![]() ![]() If Thompson had enormous talents, she also had equally large eccentricities. Irvin dismisses these, although he admits he wasn't under the bed. Although she was married briefly twice and had a long proto-cougar affair with Andy Williams, one of the back-up singers in her nightclub act, her best friends throughout her life were gay men.īecause of her short haircuts, penchant for slacks (she was more responsible for the acceptance of women in pants than anyone, including Katherine Hepburn) and overall butchness, lesbian rumors persisted her entire life. Thompson found a home in the fabled Freed Unit at MGM, where she also solidified her avocation as a fag hag. Most notable among her many pupils were Judy Garland, her closest friend along with her daughter, Liza Minnelli and Frank Sinatra, who remained devoted to Thompson his entire life. From the beginning, she made a name for herself as a composer, arranger, chorus director and voice coach. Her talents couldn't be contained by remaining in front of the microphone, however. ![]() It was the era of the big bands, and Thompson found herself on a never-ending shuttle between New York and Hollywood - a trip she would make hundreds, if not thousands of times, in a life that was truly bicoastal well before jet airlines made it simple. She soon found work singing on the newfangled radio. ![]()
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