Angie Dickinson Names The Seven Lesbian Actress She Hates Most Dated in Secret with her | HO

Palm Springs, CA — At 93 years old, Angie Dickinson has nothing left to lose. The former sex symbol and trailblazing actress, who once reigned over Hollywood with her beauty and charm, stunned the world in a rare, unfiltered interview on CBS Sunday Morning in 2025. For decades, rumors swirled about Dickinson’s secret affairs with some of Hollywood’s most powerful women—but never before had she named names, nor explained the bitterness that lingered long after the lights faded.

What followed was not a tabloid confession, but a chilling reckoning. Dickinson, her voice steady but eyes haunted, listed seven legendary actresses she loved—and later came to hate. Her words sent shockwaves through the industry, not for their salaciousness, but for the wounds they exposed: manipulation, betrayal, and the price of loving in the shadows.

1. Joan Crawford: The Doll in the Shadows

Dickinson’s first confession was about Joan Crawford, the icy queen of MGM. Their affair began not on a film set, but at a private party, where Crawford picked out the young, untested Angie as her “doll”—a companion to be summoned at will, kept silent, and always ready. “I thought she loved me,” Dickinson admitted, “but she just wanted someone to control.”

For over a year, Dickinson was a fixture at Crawford’s side—at parties, secluded holidays, and hotel room “creative meetings.” But when Crawford married Pepsi mogul Alfred Steele, the relationship ended abruptly. Dickinson’s desperate letter to Crawford was read aloud at a party, ridiculing her in front of Hollywood’s elite. Rumors spread: Angie was unstable, obsessed with older women. MGM cut her contract and quietly exiled her to Europe.

Later, Dickinson discovered she was just one of many—Crawford had similarly manipulated at least five other young women. “From that wound,” Dickinson said, “I began to turn to stone.”

2. Barbara Stanwyck: The Anonymous Accusation

Barbara Stanwyck, the four-time Oscar nominee, became Dickinson’s next lover—and, unknowingly, her accuser. Their relationship was clandestine, filled with rainy nights and whispered conversations about fear and truth. But in 1957, Dickinson was targeted by an anonymous letter to the Motion Picture Association, accusing her of “deviant tendencies” and left-wing sympathies. The evidence: blurry photos taken at Stanwyck’s apartment.

Dickinson’s career collapsed overnight. Columbia and Paramount dropped her, radio stations refused interviews, and she became a Hollywood pariah. Years later, a reporter matched the handwriting on the accusatory letter to Stanwyck’s own notes. “Some people love you just to kill you from the inside,” Dickinson reflected. Stanwyck never apologized.

3. Bette Davis: The $100,000 Silence Contract

Bette Davis, the legendary star, seemed at first to offer Dickinson tenderness and acceptance. Their affair was passionate but secretive, punctuated by quiet breakfasts and poetry readings. When Dickinson asked to live openly, Davis responded with a legal contract: $100,000 and a promised lead role in exchange for Dickinson’s silence about their relationship.

The contract was a trap. The film never materialized, and Dickinson’s career stalled. Davis never contacted her again; when asked about Dickinson’s hospitalization for stress, Davis replied, “I don’t even remember knowing anyone by that name.” Dickinson later said, “I only blame myself for loving someone who saw emotions as a prop.”

4. Katharine Hepburn: The Oscar Role Bought with Love

Hepburn, the steely icon of Hollywood, was Dickinson’s fourth wound. Their brief affair was marked by Hepburn’s cold calculation—she offered Dickinson a role, only to replace her days later after a private dinner where Hepburn made clear that love was a battlefield, not a sanctuary. Dickinson accused Hepburn of emotional manipulation, but the studio dismissed her claims as “insufficient evidence.”

Hepburn went on to win Oscars and dominate the industry; Dickinson faded into obscurity, relegated to minor TV roles and perfume ads. “Sometimes the bottom is even deeper than hell,” Dickinson said. “Especially when the one who pushes you down kisses you before doing it.”

5. Ava Gardner: The Parisian Betrayal

Of all her lovers, Dickinson admitted Ava Gardner was the only one she truly loved without calculation. Their affair in Paris was tender, raw, and—for a moment—free from Hollywood’s cynicism. But Gardner’s vulnerability became a weapon. A Polaroid of the two in bed was used to blackmail Dickinson, forcing both women to sell jewelry and art to keep the photo out of the tabloids.

The scandal destroyed their careers for years. Gardner retreated to Marbella; Dickinson fled to Italy. Gardner later returned the photo with an apology, but the damage was done. “She was the most beautiful scar I ever had,” Dickinson said.

6. Marilyn Monroe: The Cold Revenge

Monroe and Dickinson’s brief affair was a collision of two wounded souls. Meeting in a New York hotel room, their connection was electric but doomed. Monroe vanished without warning, leaving behind a Polaroid that would become a tool for blackmail—echoing Gardner’s betrayal. The ensuing tabloid scandal froze both their careers and ended their relationship forever.

Monroe, like Gardner, never recovered her trust in Hollywood. Dickinson kept the photo in her bedside drawer until the end of her life. “Marilyn was like smoke,” Dickinson said. “The more you chase it, the more it vanishes.”

7. Elizabeth Taylor: The Purple Nightmare

Taylor was the last and perhaps most devastating of Dickinson’s lovers. Their secret “common law marriage” lasted several years, marked by intense passion and destructive jealousy. Taylor’s public romance with Richard Burton masked her possessiveness behind closed doors. When Dickinson discovered Taylor with another man, she responded with silence and self-harm—a scar that kept her off-camera for years.

In revenge, Dickinson sent an anonymous letter to Confidential magazine, exposing Taylor’s manipulations. The article shook Hollywood, but Taylor never retaliated. “She didn’t love me,” Dickinson said. “She just needed me to love her. When I could no longer do that, she trampled on me like a crack.”

The Cost of Loving in Secret

Dickinson’s confessions are not just about heartbreak—they are about survival in an industry that punished women for loving each other. Each affair was a wound, each betrayal a lesson in the price of trust. Hollywood’s silence in the wake of Dickinson’s interview speaks volumes about the ongoing fear and stigma that still haunt LGBTQ+ stars.

In her final years, Dickinson lived quietly in Palm Springs, her only companions a blind dog and a box of unsent letters. “They once loved me,” she titled the box, “or I thought they did.”

Her story is a reminder that behind the glamour of Hollywood lies a history of pain, secrecy, and the courage it takes to name the truth—even when the world refuses to listen.