50 Worst Alcoholics in Hollywood History, here goes channel fans vote..
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- If the bars of Los Angeles could talk, they'd spill the secrets of old Hollywood's legendary hard drinkers, where each cocktail held a story, and every sip concealed a scandal.
We're counting down the ‘50 Worst Alcoholics in Hollywood History’ - your votes, their stories! Here we go.
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U R too negative 😡
When I was 18 a doctor gave me a magazine and told me to read the article in it. The article was called addictive behavior. I read it but I paid it no heed. That was over 40 years ago and I will say my life sure would have been easier if I had got everything under control 40 years ago
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@@trishmcl9055
A cheap shot at Rita Hayworth. She may have had a drink problem but her daughter Yasmine Aga Khan finally put some preasure on her mother to seek help for drinking only to be diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease which had been misdiagnosed for many years thus giving her the appearance of being a drunk. You didn't mention anything about that!
@fredginger1969 I agree fully. I always felt sad that poor Rita's life ended in the sadness and despair of Alzheimer's. That this is misrepresented here as alcoholism again simply isn't right! An apology/correction would be required.
@@CherylSimserI. Agree!
I agree that it wasn't mentioned, and was a factor, however the same can be said for many of the actors portrayed here. Apparently, this video is dedicated to the problems of alcohol, not biographies That should explain it for you.
@@silvameaferam5441There is more bio for some people listed here than others.
My daughter called my mom an alcoholic. She had Alzheimer’s!
Anyone ever notice how unhappy these "stars" seem to be? I guess fame and fortune don't equal happiness.
37:24 😅
Is there anyone in this industry who isn't like that? poor them
Lee Marvin and Audy Murphy may have had troubles with drinking and drugs, but if you saw, heard, or were involved in combat, you, too, would have troubles with alcohol/drugs. They suffered from PTSD. Audie was used by Hollywood.
Yes exactly
I haven't listened about the full list
But what about the actress who played Dorothy in the wizard of Oz
I'm sorry but old age takes it toll
right you are my ex came home from viet nam an addict and a drunk. You could get high quality drugs of all kinds for almost nothing over there and a lot of young guys did it. Some of them were able to quit when they came home, but others couldn't.
Yeah, they both had armed guards forcing them to act. Tragic
Yes
Just one look at Lee Marvin
You can see the underlying struggles
Still a great actor 👍
@@neilangus4401 Judy Garland
You need to get the facts straight on Audie Murphy. He never drank. He was prescribed a medication to help him sleep which was very addictive and had severe side effects that could be interpreted as being drunk. It's bad enough to falsely label anyone an alcoholic or drug addict but doubly so when that person is a war hero. You ought to be ashamed of yourself.
Wouldn't it just be easier to tell us who wasn't an alcoholic in Hollywood?
Great point!
That's a sad statement that has the Ring of Truth
Streisand doesn't drink alcohol or even coffee.
Grounded people like Greta Garbo and Ingrid Bergman
Negative imprints and emotional unsolved issues, stored and collected in early years, later magnifies and leave you vulnerable to many bad things
Rather short list…
Of all these victims of overindulgent lifestyles, Lee Marvin had as much a reason to do so likely more than most. His experiences during WWII, was fraught with any number of reasons to hide within the confines of a bottle. I realize that many soldiers coming home with such trauma found other ways to move on, but there was no counseling offered even remotely close to that of today. He was always close to his beloved Marine Corps
Good point about PTSD
There is a UA-cam video about Skid Row you may want to see that tells the tale of men that worked seasonal jobs and then lived in horrid flophouses and drank their lives away. Most were WWII vets.
This is not one size fits all it goes by choices we make ourselves in my time we had no counselling either it i chose not to be a victim of my own problems it all comes down to choices right or wrong choices 👍👍👍
❤@@kathleen4376
And the same can be said about Audi Murphy .
Desi Arnaz was mentioned but not William Frawley??? He almost didn't get the role of Fred Mertz because of his drinking. But, because he agreed to always come to the set sober and to never drink while working, he got the role, knowing that if he drank on the set or came to work drunk he would be fired.
I was just going to mention William Frawley
Frawley always kept his hands in his pockets to hide the shakes.
Same thought I had, Frawley is said to have been a known alcoholic in Hollywood for years
Frawley seemed like a mean drunk
@@Cathryn-sc4im I 👍 agree
All 50 of them where phenomenal actors, so much talent on one screen at a time!
Audie Murphy had terrible PTSD that went untreated (everyone’s was). THAT’S why he drank!
Also, has Bipolar. There are medication for that. When my brother came home from Vietnam, he was an angry man. Finally, when he was 30 years old, Bioplar medication came out. It took about a month to settle the angers. He had to take it every day for the rest of his life. If he missed it in 2 days, we had to remind him. He kept taking it till he was 72 years old and passed away 5 months later, from 4 different types of cancers. 😢
Audie Murphy did not drink.
Judy Garland was forced by the studio and producers of the Wizard of Oz to take uppers so she work long and grueling hours on set with 3-4 of sleep for which she was given downers to combat the effects of the pills she was forced to take throughout the day.
Factoid: Shirley Temple was originally slated for the role of Dorothy. However, when it was discovered she couldn't sing, Garland got the role even though she was thought to be too heavy, resulting in her being given diet pills.
Such a sad story, a childhood snuffed out by pure greed and unspeakable cruelty.
Very sad the Barrymore family drew being so young. Sad sad
Also, Garland’s father was an alcoholic.
Judy Garland's mother started her on the diet pills!
@@donniwwilliams6769 Her great-aunt Ethel was also a heavy drinker, or so I've read.
Bull crap! Shirley Temple sure could sing!
I thought that Liza Minelli and Dean Martin would have been in the top 10.
I've often heard that Dean Martin's drinking was part of his act and that he was not the legendary drinker people assumed he was.
Dean Martin was not drunk .He just acted like he drank alot .
Dean Martin ACTUALLY was drinking Apple juice in a lot of his "booze acts".
Dean didn’t drink. He had apple juice in his glasses.
@@kathleenmckenzie6261 He enjoyed the reputation more than the booze, but I saw him apparently tipsy on TV one time. He was on camera during a golf event, but was not performing. He'd throw parties, then get tired and just quietly go upstairs to bed. If he couldn't sleep, he'd call the cops and complain about the noise at Dean Martin's house.
Joan Crawford always looked crazy and creepy and scary
Agreed ! Bette Davis, too! 😅
With all that booze no wonder she got Betty Davis eyes..😂
Robert Shaw. The stories during Jaws filming, just wow. Fascinating watch, thank you.
Really😢
He'd take a drink to get into character, then be unable to stop, and the scene stank, had to be reshot.
Drink a shot each time the narrator says the word "tumultuous." 20 minutes later, you'll be on this list.
😂lol
"ultimately ending in divorce in 1960". Like divorce ended her somehow. Betty Davis was a great actress
I feel hungover just watching this😖
Audie Murphy much like Lee Marvin had the scars you couldn’t see from WW2.
This is a real disease. Don't be afraid to get help. Nobody will judge you, but embrace you. I should know. Im 20 years sober.
its not a disease its an addiction
Its not a disease it's an addiction
Yes it is a disease. Ignorance on the subject makes it harder to treat. 40 yrs sober.
@@josephberrie9550addiction is a disease !
14 for me...yep you can quit😅
I find it fascinating that with the odd exception most of the heavy drinkers lived to a rather advanced age …
The alcohol acted as a preservative.
@@ellez2115sure it did.
Yes. This is a paradox of sorts.?
The food was MUCH MORE nutritious then… Wonder how many of us now know youd have to eat Eight, yes 8 oranges today to get the same nutrition that One, yes1 orange gave us 40 years ago. Thank Monsanto/Dupont
Unlike drugs
Most of these were part of the "Golden age of Hollywood " where actors and actresses were owned by the studios. The amount of work they produced is prodigious but the studios pushed liquor and drugs to get more work out of them.
How could you possibly forget about William Frawley who played Fred Mertz on I Love Lucy? I thought he would be #1.
If u wanna go there, then they technically missed about a million others too...
@@boopah4365FACT!
Oliver reed once drank 144 bottles of beer in 24hours! Only Andre the Giant could drink more in one session. He lost his life in a drinking game against 5 sailors where he drank 8 imperial pints (so a little over a gallon in total), 12 shots of rum, almost a full bottle of Jack, and some more shots of wodka and Courvoisier before collapsing after an armwrestling match at the age of 61. He should be number one in my book. His interviews were always hilarious as well.
Back in the early days... watching old movies & such... always a cigarette in hand -along with a alcoholic drink... RIP to them who have passed & those who are still alive & has STOPPED with their drinking, drugging & cigarette smoking ❤🧡💛💙💜🤍... alot of the actors & actresses look years older than what they were, due to the alcohol & drugs & cigarettes 🤦♀️🤦♀️🤦♀️💕💕💕
Agreed! 👍
Got a lot of problems with this one. I'll mention just one here: the photos that are supposed to be of Bela Lugosi and Ed Wood are actually stills from the biopic Ed Wood, and are photos of Johnny Depp and Martin Landau.
Maybe the editing department was drunk when they were doing the editing?
@@brigidspencer5123 No, more likely they just didn't give a crap.
Here are my two cents: At 25:35, we see a picture of Brigitte Bardot while the narrator talks about Ann-Margaret. At 35:48 a picture of Christopher Plummer is shown instead of John Barrymore.
@@carmenl163 It's just the half-assed way this channel does their videos. There are a lot more examples like yours all throughout the video. They don't even check the video; it's all about creating content and posting it on UA-cam. And there are a lot more channels like this one all over this site.
William Holden signs of a struggle, crap.
Fell and hit his temple on bedside table.
Alcoholism is a terrible disease. I feel sorry for those that try to kick it, but can't. 😢
Thank you, I am struggling..
@@sunflowerinsfe256 Have faith and don't give up trying. You WILL win!
@@brianmuhlingBUM I will keep trying Thank you 🌻🦋
@@sunflowerinsfe256You can do it! I never thought I’d be able to stop my obsession/drinking.
Alcohol steals everything from you, especially time.
Please don’t try to stop cold turkey once you’ve had enough, it’s extremely dangerous.
Your biggest step is admitting you have alcoholism.
Stop the shame and take on this disease as if you’re fighting for yourself as a child.
Once you understand how kind you are to yourself as a child, you see how hard your inner voices are as an adult.
Just remember, you’re worthy of love and happiness.
Sending you hugs, light and love.
🙌🏼🤍💫🕊️✊🏼💗
Yes. Like me for over 40 years. I stop for months and even years yet find myself back to the nightmare again and again. Unless you've been there you really can't understand the Why?
I think a lot of these actors became alcoholics out of sheer boredom. Hollywood was a gilded cage.
Though I wouldn’t put boredom and a gilded cage in the same category. Some are also very insecure, and taking on a different character lets them hide behind it.
I'm glad so many on this list were able to eventually get better and stay sober.
Peter O'Toole having passed away due to decades of excessive drinking and chain smoking at the age of 81. A lesson to us all ;)
All things considered, Peter O'Toole lived a long life and passed away at 81.
Judy Garland's story is most tragic. While filming The Wizard of Oz, she was constantly forced by executives to keep taking these kinds of pills in order to keep her line. her worst trauma if possible was that the dwarfs in the movie would constantly put their hands up her skirt while pretending that it wasn't them. Judy became so frazzled by this constant sexual harassment, that Margaret Hamilton who played the Wicked Witch of the East, viciously complained about how Judy was being treated.
Ms. Hamilton who had once been a school teacher was appalled at how Judy was so brutally treated. you can see if you watch The Wizard of oz how traumatized she would become when the little people were around her constantly looking around
Exactly. She was literally tortured from her early life on by the demons of, Hollywood. They had her addicted to so much crap.
How right you are. Judy's life was such a sorrow.
Those little freaks 😮
While filming the wizard of oz the MGM doctors had Judy on a diet of black coffee, cigarettes and amphetamines after shooting for the day was over they loaded her up with barbiturates and sleeping pills to make her pass out She wasn't allowed to eat during filming and she was already about 17 years old so they wrapped bandages tightly around he chest to conceal her boobs so she looked younger.
At least your mostly correct, unlike the creator who is just so wrong in so much of it.
Imagine how drunk you had to be to get a DUI in the 40’s. No breathalyzer, no roadside walk the line.
Charles Bukowski has to be in the conversation. The movie "Barfly" was pretty much about him
Yes, barfly is not an adverb.
I saw that movie, and LOVED it. I was very young at the time, and credit it for the motivation to stay away from booze.
Dana Andrews beat alcoholism later in life and became a spokesman for programs to help struggling alcoholics. TV spots included.
Isn't Dana Andrews related to Steve Forrester ?
@@HarrisMiller-qw6xh yes.
@@edwinahughes9052 👍
Brother Steve said he never beat it.
You don't beat alcoholism. 14 years sober and I'm in recovery. I'm still every bit the alcoholic but work a program that not only allows me to be sober, but happy. AA is amazing. Concerned about your drinking? Go to a meeting.
Was not expecting to see Andre the Giant in the countdown to #1. Wow. RIP to all.
He once drank 137 beers 😮
I’m amazed how much AA meetings can help with anyone on drugs or alcohol but so many people will not seek help … there is help
The actual AA results are pretty dismal. Regardless of what AA touts (they obviously inflate their success rate) addiction specialists cite AA success rates between 8% and 12%. Better than nothing but still not good odds. Certainly not "amazing."
They require it which is sad I was refused because not a full ur of AA! In MI. 35 hrs ago. I hated AA a d would not continue. They are hypocrites
How does an alcohol programme help drug users?
@@malcolmmitchell6529they have the same 12 steps and yes it can help and addiction is hard to understand for someone who hasnt lived trought it. I have. As the caseof Léonard Nimoy, I get it, one can quit alcohol or other for another addiction. Yes I have seen it.❤
Well there's NA meetings for addicts , but most alcoholics these days are addicts too so the support is there. Alcohol is a drug.
They glamorise alcohol in movies, to this day
True. I remember that drunk people & jokes were considered funny.😂
I find it Sooo ironic that people in the entertainment business who have given the public so much pleasure and joy through their art and talent, have had to struggle with substance abuse and addiction. It shows that the huge demands and expectations of Hollywood chips away at the soul, dignity, morality, and SANITY of those involved in it. There's alot of darkness and dysfunction in the entertainment world- show me those who HAVEN'T been taken in by alcohol or drugs.
Reckon it's partly or greatly because they can? With their money, they can pretty much retire after one film. But then, the public pays extravagant fees to see them in movies.
Yeah, BUT, Chose to do what they did. Pressure is on day one. They were drunk on set too. No sympathy here.
Yes and many Hollywood bigwigs provide open drugs to upcoming celebrities in order to get them intoxicated so they will be easier to exploit. Getting them addicted also gives some of these immoral businessmen power over their products!
@@barbaraholman6129No one chooses addictions. You obviously don’t understand addiction or you wouldn’t make such an ignorant and stupid comment.
Did Shirley Temple have any addictions?
Drinking never adversely affected Joan Crawford's performances. I've seen most of her films, and she was great in all of them! Terrific actress and along with Olivia de Havilland my favorites.
Especially her performance in Johnny Guitar huh?
It certainly affected her relationships
So my Grandpa was a cop in Hollywood in the 50’s. He pulled over a driver late one night for driving down the sidewalks. It was Joan. She was intoxicated. He wrote her up. She said- “officer… I’ll have your badge.”,
The next day he was promoted and started in Watts …. Died at 55. Heart attack. It was a much rougher area.
It's called functional addiction. Plus she was severely OCD and a Narcissist. Being a Narcissist she was in tight control of her facade!
Just a terrible mother
Two famous alcoholics not mentioned would be (1) Anthony Hopkins who got sober back in about 1975 and (2) actor Gig Young whose life would end in a tragic murder-suicide of his own making.
Tony got sober in '75, not "65.
@@edwinahughes9052 Thanks. A mistake in arithmetic on my part. I remembered that Tony had 12 years on me when I got sober in '87 which makes your number correct. Believe he still has 12 years on me.
And don't forget Western actor john smith. He apparently died of cirrhosis.
Judy garlands drug addiction might have been aggravated by mommy dearest, but the studios themselves were known to use drugs on child stars to have work excess hours on the set.
Huh! What has "Mommy Dearest" (which is about Joan Crawford) got to do with Judy Garland? You need to lay off that ol' booz.......
I just realized the Joan Crawford connection (duh!) I meant Judy's mother (and other child star parents - including fathers)
Well…that pretty much covers everyone who’s ever worked in Hollywood.
Homie Simpson should've made the list "Marge can I get drunk there ? No you can get drunk at home
My ex-stepbrother became drinking buddies with Lee Marvin and Neville Brand. He was a severe alcoholic himself after many years in the military.
What on earth is an ex-stepbrother !!!
I love 40's movies (especially noir) and it is amazing how much of each scene consists of the actors and actresses lighting up their cigarettes and drinking!
At least they weren’t woke. Now movies are unwatchable as I don’t want to be preached to by these moron actors.
And everyone before the 80's had those fancy glass bottles for holding their alcohol, and always had a bucket somehow filled with unmelted ice cubes!
"Would you care for a drink?"
Oh the temptation!
Still today in movies they always have a straight whiskey in their hands. I always think, who in the world can drink like that?
My life could have grew into alcoholism when my daughter and grandson were killed in a car wreck I would drink my self to sleep I STOPPED drinking and GOD saved me
I'm so sorry & sad you lost your child & grandchild.
I too, couldn't bear it.
I'm glad you were able to stop. I always say that it doesn't matter what road you take to get help. Some use a god, some classes or like me, just stopped, went thru detox by myself & that is rough I salute you & I know how tough it is. Every road has a different direction. Continue on your journey. There may be bumps ahead, but you will be the driver & you have your vehicle under control...
Sending positive energy and thoughts you way...
❤💕💜💕🧡💕❤ I can feel your unbearable pain ❤
I'm so sorry for your family
Oliver Reed was the WORST, He and Peter O'Toole and Richard Harris would go out drinking in London on Friday and End Up in Dublin on Monday, He Had to Drink before Every Take, He was a LEGENDARY Alcoholic!!!!
I think it was probably quite easy to become an alcoholic in the days of Audy Murphy and the likes. Alcohol was served at every and all functions as well as at home at cocktail hour. Life wasn't as easy as it appears for these actors, singers, and musicians. Not excusing them, just facts of life. They worked very hard to entertain us all and they made mistakes, as we all do. I think that the public often forgets that.
Audie Murphy's war record fully explains his PTSD. Medal of Honor, Distinguished Service Cross, Silver Star, Legion of Merit, Bronze Star, and a Purple Heart, plus 17 others--unit decorations, campaign medals, etc.
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As a child my son got call in from several tv people after I sent just two candid photos!
But at the first interview, asked if he wanted to be on tv, he said "No Thank you" at age 6! We canceled the other interviews that day! I always felt he was wise and dodged a lot of grief!
"Honorable" mentions go to Lon Chaney Junior; the talented but misunderstood Louise Brooks (her film career was brief but her drinking started before she entered movies and continued for decades afterward); and Rags Ragland. Rags was in films for about ten years and died at the age of 40. Rags' liver and kidneys had been destroyed by years of alcohol abuse.
Since I was a kid I've enjoyed Rags Ragland. They don't show films from those years anymore.
@@jamesrobiscoe1174 Check out TCM's schedule for the films he was in. He was in 3 films with Red Skelton, so when they show Red's movies there's a chance at least one of those films will have him in it.
That's sad
Add on sadly Marilyn Monroe & her fondness for champagne in particular! Dom Perignon?
Excuse misspelled name on it ) very costly
What about Charlie Sheen?
Oliver Reed once said, he thought he knew all about heavy drinking, until he met Keith Moon.
It wasn't booze that killed Robin Williams, it was in the knowledge he had Lewy"s.
Exactly
My father had that.
That's what is said, but we don't really know. I can imagine his life was not happy, especially if it's true that his wife slept in a different room and didn't check on him for some time before his body was discovered.
True 😢
Pardon, but what is Lewy's?
A lot of the male stars were military veterans that saw and participated in combat.
They All had PTSD.
Desi Arnaz was a horrific womanizer that would have been imprisoned for his actions today, Lucy divorced him for infidelity and for being an alcoholic.
I see this -3/ being Judy Garland! Yes you have your facts right,,however but it was her husband Sid Luft that I read, got her into this heavy drinking.
I loved Judy. Though I missed much I only read things,we as a family mum Dad rest of us kids would watch Wizard Of Oz” every year!
Brilliant voice ,great talent!
Much happened to Judy that shouldn’t have.
She did her very best
With a stage mum like she had?
Wow.
Please ❤RIP Frances Esthel Gumm”
Really Judy Garland,
One of the best entertainers in this world in spite of it”
Absolutely great soul ❤
Judy was always my favorite. I was devastated when she died On my. 14th bit
Why do I suspect that this list is just the tip of the iceberg?
Oliver Reed was also a very heavy drinker.
Extremely...
I was going to say: did they include him?
Yes
Heavy Drinkers are not always Alcoholics
Umm... Mr. Reed made the top ten. Did you not watch the video???
Only half way through this "Top Fifty"...but as Winston Churchill said "I got more out of whisky than it got out of me".
Many of these stars seem to live life to the full and survive past their 70's...who wants to die in a nursing home anyway proud of their sober existence?
Addiction is a terrible thing to go through, I won't judge. They made some great movies
I feel bad for Lee Marvin. Sounds like he was very traumatized from his time in the service. Considering he was 63 in 1987, he would have been a very young man during the war. Your brain is still developing until age 25, so I would guess the horrors he witnessed made permanent changes in his mind.
Marvin was a homosexual
@@paulradice3534 So you feel that living with that secret, in an oppressive time, contributed to his mental health challenges?
@@shetlandbudgie2611
Pretty sick secret if you ask me.
@@paulradice3534 That isn’t quite what I asked. Go back and re-read the question.
When plunged into such trauma. you either focus on living and rebuilding your life or succomb to the self-destructing patterns from that trauma.
The Lee Marvin story makes me think of my Dad who was also a decorated purple hearter Veteran from WW II. After which he rebuilt his life. He used to recite a line from his favorite song 'I'm tired of livin and so scared of dying'
What else you can do?
There was a line from the Movie the 'Shawshank Redemption'. It goes something like, 'You either get busy living or get busy dying'. I say, 'nurse your wounds and move on.'
Alcoholism is horrible. When I was 12 years old, I woke up to the sound of our house doorbell ringing and ringing, I figured that it was my parents coming home from the Bar. But it was two San Jose Police Officers. They asked me if I had anyone besides me that was older in age for them to speak to, So I said Yes and went and woke up my 16 year old sister and followed her to the front door. They needed to speak to her alone so I was asked to leave the room. I did just that and returned to my hallway by my bedroom. Only to see my sister heading to me three minutes later to get my 15 year old brother. So she could tell my 15 year old brother that my Father had been killed as my mother drove home from a Bar. My mother spent 3 months in Santa Clara Valley Medical facility. Where they saved her life. There are four of us children that lost our Loving father that horrible day. My 9 year old brother has been in Prison most of his life. He is now living in another County and is finally getting to live his life. TKW
Wow, I'm sorry you had to go through that. I hope all is well with you
Judy Garland was given uppers and downers as a child actor.
couple of honorable mentions Robert Young and Dick Van Dyke. Both fortunately took the cure so to say.
Took the cure?
Another one whom I was surprised was not here was a Peggy Castle who died of cirrhosis of the liver. The irony was she sometimes played dance hall girls and was a dance hall hostess on the tv show, Lawman. She died at a young age (45) but you could see the toll the drinking took on her face as she looked way older than her age.
There are a lot still missing in this list, famously Gary Grant and his pal Randolph Scott, Gary Cooper, James Stewart, Gregory Peck, Jack Lemmon, Tony Curtis, Lana Turner, Robert Ryan, Antony Quinn, John Saxon. As for the short list of those who weren't hopeless alcoholics. David Niven, Jack Palance, Kirk Douglas, Ray Milland, Vincent Price, Olivia de Havilland, Deborah Kerr and I'm out.
We all have addictions and reasons for them. Many of these stars lived in an era where drinking and smoking was "cool".
Whatever the reasons for their alcoholism, they left, many classic films that cannot be rebooted. Remember them for that.
Fred Flintstone started hitting the sauce too when his show ended. It was sad, we used'ta see him walking up & down the streets in Santa Monica, looking for Wilma and Bam Bam! 🦕
Injecting alcohol into oranges was apparently "the thing to do", many actresses were already doing this.
Wow😮
Not an actor but back in the day we used to flood booze into watermelon while it was buried in ice next to the 1/2 kegs ( I said KEGS not keg ) pretty smart huh ??? We were as stupid as the day is long. Yes I was born with the fascinating color and taste of beer and wine. I graduated to whiskey, bourbon and vodka when I didn’t catch a buzz fast enough with beer and wine. Yep, the 60’s, 70’s, 80’s 90’s up till 2010 the party never ended until the police showed up. I thanked these two policemen over and over for doing their job later on. I was not a happy camper to say the least. I had wanted to quit and they helped me start on the long road ahead. I still thank them today. It’s been almost 14 years C&S. Thank you again
@@patrickclune3600i hear you 👍 congrats -- myself 17yrs sober
no partying alcohol fun pills ZIP nothing 🤸🤸🤸
Sometimes I watch the alcoholics vids to remind myself how bad it can get. I am gratefully sober 32 years.
I also have 32 years of sobriety and I'm so grateful to AA and my higher power.
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I’m right there with you my friend in “ Clean and Sober “ with only 14 years. Catholic charities, AA and my higher power, I wasn’t strong enough to see where my life was going, I didn’t, couldn’t or wouldn’t realize the pain I brought upon my family and myself. I just got to the point of where I was sick and tired of being sick and tired. Congratulations to you, I can’t wish you or anyone good.luck as I was taught luck has nothing to do with it. Being as I was, I had two full time jobs, being a full time employee and being a full time alcoholic / hydocodone user and always looking to keep my stash full
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A really interesting video, and surprising how many of the bigs stars managed to put in wonderful films while having alcoholism. However some of the photos don't always match the star subject.❤❤
"I'm sorry, Andre, if you want to stay at the bar, you have to keep drinking!"
"Oh, all right..."
Foster Brooks was a self professed alcoholic. He sobered up years before passing. Absolutely loved him.
Is Mr Brooks the actor who played a "drunk" so well in skits like on Carol Burnett's show?
@@theresamalone3704Yes, I think so. Also famous for his hilarious Friars Club roasts.
I always saw him on Dean Martin's Roasts. I just about wet my pants laughing every time.
He was terrific as a dyspeptic drunk. Yes, he stopped drinking a while before he became famous.
Now that man was Fabulous at the Hollywood Roasts. Dean Martin. It's the only ti.e I've seen Foster Brooks. So very funny
JulieKilburn
Glen Ford killed by drink at 90.
Gotcha drift..
99.9% of all addicts have some sort of PTSD.
Can you cite a source for that figure?
40 - 60 percent of alcoholics have an undiagnosed mental health problem which they are attempting to self medicate with alcohol. Than is a fact I learned in rehab. 😅 Finally getting a diagnosis has allowed me to stay sober for twenty years. 😅
Most of these pepple have passed on let them rest in peace there time is done there free of all this gossip
Yes,just cheap gossip by sensationalists,everyone enjoyed their acting, but id more than willing to degrade them after. Sad😣
Leonard Nimoy made it to 83, and had long-since given his alcoholism the Vulcan neck pinch. He lived his best life and doesn’t deserve to be even mentioned in this video.
He was also a heavy smoker
What i say. Damn! If you live to be 83, how dare you say he died as a lush? Just bullshit, and is the flies hovering to make a living. Can have only respect for Leonard, Kaddish!
No point in it.
I am a daughter of an alcoholic who hates alcohol for the same reasons of an alcoholic father as a child i see what alcohol can do to a person so i decided not to go the same way as my father did u can either go either way none drinker of an alcoholic yourself when as a child all u see is addiction in front of you lucky for me i chose the good way 👍👍
Good for you! Breaking the cycle.
It's fine to dictate your comment, but please go back and add punctuation.
Good on you my mum was a drinker ,so am I but not alcoholic ❤😊😊
@@moragmacgregor6792 and who made u a teacher of facebook?. The topic is not my punctuation but alcoholism addiction did by any chance opens can of worms 🪱 with my comment? There is an all say if you have nothing better to say shut your mouth 🤫 teacher leave us kids alone 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
I'm also from a family of alcoholism & drugs. Aside from the fact I don't care for the taste,I wouldn't touch any of that stuff for anything. It has ingrained in me a strong lack of sympathy for drunks or addicts. Sorry but if that's so terrible of me that's too bad. Damage goes beyond the alcoholics liver or other physical problems. Don't cry to me,don't want to hear it.
These Iconic award winning artists gave their best performances fuelled up with alcohol. It's a fact alcohol can make one unstoppable but over indulgence has the flip side of all that is out of character with actions they regret or have no recollection of😅😅. Honestly naming and shaming is sad. No one is perfect I'll raise a glass to their memory here's mud in your eye.
Yet I miss when homosexuality was stigmatized. I miss liking Drew Barrymore before she kneeled to Dylan Mulvaney.
This is depressing. I grew up watching most of these people. I admired them all. It’s too bad they don’t have the option of defending themselves.
A sad video but i am amazed at the many great stars that the battle with the bottle got them. Thanx for a great video.😊
Don’t want to remember these stars that way…they gave us joy and memories of a by gone day! That’s their personal issues.
I seriously can't take this background music anymore.
Turn off the sound. Just read the words. It ain't rocket science!
If you're not already an alcoholic, the narrator will drive you to drink.
His voice is nerve racking!
😂😅
The rae few who did NOT drink or smoke was James Cagney. His wife smoked,so they always drove in separate cars
REALLY? Always had an interest in Cagney
She was a dirty rat....see..😂
WC Fields - " I never drink anything stronger than gin before breakfast "
Epilepsy and alcohol are a really bad comination, so are Diabetes and alcohol.
#2 of Anne Margaret, looked more like Brigitte Bardot.
I think it was Bardot. I think they used the wrong photo -
It was bardot, for sure
It was indeed Bardot..
Spencer Tracy you need to include how he'd rent a hotel room for a week and take enough booze with him that he never got out of the bathtub the entire week for anything.
I’m glad he didn’t drown in it !
Audie Murphy was never a drinker ffs. He was hooked on pills trying to medicate his PTSD.
Rita Hayworth was diagnosed with Alzheimer's Disease.
Wow!! I had no idea Dezi was a lush!! How'd I miss that all these years??!
Many of them strike me as bipolar… self medicating with alcohol. Some with some with very manic tendencies. Bipolar’s have a creative superpower. Not to underestimate the effects of ptsd from military service that many of their generation silently bore😢
Self-medicating with alcohol is a bad idea for controlling or treating bipolar, but Bipolar 1 is 60% co-morbid with addiction. Yes, their creativity may be significantly greater than average. Bipolar doesn't help creation, but the same part of the brain that causes bipolar, if it's large enough, could also enhance creativity.
You are absolutely right the bio on Ava Gardner was classic! Her behaviors … the bullfighting, dancing with flamenco dancers and mad love affairs! So mirror my behaviors when drinking! And it took years for me to get a diagnosis and get proper medication. 💊 😅 bipolar 2 !
Wow! I had an idea of some of these actors who had issues with alcohol , however there were other's I didn't have a clue. What an eye -opener.
Maybe would be better to mentioned the ones who did not drink.
Would have to be a Tik-Tok vid.
John Wayne i heard downed a half gallon of scotch per day and 4 packs of camel cigarettes daily too for over 40 years
50. Audie Murphy
49. Dana Andrew's
48. Desi Arnaz
47. Fatty Arbuckle
46. Jane Russell
45. Bud Abbott
44. Jackie Gleason
43. Bernard Lee
42. Betty Davis
41. Ann Sheridan
40. Joan Crawford
39. Dennis Price
38. Bela Lugosi
37. Glen Ford
36. Gloria Graham
35. Drew Barrymore
34. Lee Marvin
33. Ava Gardener
32. Leonard Nimoy
31. Albert Finney
30. Robin Williams
29. Mary Astor
28. William Holden
27. Broderick Crawford
26. Rita Hayworth
25. Sterling Hayden
24. Robert Mitchum
23. Spencer Tracy
22. Montgomery Clift
21. Gail Russell
20. John Wayne
19. Ann Margret
18. Alan Ladd
17. Orson Welles
16. Barbara Lee Peyton
15. Ethel Barrymore
14. Tallulah Bankhead
13. Elizabeth Taylor
12. Paul Lynde
11. Humphrey Bogart
10. Richard Burton
9. Frank Sinatra
8. John Barrymore
7. Richard Harris
6. Oliver Reid
5. Errol Flynn
4. W.C. Fields
3. Judy Garland
2. Peter O'Toole
1. Andre the Giant
I am very glad that my father taught me never to drink alcohol !
...smart father and smart kid...
Audie had a hard life and military career explains everything.
Some of these personalities I thought years ago they much be a addict to alcohol, what did surprise me in this video is personalities, I would never have guessed they too were addicts to alcohol, that was a real surprise to me. Excellent video of history.
My father was a violent alcoholic. He once held a gun to my mother's head for 24 hrs when I was a baby. He also beat me when I was about 2-3 until my mother left him. I truly hated him. My Mother left him and remarried when I was about 4. I always felt sorry for my Mom. Her second marriage lasted 60 yrs and 2 more kids later. She was finally happy then.