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Tragic Hollywood Starlets: 11 Leading Ladies Who Hid Their Secret Past

7. Joan Crawford

Her father abandoned the family just months before she was born — something she didn’t realize until her brother confessed that her stepdad wasn’t her biological father. She also endured a serious leg injury that kept her out of school for over a year.

8. Clara Bow

The original “It Girl” grew up caring for her mother throughout childhood and dealing with her bouts of “psychosis due to epilepsy,” waking up one morning with her mother holding a knife to her throat.

9. Ingrid Bergman

She lost her mother at just two years old, followed by her father when she was 13. Bergman was sent to live with an aunt, who also passed away after just six months later.

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