Comments on: Pepi Lederer’s 100th Birthday

By: alan brickman

alan brickman — Mon, 05 Apr 2010 04:49:04 +0000

Wonderful to hear Pepi’s story again…Hollywood is terrified of failures….

By: Carl Youngblood

Carl Youngblood — Sat, 27 Mar 2010 09:14:57 +0000

That is a fascinating story Allan! I could stay up all night reading your stories. I’ll blame you tomorrow.
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lol thanks Carl!

By: April Louise

April Louise — Wed, 24 Mar 2010 20:11:17 +0000

What a wonderful article on Pepi! Thank you Allen.
I hope you don’t mind that I added your picture of Pepi and a link to this blog on my Pepi Lederer tribute page on myspace.
I was quite ill during her birthday and it slipped my mind! How terrible!
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Hi April, no I don’t mind. Enjoy.

By: Steve Goldstein

Steve Goldstein — Sun, 21 Mar 2010 15:51:50 +0000

Loved it, Allan, as always. What a character!

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Thanks Steve, she has always fascinated me so when her 100th birthday came up it was a perfect time to remember her.

By: Barry Paris

Barry Paris — Sun, 21 Mar 2010 13:13:18 +0000

Dear Mr. Ellenberger:

It was good of you to honor Pepi Lederer’s 100th birthday—which would’ve slipped right passed me, if you hadn’t. Also good of you to credit my “Louise Brooks” biography.

One small correction: the great “dykes and pansies” quote (from p. 237 of the bio)should be attributed to Louise, not her brother. It was contained in a long letter she wrote on Feb. 12, 1976 to Theo, who was my close friend & mentor at the Wichita Eagle in Kansas—and one of the funniest men in the universe.

I’m sure you’ve seen the fabulous photo of L. & T. with the tennis balls in Bev. Hills in 1928 (in “Lulu in H’wd” &; my book, p. 490). But I bet most of your readers/bloggers have not. You oughtta re-print it for them—if you want, I hereby give you the rights.

Theodore was a legendary & superb tennis player into his late 60s, but his finest moment on the court came in Kansas, when the newspaper’s sports editor Jack Copeland challenged him (in print) to a match. Theo accepted, saying he could beat Copeland (a good player himself) with a FRYING PAN instead of a racket. At the annointed or is it appointed? hour & location, a considerable crowd showed up to watch him do just that.

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Thank you Mr. Paris, I will make make that correction and thank you for the back story on Louise’s brother, Theodore. I am aware of the photo and will try to reprint it soon.

By: Harry Martin

Harry Martin — Sat, 20 Mar 2010 10:06:52 +0000

I finally look time to read — and will re-read again — this was a wonderful account!
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Thanks Harry

By: normadesmond

normadesmond — Sat, 20 Mar 2010 02:36:25 +0000

ann landers. abby is popo (she is STILL alive, though not in a form anyone would covet…i knew her a number of years back & she was neck deep in alzheimers/dementia. she must be a total vegetable by now).

By: Jim Lacy

Jim Lacy — Fri, 19 Mar 2010 03:05:46 +0000

Wonderful story, Allan! I’ve learned so much more about Pepi in just this one article. Btw, in the shot of the Douras mausoleum, does that temporary marker outside belong to anyone family-related?
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Thanks Jim. No thats been there for a while. They recently put the permanent marker in and never removed it. they are no family.

By: normadesmond

normadesmond — Fri, 19 Mar 2010 02:03:43 +0000

yes, great piece.

you do know who eppie lederer was, don’t you?
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wasn’t she Ann Landers or Dear Abbey? don’t know which one

By: Lynn Recck

Lynn Recck — Fri, 19 Mar 2010 01:29:40 +0000

Another stellar article, Allan! I was always fascinated by the story of Pepi, but never enough to investigate more fully her life and death. Thank you for doing it for us all. HAPPY BIRTHDAY, PEPI LEDERER!