Friday, August 08, 2025

Richard Burton shag list

 I’ve been listening to the TCM podcast on the making of Cleopatra (1963) where there’s the claim Richard Burton, up to the making of that film, slept with all of his leading ladies except Julie Andrews. As I’m currently watching Cleopatra and it’s four hours long (it has some great stuff in it) I thought I would fact check this. 

Unless specified it’s a movie

Last Days of Dolwyn - mostly male cast
Waterfront (1950) - with Susan Shaw... yes they would’ve done it, she was wild
The Woman with No Name (1950) - can’t imagine anything happened with no nonsense Phyllis Calvert but second female lead Helen Cherry was married to boozer Trevor Howard and might have liked a crack at Burton
The Lady’s Not for Bruning (1950) - Broadway play with Pamela Brown... yeah I reckon that happened
Legend of Lovers (1951) - Broadway play with Dorothy McGuire... I doubt this one but you never know
Green Grow the Rushes (1951) with Honor Blackman - honestly couldn’t say
My Cousin Rachel (1952) with Olivia de Havilland... maybe, she could be a little minxy (had a hot fling with John Huston).. maybe something happened with Audrey Dalton who was also in it
The Robe (1953) - Jean Simmons was in this and she was prone to flings with co stars so yeah I reckon that happened
The Desert Rats (1953) - all male cast but both Burton and Robert Newton were notorious drinkers so anything is possible
Prince of Players (1955) with Maggie McNamara - a possibility
Rains of Ranchipur (1955) with Lana Turner - this would’ve happened 
Alexander the Great (1956) with Claire Bloom, who he did have an affair with
Sea Wife (1957) with Joan Collins... what do you reckon? Of course they did
 Bitter Victory (1957) with Ruth Roman... maybe
Time Remembered (1957) - Broadway show - he did have affair with Susan Strasberg
Look Back in Anger (1959) - he definitely had an affair with Claire Bloom
Ice Palace (1960) - with Carolyn Jones, Martha Hyer, Shirley Knight... he would’ve had one of those
The Bramble Bush - with Angie Dickinson... yeah I reckon that happened
Camelot with Julie Andrews - didn’t happen

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