BETRAYED: 11 Classic Hollywood Stars Betrayed by the People They Trusted Most

They smiled. They said "trust me." Then they took everything. From Baby Peggy's parents spending her $2 million fortune, to Shirley Temple's banker father leaving her $44,000 of $3.2 million, to Colonel Tom Parker taking FIFTY PERCENT of Elvis Presley — these are the eleven most cold-blooded betrayals in classic Hollywood history. Husbands, wives, parents, mentors, managers, lawyers: the people closest to the stars turned out to be the most dangerous people in their lives. CHAPTERS: 0:00 Hook — Betrayed 0:18 The Handshake 0:51 Subscribe 0:58 #11 — Baby Peggy 2:51 #10 — Shirley Temple 4:19 #9 — Jackie Coogan 6:17 #8 — Buster Keaton 7:49 #7 — Fanny Brice 9:17 #6 — Mary Astor 10:45 #5 — Lucille Ball 12:20 #4 — Rita Hayworth 13:46 #3 — Vivien Leigh 15:20 #2 — Doris Day 17:11 #1 — Elvis Presley 19:16 The Price 20:48 Outro SOURCES (on-screen stories drawn from): Diana Serra Cary "Whatever Happened to Baby Peggy?" (1996); Shirley Temple Black "Child Star" (1988); Coogan v. Bernstein court records (1938), TIME (1938); James Curtis "Buster Keaton: A Filmmaker's Life" (2022); Herbert Goldman "Fanny Brice" (Oxford UP, 1992); Mary Astor "My Story" (1959); Desi Arnaz "A Book" (1977); Lucille Ball "Love, Lucy" (1996); Barbara Leaming "If This Was Happiness" (1989); Doris Day "Her Own Story" (1976); Shelby County Probate Court records (1981); Alanna Nash "The Colonel" (2003). If old Hollywood's secrets hook you — subscribe. One untold story, every single day. #ClassicHollywood #OldHollywood #HollywoodHistory #ElvisPresley #DorisDay