"Famous" Chi Omegas who aren't XOs

NutBrnHair · #1 10-13-2003, 11:14 AM

This topic has always intrigued me -- call it urban legend, call it rumor, etc. and now with the aid of the internet (and shoddy reporting by rags like "People" magazine) the list of "incorrect" famous Chi Omegas continues.

Here's my list of the most often listed "Famous" Chi Omegas who, to my knowledge, never were initiated!

Cybill Shepherd
Lauren Hutton
Heather Locklear
Lee Meriweather
Shelley Long
Lisa Ling

The best source for accurate information is our National website. We have many outstanding alumnae, so no need to fabricate others!

http://www.chiomega.com/chiomega/alu...utstanding.asp

xo_kathy · #2 10-13-2003, 02:39 PM

I'd always thought Lucy Liu's membership was just a rumor - but it was verified in the last Eleusis!

NutBrnHair · #3 10-13-2003, 02:48 PM

Yes, Lucy Liu joined Eta Chapter of Chi Omega at the University of Michigan.

Notice on some chapter websites the famous Chi Os will be listed as well as which chapter they joined; however, some are missing a chapter affiliation. Sometimes that's because they don't have one! Where was Cybill Shepherd a Chi Omega? She wasn't.

Hootie · #4 10-14-2003, 02:09 AM

I know that people get Lucy and Lisa confused...but I always knew Lucy was in and Lisa wasn't.

Someone once made a good point that you never know if the famous actresses once had different names and now have stage names

and maybe that's why they're not listed. Although it's pretty evident which celebrities are noted when Chi Omega mentions them in Eleusis! Sela Ward...Lucy Liu...

Hootie · #5 10-14-2003, 02:09 AM

Lee Meriwether?!?!?!?! Not a Chi Omega?!?!?!

NutBrnHair · #6 10-14-2003, 10:44 AM

Awww Hootie, I'm sorry to disappoint you about Lee! Her real name is Lee Ann Meriwether and she attended City College of San Francisco. (No Chi Omega Chapter ever there.)

Now you know Mary Ann Mobley, Miss America 1959, was a Chi Omega and the very next year she crowned Linda Lee Mead (her Little Sister in Chi Omega) as the next Miss America. Both were from Tau Chapter at Ole Miss.

NutBrnHair · #7 10-14-2003, 10:50 AM

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Originally posted by Hootie
Someone once made a good point that you never know if the famous actresses once had different names and now have stage names

Very true; however, in the instance with Cybill Shepherd -- that is her real name. (I've done my homework!) She first attended Hunter College (we did not have a chapter at Hunter when she was there) and after a couple of stints at schools where there has never been a Chi Omega chapter, she attended Univ. of Southern CA. Alums who were involved during the early 1970s have no memory of her being a Chi Omega.

Listen, I wish she was...but I don't think she is!

Hootie · #8 10-14-2003, 05:44 PM

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Originally posted by NutBrnHair
Awww Hootie, I'm sorry to disappoint you about Lee! Her real name is Lee Ann Meriwether and she attended City College of San Francisco. (No Chi Omega Chapter ever there.)

Now you know Mary Ann Mobley, Miss America 1959, was a Chi Omega and the very next year she crowned Linda Lee Mead (her Little Sister in Chi Omega) as the next Miss America. Both were from Tau Chapter at Ole Miss.

See that's soooo funny because people list Meriwether but not Mead!

I wonder if people got confused for some reason??!!??

I know I should remember this but which one was crowned Miss Universe? And wasn't Lee also Cat Woman?

NutBrnHair · #9 10-14-2003, 05:51 PM

Sylvia Hitchcock - Nu Beta Chapter, University of Alabama
Former Miss Universe

And yes, Lee Meriwether was the Catwoman in the 1966 Batman movie. The Batman TV show had the best Catwoman, in my opinion, Julie Newmar. (That was my era, Hootie -- you knew I'd know that trivia!)

ucfcutie · #10 10-14-2003, 09:50 PM

Nutbrnhair-
I am so impressed with your Chi Omega knowledge!
Did you hold office when you were active?

UCF CUTIE

NutBrnHair · #11 10-15-2003, 09:10 AM

Awwww...thanks, ucfcutie! Yes, I was an officer (and honestly, it doesn't seem that long ago!).

Hootie · #12 10-16-2003, 02:52 AM

You would have made a great Pledge Educator!!!!!!!!!!!!!! That's the position I always wanted cuz back in the day I read about Chi Omega history a lot and knew a lot of trivia!

What were you btw?

NutBrnHair · #13 10-16-2003, 10:11 AM

I was G.H. and Personnel Chairman.

Back on the "Famous" Chi O topic...I remember when I was in college we thought Barbara Eden & Agnes Morehead were Chi Omegas! No telling where that rumor started.

xo_kathy · #14 10-16-2003, 01:54 PM

I'd heard the Barbara Eden rumor, too!?

RedHot · #15 07-23-2004, 02:20 AM

Just a funny sidenote Delta Zeta has the Brady bunch mom, but we have the Leave it to Beaver mom!