What A++ list actor and Oscar winner/nominee never slept with his frequent leading lady in the early 1940s (as is frequently reported), because he knew his wife would raise hell and immediately call every gossip columnist in town?

After his wife’s sudden death, the leading lady swooped in to try to comfort him in more ways than one, but with no success.

They still remained great friends until the actor’s death.

Fred Astaire
Ginger Rogers

Source: Mr. X via http://www.crazydaysandnights.net


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