The MANY FACES of PARADE
2001
FLASHBACK
Since its inception YEARS
in 1941, Parade
(billed as a parade of news, pictures and famous writers; Ernest Hemingway was one of them) has covered presidents, politics, the space race, sports, royalty, health and many other important topics that mattered to its readers. But keeping its finger on the pulse of pop culture was a place where Parade really shone, from spotlighting Hollywood’s old guard to revealing each era’s rising stars. We selected from among 4,000 Parade covers to showcase some of the most memorable entertainers in the magazine’s history. Go to Parade.com/80 for more.
1970
“I am the luckiest broad in the whole world. I never thought I’d get beyond the chorus line in Las Vegas,” GOLDIE HAWN, 24, told
Parade. The so-called “dumb blonde with the infectious giggle” from the TV sketch-comedy show
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1953
“If ever a man was misunderstood, I’m that man,” crooner FRANK SINATRA, 37, told Parade—and anyone else who would listen. The “scrawny tenor” was still popular with fans but had a volatile relationship with second wife AVA GARDNER, 30, and didn’t like it when the press reported on their squabbles. The couple divorced in 1957.
RAY CHARLES,
1988
57, told Parade how much he loved America. “I think you can overcome any obstacle in this country. I was reared in a small town, dirt poor, blind, you name it. And yet, here I am today.”
1941
Regarded as “the First Lady of the American Theater,” HELEN HAYES, 41, was already a Broadway, movie and radio star when she graced this Parade VoÛiÀ Ķn oÕÀ wÀÃÌ Þi>À°
1973 Why were teen sensations and
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so popular? It’s because “young girls are attracted Ìo Ã>vi w}ÕÀiÃ
with whom they can engage in sexual fantasies,” psychiatrist Gerald Aronson told Parade. And here we thought it was the catchy tunes.
1956
Beautiful, talented, successful—but can’t stay married. That’s how Parade viewed Giant actress ELIZABETH TAYLOR, 24, whose second marriage (to actor Michael Wilding) was breaking up. Before her death in 2011, she would marry eight times, twice to Richard Burton.
1986
One year into The Golden Girls’ sevenyear run (1985–92), Parade caught up with the stars, BETTY WHITE, 64, RUE MCCLANAHAN, 52, ESTELLE GETTY, 63, and BEA ARTHUR, 64. Getty, who played Sophia Petrillo, made this prescient prediction about the series: “I think the show will change how people view older people and how older people view themselves. ‘Older’ doesn’t mean a damn thing—you can be beautiful and sexual and well-dressed and do anything you did before. All you have to do is go for it.” Over the course of its run, the show earned 68 Emmy nominations and 11 wins.