Famous Historical Personalities Who We Didn’t Know Identified as LGBTQ

Cary Grant, a heartthrob of the 1930s, wasn’t just a ladies’ man. Before his Hollywood fame, he lived with Orry-Kelly, a costume designer, after financial difficulties. Besides acting, Grant had various jobs, including being an escort and stilt-walker.

Orry-Kelly, seven years Grant’s senior, allegedly shared a tumultuous, decades-long relationship with him, marked by occasional violence. Katherine Thompson recounts a shocking incident where Grant supposedly ejected Kelly from a moving car. Despite five marriages, speculation about Grant’s sexuality persisted.