GLO Famous Members Urban Legends
 

The thread about Sarah Jessica Parker has inspired me!

Which celebrities do people say are in your GLO, that aren't really in your GLO?

For example, I've heard like a gajillion times that Cindy Crawford was a Pi Phi at a school in the midwest but dropped out of school before she initiated. I'm not buying it!

Interestingly, if you do a search for Cindy Crawford on our website you come up with an Ontario Beta that works for the Royal Bank of Canada!

How about the one that every national fraternity/sorority had the rituals published and put in the Library of Congress, except for one, because President XXXXXXXX was a member of XYZ and took it out, or the President's wife was an ABC and he took it out.

some famous women who folks think are Deltas, but they're not:

Halle Berry
Oprah Winfrey
Condoleezza Rice
Maya Angelou (she's an AKA)

But Condoleezza is greek! she's an Alpha Chi Omega!

Hahaahahahaha!!! I heard it was President Truman, whose daughter was a Pi Phi (not sure if that's even true)! I'm sure there's a variation with the Coolidges, too. (Mrs. Coolidge was a Pi Phi!)

Other Pi Phi rumors, compiled by me and my sister dubyuhnellpiphi (who barely posts):

Susan Sarandon
Susan Lucci
Elizabeth Shue
Jane Seymour (definately NOT American or Canadian! lol people!)

We're pretty much sure all those are false... hehehehe

It's on a million websites...
Heather Locklear is not a Chi Omega. Lucy Liu is though!
-M

These people have been listed on ZTA websites as being a one but it hasn't been confirmed by nationals whether these famous are one:

Faith Hill
Delta Burke
Tiffani-Amber Thiessen (I've read that she never went to college)
Jenny McCarthy

For some reason, my chapter was convinced that Courtney Cox was a DZ...we even had a rush skit one year that featured one of our members dressed up like her. She might be a member of another group, but I really don't think she's a Delta Zeta.

'Cause she's British! :) And Jane Seymour's a stage name -- her birth name is Joyce Wilhelmina Frankenberg, OBE (Officer of the Order of the British Empire -- one step below knighthood.)

Isn't Delta Burke a Pi Phi?

Faith and Jenny also never went to college.

I think it was her character, Suzanne Sugarbaker who was a Pi Phi. Apparently she was a Pi Phi from Ole Miss (though I never watched the show).

Gonna do a search now, cuz I think I got that info off Greek Chat! :D
http://forums.greekchat.com/gcforums...aker#post75837

http://forums.greekchat.com/gcforums...aker#post16963

http://forums.greekchat.com/gcforums...ker#post195570

http://forums.greekchat.com/gcforums...ker#post223717

Bette Midler is NOT a D Phi E, although many claim she is. The woman went to college in hawaii, for like a year, and then came back to NYC. Sorry Deephers, but we still have no entertainers I'm aware of :) Maybe Cream can join the circus! ;)

Grace Kelly isn't a Tri Delt, although some websites may lead you to believe otherwise.

I've also heard the "Heather Locklear pledged Tri Delta but dropped out before initiation rumor," although most of the time she's associated with Chi Omega. (She's neither!)

I have read in "From Here to Fraternity" that Farrah Fawcett (Heather Locklear's long lost twin) was a Tri Delta pledge but not intiaited. Maybe that's the urban legend??

This all makes me laugh...
 

I'm surprised some sorority somewhere hasn't listed Jackie Kennedy or Audrey Hepburn as members...:rolleyes:

Many of the celebrities commonly listed as famous members didn't even graduate from HS, let alone went through Rush. Delta Burke is Greek, I'm remembering Tri-Delt or Chi-O. Courtney Cox attended school up north to avoid the social pressure to join a sorority, being from Birmingham and all--I read this in an interview years ago.

Another very important reason why National Headquarters gives each chapter a list of information suitable for websites--you don't want false information going around!

The best AGD urban legend I've heard of was Madonna. I know she went to college in Michigan for a while, but I know she wasn't initiated!

There are also rumors about Carly Simon and Peri Gilpin being Alpha Gams, but I'm sure there's no truth in that.

Edited to add: Our IHQ website has a special section on Accomplished Alpha Gams. I was the webmistress for my collegiate website and all the information I included was based on that.

Actually, I just read that Delta Burke never went to college. She won Miss Florida and then directly moved onto show business.

I was thinking the same thing! I saw that Bette Midler was a 'sister' on a chapter website, but she has not been claimed by a specific chapter or International.

I'll be a famous D Phi E if I am selected to go on Jeopardy. (fingers crossed) :)


I heard that Farah Fawcett was in a sorority in college in Texas. The story was that she was so beautiful that the men lined up on fraternity row to ask her out. I wouldn't be surprised if that were true. I heard that it was Tri Delta. It might be an urban myth though.

I remember seeing on E!'s Celebrity Profile that she did indeed initiate into Tri Delta. They even showed a picture of the house.

I always thought Delta Burke was a Tri-Delt... I vaguely remember seeing that info on a chapter website :confused:

Farrah was definitely associated w/ Tri Delta, as far as I know she initiated but she did leave school before she graduated to go to Hollywood.

Delta Burke is definitely not a Chi O. I've also seen a lot of chapter websites claiming Cybil Sheppard and Shelly Long? Never seen any proof of that from Nationals...:rolleyes:

Cindy Crawford went to Northwestern for one year. she was in a sorority but I dont know which one. I know a lot of people that go there and confirmed this

Maybe that's where I saw it.

I just remember wishing that men had lined up in college to ask me out on dates. :p

Some chapter sites for Pi Phi claim she's a member.

Farrah was indeed a Tri-Delt at UTexas, my alma mater, back before ΔΔΔ got their new house on West Campus. She was initiated, was voted one of the "10 Most Beautiful Women On Campus" - and left UT for Hollywood before graduating.

Cindy Crawford did go to Northwestern. And the Northwestern PiPhi's don't even list her on their own page.

It's possible it's because she's not an alum - because she never graduated.

ADPi celebs?
 

I read one place that Supreme Court judge Sandra Day O'Connor was an ADPi, but that is the only time I've seen that listed...I know she's not a movie star or anything, but that would be pretty imp't., especially since she was one of the first(or first) female Supreme Court judges. I know some of the nationals sites have famous alumnae listings, why not all of them?
Kate

Oh, btw, Molly Sims was Tri-Delta at my school, and Amy Grant was a Theta. I'm not exactly sure if Molly graduated, though...
Also, I've also heard that Susan Lucci was a PiPhi.

Mary Margaret Truman was indeed a Pi Phi--a member of the now-defunct DC Alpha chapter! There have been several references to her in the Arrow and there was a song that I've heard several chapters sing about her--

Mary Margaret Truman was the daughter of the Prez!
She lives up in the White House with her father, Harry S!
But her ******* I forget this line, it rhymed with the next one*,
She's a Pi Beta Phiiiii,
In 1952 when good ol' Harry got the shoe,
Mary Margaret Truman didn't know just what to do!
She went back to Missouri to open a brewery
And drink to the Pi Beta Phi! MORE BEER!!!!

Actually, I thought Jenny McCarthy went to Southern Illinois for a year or two. I could be wrong, though.

Fact: Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsberg is an AEPhi.
Fact: Senator Barbara Boxer is a DPhiE.

Not too shabby! :)

For a long time my sisters told me Kelly Clarkson (American Idol) was an Alpha Phi. However I decided to research this online and I don't think she even went to college. Can anyone definitively confirm or deny this for me?

The only famous women confirmed by ZTA nationals to be sisters are on our website: http://www.zetataualpha.org/famous.htm *but realize the site is rarely updated and they do have a link for reporting known famous alumnae*

As for the 'saved by the bell' chick and the others, I'm assuming they aren't ZTA's. If you really wanna know that bad, call Indianapolis and find out :rolleyes:

AstroAPhi: I am pretty sure Kelly didn't go to college. She stated several times that she was just a waitress, but who knows.

I would guess that if anyone famous who is supposedly a member of a GLO is not listed on that GLO's list of famous members, they aren't a member. After all, why wouldn't they list them when they list other, less famous "famous" alums? They do have the resources to verify these things.

THIS IS FACT!
I watched BIOGRAPHY on her one night and they talked about how all of the fraternities wanted to do mixers with Tri-Delt because she was there (she wasnt famous then just beautiful) and some of her pledge sisters were on there.

Really? I've always heard everyone say she's an Alpha Gam...she's not.

I've also heard it said that Raquel Welch is an Alpha Gam, but I'm pretty sure that's false too.

As far as I know, Raquel's an Alpha Gam (she probably was initiated under her maiden name, Raquel Tejada), but again, that may need to be verified by AGD HQ.

Ann-Margret I know for a fact that she's a Theta from Northwestern -- the Biography on her clearly shows her wearing a sweater with "KAPPA ALPHA THETA" on it.

According to the database, there is no "Raquel Tejada" ever initiated. She's not listed as an "Accomplished Alpha Gam" on the IHQ site under entertainers, so I'd presume that she's not a member.

Well AXiD has some few beauty queens and soap actresses. Lately the two most famous AXiD's are Jen from the most recent "The Batchelor" and Patsy Paugh Ramsey- JonBenet Ramsey's mom.

Patsy was an AXiD at my school, WVU...I believe her sister was as well!