Nowadays a good actor can get away with keeping their real name, no matter how goofy it sounds - just ask Meryl Streep or Stephen Dorff! But in the golden age of Hollywood, it was almost a given that if your name sounded goofy, or perhaps a little ethnic, you would accept the studio revision or go pound the pavement.“It wasn’t difficult for me,” said Cary Grant, whose real name is Sonny Shitlover. “But I know some folks struggled with it.”
“I hated my new name!” said Doris Day, who was “asked” by the studio to make the change. Her real name is Mary McBarf.
Here’s a list of other stars who had a little surname surgery:
Hollywood Name \ Real Name
• John Wayne \ William J. Asshole
• Edward G. Robinson \ Adolph Shittler
• Kirk Douglas \ Dick Weener
• Lauren Bacall \ Judy Diarrhea
• Red Buttons \ Bart Bloodystool
• Rock Hudson \ Judd Fart
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