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Henry Wilson (nascido Jeremiah Jones Colbath) (Farmington, 16 de fevereiro de 1812 — Washington, D.C., 22 de novembro de 1875), foi o 18º vice-presidente dos Estados Unidos (1873 a 1875 ) e senador por Massachusetts (1855 a 1873).
Henry Wilson (born Jeremiah Jones Colbath; February 16, 1812 – November 22, 1875) was an American politician who was the 18th vice president of the United States from 1873 until his death in 1875 and a senator from Massachusetts from 1855 to 1873.
- Early Life
- Hollywood Years
- Later Years and Death
- In Popular Culture
- References
Willson was born into a prominent show business family in Lansdowne, Pennsylvania. His father, Horace, was the vice-president of the Columbia Phonograph Company and advanced to the presidency in 1922. Willson came in close contact with many Broadway theatre, opera, and vaudeville performers. Will Rogers, Fanny Brice, and Fred Stone numbered among t...
In 1933, Willson traveled to Hollywood by steamship via the Panama Canal. On board he cultivated a friendship with Bing Crosby's wife, Dixie Lee, who introduced him to the Hollywood elite and secured him a job with Photoplay, where his first article was about the newborn Gary Crosby. He began writing for The Hollywood Reporter and the New Movie Mag...
In his later years, Willson struggled with drug addiction, alcoholism, paranoia, and weight problems. As his own homosexuality had become public knowledge, many of his clients, both gay and straight, distanced themselves from him for fear of being branded the same. In 1974, the unemployed and destitute agent moved into the Motion Picture & Televisi...
Willson is portrayed by Jim Parsons in the 2020 Netflix miniseries Hollywood, a counterfactual re-imagining of post World War IIHollywood.
Richard Barrios, Screened Out: Playing Gay in Hollywood from Edison to Stonewall(2002).Robert Hofler, The Man Who Invented Rock Hudson: The Pretty Boys and Dirty Deals of Henry Willson. Carroll & Graf, 2005, ISBN 0-7867-1607-X27 de mai. de 2020 · Apesar de seu charme, o ator Rock Hudson, galã nos anos 1950 e 1960, não ganhou fama de uma hora para outra, mas sim com a ajuda do agente de talentos Henry Willson. Um homem poderoso e muito controverso, o fabricante de estrelas é retratado pela série Hollywood, da Netflix.
13 de mai. de 2020 · Henry Willson was a gay talent agent who molded and exploited young men into Hollywood's "beefcake" ideal. He also married off his star client Rock Hudson to hide his sexuality and used the mob to protect his image.
16 de abr. de 2024 · Henry Wilson was the 18th vice president of the United States (1873–75) in the Republican administration of President Ulysses S. Grant and a national leader in the antislavery movement. Wilson was the son of Winthrop Colbath, Jr., a labourer, and Abigail Witham. Indentured as a farm labourer at age.
Learn about the life and legacy of Henry Wilson, a Civil War senator, vice president, and civil rights champion. Listen to interviews with historians, explore images and memorials, and sign up for updates on this biographical podcast.
