and Oscar-winning costume designer Edith Head has been seen sewing away in her workshop at Paramount Studios.Įven William “Billy” Wilkerson, founder of The Hollywood Reporter is rumored to haunt the old THR offices on Sunset Blvd. Karen Carpenter has been spotted in the recording studios of what is now the Jim Henson Company lot. Man-of-a-thousand-faces Lon Chaney was long said to haunt Stage 28 at Universal Studios (demolished in 2014) where he filmed Phantom of the Opera, running the catwalks as his Phantom cape was tied firmly around his neck. Other deceased entertainment industry titans also can’t quit working. A disembodied voice would sigh Webb’s catchphrase, “Well, well.” Webb’s mother, Maybell, seems to have haunted the house, too, and her shadow was often seen in certain rooms. While sitting by the pool, they would see a dark shadow in “the size and shape of Clifton” in the master bedroom. According to the book Hollywood Haunted: A Ghostly Tour of Filmland, in the 1960s, gossip columnist Joyce Haber and producer Douglas Cramer ( The Brady Bunch, The Odd Couple, Love Boat) moved into Webb’s former home - and over the years, the Hollywood power couple experienced many unsettling occurrences. It seems the irascible Webb held true his word. “I’m not leaving this house - even in death,” he told a friend shortly before his death in 1966. Actor Clifton Webb is said to have willed himself to become a ghost in his beloved home on Rexford Drive. Some celebs seem to be thrilled with their ongoing fame. For some of the entertainment industry’s biggest stars, their time on the top of the call sheet has far outlived their mortal lives.
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