Stepmother Facts

In Cinderella's Vietnamese version, the heroine boiled her stepsister alive and tricked her stepmother into eating her cooked body en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The…

When actor Dylan McDermott was born his mom was 15 and his dad 17. His parents split and his mother was later killed by a boyfriend. At 15-years-old McDermott was adopted by his father's 3rd wife, she was 23. His stepmother is Eve Ensler, who wrote The Vagina Monologues, she got him into acting. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dyl…

Princess Diana and her brothers had such a bad relationship with their stepmother than, two days after their father died, they threw her out of their house. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rai…

After Stalin's son Yakov, failed suicide attempt in his room via firearm. He missed his heart and hit his lung instead; while his stepmother Alliluyeva tended to his wound and called the doctor, Stalin is quoted as saying, "He can't even shoot straight". en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yak…

Lizzie Borden, who is famous for killing her Father and Stepmother with an axe, was actually acquitted of all charges. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liz…

In the Brothers Grimm version of Snow White, the evil stepmother eats what she thinks are Snow White's liver and lungs, when the huntsman gave them to her as "proof" that he had killed the girl (but he had really killed a boar and given her the dead boar's lungs and liver). pitt.edu/~dash/grimm053.h…

Prince Albert's stepmother was also his paternal first cousin en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alb…

Christian Bale's stepmother, Gloria Steinham, was a feminist who protested the 1991 publication of the novel, American Psycho, due to its portrayal of violence toward women. In 2000, Bale went on to star as the title character of the novel's film adaption. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ame…

Today I learned of a Vietnamese fairy tale similar to 'Cinderella' called 'Tấm Cám'. The protagonist Tấm in this grim tale boils the stepsister into fish sauce and gives it to the stepmother to eat as revenge for the physical and emotional abuse that they put her through. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The…

In the Brothers Grimm version of Snow White, Snow White and the Prince forced her wicked stepmother to wear red-hot iron shoes and dance until she died at their wedding pitt.edu/~dash/grimm053.h…

Christian Bale's stepmother, Gloria Steinham, was a feminist who protested the 1991 publication of the novel, American Psycho, due to its portrayal of violence toward women. In 2000, Bale went on to star as the title character of the novel's film adaption. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ame…

Basketball player Austin Hatch survived two plane crashes, one in 2003 that killed his mother, brother and sister, and one in 2011 that killed his father and stepmother. en.wikinews.org/wiki/Two-…

Christian Bale's stepmother, Gloria Steinham, who was a feminist, talked Leonardo DiCaprio out of being in the movie "American Psycho", due to its portrayal of violence toward women. She said, ‘The eyes of all 13yo girls are upon you and you can’t play a guy that tortures and kills women.' archive.fo/Bv7nz

Feminist activist Gloria Steinem was opposed to the release of the novel American Psycho due to its portrayal of violence against women. Years later, she married David Bale and became stepmother to Christian Bale, who starred in the film adaptation. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ame…

The woman playing the guitar in the famous La Marseillaise scene in Casablanca is a singer named Corinna Mura. She was also Edward Gorey's stepmother. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cor…

Bank robber John Dillinger had a 3 year romantic relationship with his stepmother. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joh…

It's been 125 years(Aug. 4, 1892) since Lizzie Borden may have given her father and stepmother wacks with a hatchet and been charged, then acquitted of their murders. You can spend a night at the Lizzie Borden B&B, tour the murder scene and stay overnight in Lizzie's bedroom history.com/news/9-things…

Today I learned of Austin Hatch. A former UofM basketball player that survived two plane crashes. One that killed his mother, sister and brother. Then another that killed his father and stepmother. espn.com/mens-college-bas…

Actor Dylan McDermott was known as Mark McDermott until his late teens. He took the name "Dylan" after his ex-stepmother, Eve Ensler, miscarried a child she was going to name "Dylan". en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dyl…

Josh Brolin's stepmother is Barbra Streisand. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jos…

Feminist activist Gloria Steinem, who virulently opposed the novel *American Psycho*, is the stepmother of Christian Bale, who played Patrick Bateman in the novel's film adaptation. en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/A…

Snow White's stepmother had to dance in hot iron shoes until she died. nationalgeographic.com/gr…

Gloria Steinman, a prominent activist known for her protests of the book American Psycho, is the stepmother of Christian Bale, who went on to play the lead role of Patrick Bateman in the film adaptation. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ame…

After marrying, British politician Oswald Mosley had an "extended affair" with both his wife's sister and their stepmother. When he remarried (his mistress, not any of the above), Adolf Hitler was a wedding guest. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Osw…

The first volumes of Grimms' Fairy Tales were widely criticized and deemed unsuitable for children. As a result, they changed the character of the "wicked Mother" in some of their most famous stories (Cinderella, Hansel and Gretel) to an "evil stepmother". en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gri…

A boy narrowly survived when a plane piloted by his father crashed, killing his mother and two siblings. 8 Years later he was on another plane piloted by his father when crashed it, this time killing his stepmother and father. He recovered and now plays basketball for Michigan. m.espn.go.com/ncb/story?s…

Some Indonesians undergo pilgrimage to a place called 'Sex Mountain' then have adulterous sex there in order to honor a local saint who had sex with his stepmother there but got killed before finishing it. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mou…

The "evil stepmother" present in many fairy tales used to be the "evil mother".

Edward Gorey's stepmother was a cabaret singer who had a small role in the film "Casablanca" as the woman playing the guitar while singing "La Marseillaise" at Rick's Café Américain. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edw…

The Ptolemaic Kings of Egypt were so incestuous that Ptolemy XI Alexander II's wife was also his aunt, cousin, and stepmother. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/His…

Christian Bale's stepmother is the famous feminist Gloria Steinem. en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/G…

The Trailer Park Boys Barb Lahey was the stepmother on Labyrinth. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/She…

Disney made a Cinderella III where the Wicked Stepmother steals the fairy's wand, goes back in time and erases Prince Charming's memories of meeting Cinderella. imdb.com/title/tt0465940/…

Christian Bale's stepmother protested American Psycho, and even talked Dicaprio into turning down the role. imdb.com/title/tt0144084/…

Shirley Jones is stepmother to David Cassidy and mother to Shaun Cassidy. shirleyjones.net/sons.htm