Classy Lesbians from Today and Yesterday ... Tell Lana

I'll start.

Jodie Foster. I just LOVE to listen to her during interviews; so humble and ARTICULATE! I love it.

I just went down a rabbit hole of early 20th century lesbian writers and heiresses the other night. There are SO many - some I've heard of because they are famous writers, but a lot of them I had not.

Natalie Clifford Barney fucked a lot of them - you start there and there are links to so many prominent rich lesbian artists/writers/ etc.

I guess having inherited wealth was probably one of the only ways to avoid marriage and being tied to a man. Then again, most lower class and middle class people's lives are never written about either.

Shortest thread in DL history.

R1 have you heard her speak French? Absolutely gorgeous.

Yes! Love her command of it. Lovely!

Her whole aura is just wonderful.

Lisbeth Scott

Holland Taylor has always had style and class

Thanks for schooling me, r6! Never knew that about her.

Gertrude Stein!

Lana, don't tell me what to do! You don't own me!

Rachel Maddow

Another vote for Lizabeth Scott

Who I admire?

Eleanor Roosevelt Roosevelt.

Jodie was a rich girl, she had the best teachers.

Closet Audit: Focus Your Sapphic Lasers on Louise Brooks.

Family? Or, nah?

Rachel Maddow! Who always does her homework.

After the election, though...

R14, I've read up exhaustively on the life of Louise Brooks--the Barry Paris bio is a must-read--and believe she was truly straight. She may have had a lesbian encounter or two, but her basic and overwhelming orientation appears to have been straight. She is fun to consider, though.

Garbo.

What the fuck is this pushy OP, prancing around acting like she's curating an exhibit?

Is this a new cunt game here or a familiar persona taking things in a particularly unpleasant direction?

Jodie seems like an icy cold bitch. Not a fan.

"Sylvia Scarlett" (1935)

The Hepster.

r19 Might just be a little shy. Scorpios tend to run that way and are notoriously hard-to-read people. Even when she came "out", you could tell she was very uncomfortable with how she might be perceived.

Oscar Wilde's "Salomé" (1923) Directed by Charles Bryant and Alla Nazimova

(mostly gay/bi/lesbian cast)

R21, you could be right. Thanks for the perspective.

I do think she is truly smart and beautiful. Her child-actor performances in Taxi Driver and The Little Girl Who Lived Down the Lane blew me away.

r17 The Quee-eeeeen!!! (and King.) =D

I second Holland Taylor.

I loved her in Taxi Driver. Silence of the Lambs, also.

Jodie's WV twang in SOTL was surprisingly effective. She executed that accent with just the right nuance. When the movie was released, I was in my early 20s, and a woman peer of mine commented that Foster looked "like dog shit." I remember how shocked I was, because Foster's beauty in that movie almost startled me. She looked exactly as I wished I could (and did not). She has aged exceptionally well, especially for a blond who at one time smoked.

LENA HORNE

Oh, yes, R28! Forgot about her! Captivating, both physically and otherwise. Saw her in concert back in 1986. Wowza! as we said back then.

r28 The sophisticated and soulful, Ms. Lena Horne! Didn't know that about her. Interesting.

r27 What everyone else saw was an amazing performance by a stellar lady.

THAT'S NOT LENA HORNE, R28

This is -

More Lena:

r25 I remember her from the 80s! Missed on lot of the coming out news, =D Had NO clue.

Life is better living it OUT and ABOUT.

Lovely! r38

Roger Ebert.

Best lesbian film critic ever.

lmao r36

Anne Murray. A classy lezzy. Never came out publicly but still enjoyed lesbian love.

R35, who are you talking about?

The singer, Anne Murray. She was calling her a Lesbian icon. r39

..... r39

Marlene Dietrich was "bi", but she was also part of the "sewing circle". So, I don't know.

"Morocco" (1930)

First KNOWN Lesbian kiss

"Manslaughter" (1922) Directed by Cecil B. DeMille

First KNOWN Gay kiss

"Wings" (1927) Directed by William A. Wellman

Thanks for the recommendation, r16! In my cart. It's always great to learn about our history in film (particularly). Back in the pre-Code days, the world was more accepting of us.

I don't know how "classy" druggie Lauren Hutton is, but she's definitely tasted the lesbian experience, probably for 45+ years. Even David Ehrenstein agreed. GREAT MODEL, lousy actress. Rumor had it that now retired Hutton was going to come out several years ago, didn't happen (yet).

kd lang, one of the greatest singers ever.

Tallulah Bankhead!

Billie Holiday

Lorraine Hansberry!

Whoever the fuck is on the Kennedy Center Honors right now. She's a singer, I've seen her before, but I don't know who she is. Not just classy but hot!

I'll see if I can't find out who she is.

OK, it's Brandi Carlile. Is she a lesbian?

R47, I love kd lang, but she’s hardly one of the best singers ever.

Julie Andrews

I'm astounded the Condi Troll has not yet appeared.

Dolly Parton

Bea and Betty's passionate love/hate geriatric lesbian affair.

LENA HORNE

^ That’s Billie Holiday, not Lena Horne, R58. Though Billie should be on this list too.

Jodie Foster’s accent was atrocious in “Elysium”. Notably bad, in the what-the-fuck-was-she-thinking bad. It was dubbed in some parts.

Leslie Gore.

I'd have to say Miss Nancy Kulp. The whole time she ate my snatch, she stuck her pinky out. Now that's [italic]class.[/italic]

Did someone actually ask if Brandi Carlisle was a lesbian?

Was Liberace gay? Rip Taylor?

Wilma and Betty.

Roy O'Donnell. I loved watching Roy's show in the late 90s.

Roy was obsessed with Tammy Cruise back then.

Roy has had many obsessions.

Leslie Jones

Is this Lana cunt the latest incarnation of another trolling pest or is it a new flycatcher?

Kaye Ballard?

R44 not really gay but still sweet.

Vita Sackville-West of the Sissinghurst Sackville-Wests.

r53 is tone deaf.

Usually someone posts, R71 = k.d. Lang. but I don’t think k.d. Is that stupid.

r64

Sue Flannery

Who the hell is Sue Flannery?

R48 R49 Both bi. Like a lot of women mentioned here.

Why, R76? Are you threatened?

I don’t know that Tallulah Bankhead was “bi” so much as she would shove anything inside of her - animal, vegetable, or mineral.

Melissa Etheridge

That’s not bi, R78.

R77 What?

Babe Didrikson -- Fantastic athlete. I don't know why there hasn't been a movie about her since the Susan Clark made-for-TV one from 40 years ago.

Lisbeth Scott, we don't know if or was true or not. Apparently her ex bf started that rumor. All the people that were close to her, said that it isn't true.

The why was she blackliisted, R83?