When the subject of Jack Nicholson comes up, women are never far behind. He’s acquired a reputation as one of modern cinema’s true rogues, pursuing entanglements both onscreen and off. Any controversy was usually defused by his wolfish charm and wicked sense of humor.
However there was one story from the past of Jack Nicholson that transcended his persona and struck at the heart of his personal life. He learned of a secret that had been kept for decades, and only revealed to him at the age of 37.
In 1974 he discovered his mother, Ethel May Nicholson, wasn’t who she said she was. She’d raised him alongside husband John, but his true mother’s identity came out of the blue. NThis made Ethel his grandmother and “sister” Lorraine his aunt. The situation was a rug just waiting to be pulled out from under Nicholson’s feet. Perhaps ironically, he was informed via a reporter for TIME magazine, who had uncovered the details whilst undertaking research for a cover story.
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