Hollywood Studio Club
The Hollywood Studio Club was a chaperoned dormitory, sometimes referred to as a sorority, for young women interested in becoming actresses or work in film from 1916 to 1975.
It was run by the YWCA and originally formed in association by the same Central Casting bureau that still exists today, as a safe space for women since so many from out-of-state were being assaulted on set by directors and crew members.
Residents included Marilyn Monroe (twice), Kim Novak, Sharon Tate, Donna Reed, Rita Moreno, Ayn Rand, Barbara Eden, Linda Darnell, Ann B. Davis, Barbara Hale, Nancy Kwan, Maureen O'Sullivan, and Sally Struthers.
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"The Lost History of LA's Women-Only Hollywood Studio Club"
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Weinstein Hates Them — Click To Find Out Why!
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Aspiring writer Ayn Rand arrived from Chicago soon after the new building opened. Cast as an extra in DeMille’s The King of Kings, she was considered so destitute that when a donor offered $50 for the neediest resident, he chose Rand to receive it. She spent it all on black lingerie and became one of the first residents to depart for marriage.
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Beef Curtains were a common late-night menu item
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Jeff Perry's campaign office and other scenes from the first season of "Scandal" were filmed inside the building
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I wonder if they had pussy shaving parties?
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When Sharon Tate's aggressive roommate at the Club made lesbian advances, she requested a new room
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"I remember it was a wonderful place. It was inexpensive, had good food and 24-hour telephone service. And on Sundays the best coffee cake I ever ate." - Joanne Worley
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The drain in the communal shower must have been a challenge to unclog.
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Huell Howser visits the Studio Club
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It was a whorehouse, people!
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Nowadays it would be a Sapphic Sex Club
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Only ladies? That’s sexist!
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One of the few landmarks still standing
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