hotsietozzi @hotsietozzi.bsky.social · 30/06/2025In the 1930s & 40s Hollywood execs changed all the up-and-coming starlets’ names because they all came in with names like Blanchetta Blinkeldonk or Mary Gutts 1058569
IntroVertebrat (Linda Lou) @introvertebrae.bsky.social · 01/07/2025Blanchetta Blinkeldonk deserves a follow. 090
Samuel Paul @samuelpostpaul.bsky.social · 21/11/2025I much prefer the way it is now, where actors of all shapes + genders can keep their own names if they like them -- thanks Obama! thanks to this change, we now have movie stars named-- well, you know the ones I'm talking about. to name names would be gauche. 010
Brus McKee @brusmckee.bsky.social · 21/11/2025I found Miss Blinkeldonk's favorite flower... Meet the BellaRagazza Blanchetta dwarf hydrangea. 0121
Taid Dai.📎 @bengarrion.bsky.social · 01/07/2025Frances Ethel Gumm!!! x thank God they changed it! Lol 060
Lars Andersen @lkjandersen.bsky.social · 21/11/2025Joan Crawford was born Lucille LeSueur, but they thought her real name sounded like a fake name, so they changed it to a fake name that sounded like a real name. 1181
chatsubo657.bsky.social @chatsubo657.bsky.social · 21/11/2025There’s a diligent researcher at the British Film Institute trying to drum up enough interest to host a Mary Gutts revival season. 140
Joe Danger (Yung Skeezy) @themightyjoedanger.bsky.social · 21/11/2025Who's going to believe a name like 'Greta Van Susteren' anyway? It's just implausible. 040
