20 Golden Age Actors Who Were Mentally ill | You’d Never Recognize Today

[@winifredpapina]

I have always loved Gene Tierney and her movies. For someone who was struggling with mental health illness, her performances were superb.

[@ConalYashashree]

At that time mental health issues were not addressed, and that is so sad.

[@PhyllisFicarrotta-yg1om]

The circumstances of how Gene Tierney”s daughter was born handicapped is absolutely heartbreaking. She was exposed to measles when a fan, who knew she was sick, approached Gene and asked for a autograph. She obliged the fan and passed the virus on to her unborn daughter. Some people like the fan have no consideration for others. Gene paid dearly in this case for being famous. RIP Gene . You shared your beautiful gift with us for many years. We were blessed.

[@pham0ucp]

Im surprised that you didnt include Patty Duke who was a tremendously popular performer and became a bold and effective voice for those with Bipolar disorder and other conditions.

[@alvarluu35]

JEAN SEBERG - pay enough attention to WHAT you are doing to GET IT RIGHT or DONT DO IT !! :-(

[@avantikayank]

Seeing the segment on Veronica Lake brings to mind a contemporary of hers at Paramount who could also be included here: Betty Hutton.

[@daviesrichard65]

Why wasn’t Patty Duke included? She brought public attention to bipolar disorder better than anyone.

[@rayleeharris70]

The amount of misspellings and mispronunciations give away how many of these narrated videos are now handed over to AI. Arent there any humans online now?

[@doliscott60]

Their lives are marred by terrible diseases. To whoever is reading this, I pray for you: a heart free from sorrow, a mind free from worries, a life overflowing with joy, abundant financial prosperity, a body free from illness and disability, and a day filled with Gods blessings. ❤❤

[@kailinicholas29]

Im pretty sure that Brando had a narcissistic personality disorder and/or borderline personality disorder long before he became an actor. He was a good actor, but his personal life was an absolute train wreck.

[@roxannekent-drury251]

A good part of the section on Gary Cooper includes footage of Cary Grant.

[@nitika0dpy]

The captions are horrible. Would have been nice if someone had taken the trouble to at least spell these peoples names correctly.

[@danny0rtj]

Before there was Brittany Spears, there was Francis Farmer

[@karishma8cg9]

Many of the photos of Robert Walker used in this video were of his son, Robert Walker, Jr, who gained popularity as a Television actor in the 50s and 60s.

[@yashashreey45z]

especially, but by many others. He was the first “teen idol” and had to do a lot to get there. Oh, ugly world of greed.

[@panchakbette]

Youre talking about Robert Walker Sr, while showing pictures of his son.

[@leelivvy]

They ran Judy into the dirt.

[@lindaelia2616]

Judy Garland died at 47? She looked so much older. Wow!

[@hourglasstv01]

Yes, compared to her age of 47, she was very old at that time.

[@plf5695]

Being very selective in choosing who is very talented or not to me it seems that all these performers had only the talent of drinking alchol and taking drugs. I feel that the word "talent" is overused nowadays.

[@zimrihoang]

I didnt like Errol Flynns behaviour or Frank Sinatras.

[@Change-xp2ts]

C'mon I guess you were not even born yet and you want to go into this?