Gipper was no Ron Juan (Actress Piper Laurie claims she lost her virginity with Ronald Reagan)

New York Post ^ | 11/12/2011 | SUSANNAH CAHALAN

[SeekAndFind]

He wasn’t the “great communicator” in the sack.

Actress Piper Laurie describes Ronald Reagan -- who played her dad in a movie and then bedded the 18-year-old virgin off the set -- as an insensitive “show-off” in bed in her new memoir, “Learning to Live Out Loud.”

Laurie played the teenage daughter of the future president, then 39, in the 1950 film “Louisa.”

At the time, Reagan was no longer married to actress Jane Wyman and had not yet started dating Wife No. 2, the former Nancy Davis, when he started flirting with the ingenue, insisting she call him “Ronnie.”

“I was quite flattered by his fatherly attention,” said Laurie, who was later nominated for Oscars for her roles in “The Hustler,” “Carrie” and “Children of a Lesser God.”

The Gipper made his move on the starlet by inviting her to dinner, after getting permission from her mom.

Instead of taking her out, he cooked her dinner at his home, serving hamburgers.

“It was my first love affair,” she said.

But the bedroom romp later that night was “without grace.”

“He made sure I was aware of the length of time he had been ‘ardent.’ It was 40 minutes,” she writes. “And he told me how much the condom cost.”

Then, sensing Laurie was less than enthused by the experience, he insulted her.

“There’s something wrong with you. You should have had many orgasms by now -- after all this time. You’ve got to see a doctor,” he said.

[SeekAndFind]

BEDTIME WITH BONZO: Piper Laurie, with Ronald Reagan in “Louisa,” says he boasted about his sexual skill.

[dforest]

Don’t most guys?

[SeekAndFind]

YOUNG PIPER LAURIE

[svcw]

And so what? Should we say lucky her?

[GQuagmire]

This is a three bag of popcorn thread.......

[SeekAndFind]

PIPER LAURIE AS THE DERANGED MOTHER IN THE HORROR MOVIE -- CARRIE.

[bigbob]

I find the fact that a vintage Webcore WIRE recorder is pictured far more interesting than the topic of the article ;-)

Had one as a kid, found out that tying the wire in a knot was not a very good splicing method ;-)

[SeekAndFind]

No sexual harassment charges?

[Charles Martel]

Relevant to your interests...

[tx_eggman]

Was she known as “Piper” before or after she hooked up with Ronnie?

[Ingtar]

I guess it is not working on Cain, so they have to hit Reagan to feel better.

[buccaneer81]

We all know how she turned out ;-)

[trumandogz]

Good for him, she was a beautiful woman.

[GQuagmire]

What’s the statute of limitations? ;)

[GQuagmire]

I wonder what a certain female FReeper will say of this one?

[WoofDog123]

actually, I have seen reagan in the 1950’s on a tv show as a guest, and he did come across as a bit vapid at the time. Who knows if this is true (I see no reason to doubt it on the face of it), but I am not under the impression that Mr. Reagan at 40 was a terribly interesting person to be around.

[oh8eleven]

[ontap]

Gotta know she's a democrat.....real classy coming out after he's dead. Oh yea!!! he was president of the screen actors guild at that time...think she might have been hedging her career?

[yarddog]

I didn’t realize she was so beautiful when young. I always picture her as middle aged.

[dforest]

Seemed she didn’t have a problem with showing her “dirty pillows” in her younger days. LOL

[Winstons Julia]

Oh...she’s selling a book? I’m shocked.

[Don Corleone]

Sour grapes! Had she played her cards right she might have been “First Lady”. Kudos to RR. She was definetly do-able.

[isthisnickcool]

“And he told me how much the condom cost.”

In 1272 Arab moslems invented the condom, using a goats lower intestine.

In 1873 the English refined the idea, by taking the intestine out of the goat first...

[UnbelievingScumOnTheOtherSide]

So, is Piper Laurie a Republican?

(A Democrat would probably have said something in late October 1980.
Would have called it “incest” since she was PLAYING his daughter...)

[buccaneer81]

I wonder what a certain female FReeper will say of this one?

She'll stroke out. Her sensibilities will never recover, especially as I say, "Way to go, Gipper!"

[Second Amendment First]

As a lame drunk in “The Hustler”.

[TribalPrincess2U]

Goes to show you a man can have sex and still be a great president.

And I’m sure Nancy knows all about it.

The left is really into the ‘sex’ thing lately. All because of Mr. Cain I assume.

[Second Amendment First]

Good thing for me my keyboard drawer was closed when I read that.

[KarlInOhio]

Reagan is now unelectable. We'll have to obey the party elite and stick with Ford.

[dfwgator]

Yep, he just lost my vote.

[Moonman62]

She sounds like she’s nuts.

[Lazlo in PA]

Piper got her bell rung by the Gipper. Cool.

Piper Luarie Ad for The Bell Telephone Hour

[Lazlo in PA]

LOL. Nicely played.

[Sans-Culotte]

Good one!

[Terry Mross]

What’s the big deal? She didn’t say he raped her. And I doubt he was there to make her happy. He wasn’t planning on taking her as wife #2. This was a one time deal.

[allmendream]

I hope Ronnie had a good time with her “dirty pillows”.

[re_nortex]

...vintage Webcore WIRE recorder...

We had one before we got the new-fangled Pentron which actually used that ultra-modern innovation: acetate-backed TAPE! :-)

[Sans-Culotte]

Love the pic of Piper and Liberty Bell. Reminds me of the great pin-up artists like Elvgren, et al.

I always liked Piper Laurie. My wife and I particularly enjoyed her performance in the Tony Curtis swashbuckler "The Prince Who Was a Thief". Her memoir sounds tacky to say the least...

[CaptainK]

Reagan was a registered Democrat back then. So it all makes sense.

[detective]

This is really disgusting. True gentlemen or ladies don't publicize details of their sexual encounters.

I'm sure Reagan would not comment at all about his relationship with Piper Laurie. He also wouldn't try to ridicule her with details of their acts or conversations.

There is no way of knowing if any of this actually happened. Reagan is not around to give his version.

My guess is that it is just another attempt to diminish Reagan and to sell copies of a biography that would otherwise be uninteresting.

[x]

So is this where Hugh Laurie came from?

Old Piper Laurie

Has the same hairdresser as Accuser #4 apparently.

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[bilhosty]

Reagan may of been a jerk at that time. But, then again at that time he was a Democrat.

[poobear]

Young Piper was hot. Old Piper was a fat old hippie type.

Hey, we’ve all made mistakes. RIP Ronnie!

[Huck]

“He made sure I was aware of the length of time he had been ‘ardent.’ It was 40 minutes,”

You just can't buy this kind of publicity.

[Essie]

Hugh Laurie is English. There is no connection except the last name. Piper had one child a daughter.

[freedomrings69]

I heard a story from someone who knew someone who was on the set for Hellcats of the Navy. Nancy hung around the set to keep starlets away from Ron.

[OrangeHoof]

Well, at least she wasn’t tramping around with black basketball players. < /sarc >

[Nonstatist]

“He made sure I was aware of the length of time he had been ‘ardent.’ It was 40 minutes,”

Hmmm. Impressive.

[GladesGuru]

“He made sure I was aware of the length of time he had been ‘ardent.’ It was 40 minutes,”

You just can’t buy this kind of publicity.

It also says much about the “Virgin’s Progress” amongst Hollywood males.