lee
- Nationality
- United States of America
- Profession
- Lived in
- St. Louis
- Died
- Aug 9, 1988
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on July 23, 2013
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