Famous People Who Initially Hid Their Professions From Their Families

[Satchmo Distel]

Two cases I've read about in the last few days:

1) Otis Redding didn't tell his dad he was singing in clubs (probably not a unique occurence in R&B)
2) Mickey Duff didn't tell his dad (a Polish rabbi) he was a boxer

[Stumpy Pepys]

Probably too many adult film stars to mention.

[Guy Profumo]

Wasn't there a cast member in the Usual Suspects who hadn't told his parents he was an actor?

[WOM]

She's not famous, but we currently employ a young Asian woman who dropped out of med school and went to art college, all while keeping up the lie to her parents. She only told them after we hired her on.

[Third rate Leszno]

Louis Krages used the pseudonym John Winter to prevent his family from finding out he was a racing driver. It worked up until he won the Le Mans 24 hours and his mother saw a picture of him in the newspaper.