"Slatzer also controversially claimed to have been married to Monroe in Mexico for three days in October 1952, and that they had remained close friends until her death. Although his account was not widely circulated at the time, it has remained central to conspiracy theories. In October 1975, rock journalist Anthony Scaduto published an article about Monroe's death in soft porn magazine ""Oui"", and the following year expanded his account into book form as ""Who Killed Marilyn Monroe?"" (1976), published under the pen name Tony Sciacca. His only sources were Slatzer and his private investigator, Milo Speriglio. In addition to"
"Marilyn Cooper Marilyn Cooper (December 14, 1934 – April 22, 2009) was an American actress known primarily for her work on the Broadway stage. Born in New York City, Cooper made her Broadway debut in 1956 in the chorus of ""Mr. Wonderful"". Next she was in the chorus of a revival of ""Brigadoon"". In 1957, she played Rosalia, a Sharks girl who wants to go back to Puerto Rico (""Puerto Rico, you lovely island""), in the original Broadway production of ""West Side Story"". In 1959, she went on to create the ensemble role of Agnes, the leader of the Hollywood"
"Eve Gordon Eve Gordon (also known as Eve Bennett-Gordon; born June 25, 1960) is an American actress. Her television roles include playing Marilyn Monroe in the Emmy Award-winning miniseries ""A Woman Named Jackie"", Congressional aide Jordan Miller in the short-lived sitcom ""The Powers That Be"", the mother of the title character in the drama series ""Felicity"", and Monica Klain, the wife of Ron Klain (played by Kevin Spacey) in the 2008 Emmy Award-winning HBO film ""Recount"". She also starred in the 1997 film ""Honey, We Shrunk Ourselves"", starring opposite Rick Moranis. Gordon was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, the daughter of"
"Marilyn (singer) Peter Robinson (born 3 November 1962, Kingston, Jamaica) better known as Marilyn, is a British/Jamaican pop singer and songwriter. He is most well known for his 1983 hit ""Calling Your Name"" and his highly androgynous appearance. Robinson was born in Kingston, Jamaica. At age 5, he moved with his mother to Borehamwood, Hertfordshire. He left school at 15, and has stated that he was bullied at school for being feminine, and that he self-harmed. As a boy, Robinson loved Marilyn Monroe's image, and Marilyn became his school nickname. While the name originated from homophobic bullies at school, Robinson"
"Marilyn Brown (actress) Marilyn Louise Brown (March 9, 1953 – July 22, 1997) was an American actress who performed on stage and in television dramas and feature films. She was the sister of actor/author/playwright Barry Brown and author James Brown. Marilyn Louise Brown was born on March 9, 1953 in San Jose, California. Her parents were Donald Bernard Brown and Vivian Brown (née Agrillo). She was of mixed English, Irish, Sicilian, and Scottish descent. Her father named her after his favorite actress, Marilyn Monroe. She started studying tap dancing, modern dance, and acting beginning in pre-teens, and continuing into her"
"lived in Seattle for the last eight years of her life, but changed her stage name to “Marina Rozell”, after her third marriage. She seldom performed any longer except at open-mic nights. She died at the age of 70 in 1991 from a very sudden stroke. Dorothy often went by the nickname ""Dot"" while in the Dandridge Sisters. After quitting the group, Dorothy became the most successful of the trio. She began getting many minor roles in Hollywood films and became known as the African-American Marilyn Monroe. She was the first African-American woman to receive a nomination for an Academy"
"was diagnosed with esophageal cancer in 1992. This experience was the basis for her book ""A Season in Hell: A Memoir"" (1998). She survived cancer and later died from heart failure at age 79, on May 2, 2009, in Manhattan. Marilyn French Marilyn French (née ""Edwards"") (November 21, 1929May 2, 2009) was a radical feminist American author. French was born in Brooklyn to E. Charles Edwards, an engineer, and Isabel Hazz Edwards, a department store clerk. In her youth, she was a young journalist, writing a neighborhood newsletter. She played the piano and dreamed of becoming a composer. She received"
"Mollie Monroe Mary E. Sawyer (1846-1902), better known as Mollie Monroe, was an American old west woman who was known for crossdressing and for her liaisons with multiple men, among other things. Monroe fell in love with a man as a teenager. Both her family and her boyfriend's family agreed that the couple was too young to marry, and the man was sent away. Monroe then decided to go after her boyfriend, disguised as a man and calling herself Sam Brewer. Her search ended in sadness, when she discovered her boyfriend had been murdered by a gang during a bar"
"of Monroe, as were others including Richard Basehart, Frank Converse, Sheree North and Jason Miller, playing fellow playwright Arthur Miller. The movie begins with a young Marilyn (then Norma Jeane), as an orphan in California. The feature progresses with the young girl growing up and superstar dreams fill her head, and she eventually marries, starts modelling, divorces, signs a contract with 20th Century Fox, and changes her moniker to Marilyn Monroe. The movie also takes a view of her personal life; with her husbands, baseball-star Joe DiMaggio, and with playwright Arthur Miller. As with her personal life, the movie shows"
"Hind Rostom Nariman Hussein Murad, more commonly known by her stage name Hind Rostom, ( ; November 12, 1931 – August 8, 2011) was an Egyptian actress and one of the greatest icons in the golden era of Egyptian cinema. Her physical appearance earned her the name Marilyn Monroe of the east """"مارلين مونرو الشرق"""". Hind Rostom starred in more than 80 movies throughout her career. Hind Rostom was born in the neighborhood of Moharram Bek, Alexandria, Egypt on November 12, 1929. She was born to an Egyptian-Circassian father and an Egyptian mother. She started her career at the age"
"short films starring herself, such as ""A Girl and Her Banana"", are available. It also provides contemporary topless and nude photos and her outspoken political views. She has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 7057 Hollywood Boulevard. In 2005, a Golden Palm Star on the Palm Springs, California, Walk of Stars was dedicated to her. Mamie Van Doren Mamie Van Doren (born Joan Lucille Olander; February 6, 1931) is an American actress, model, singer, and sex symbol who is known for being one of the first actresses to recreate the look of Marilyn Monroe. Van Doren is"
"Mary Monroe Mary Monroe is a ""New York Times"" bestselling African-American fiction author. Her first novel, ""The Upper Room"", was published by St. Martin's Press in 1985. She is best known for her novel ""God Don't Like Ugly"" (originally published by Dafina Books in Fall 2000), and the series revolved around the characters first introduced in this book. Mary Monroe was born on December 12 and is the third of four children, born in Toxey, Alabama. She spent the first part of her life in Alabama and Ohio, moving to Richmond, California, in 1973. Mary Monroe was the first person"
"they worked together, when Marilyn was in her 20s. Other Lytess students included Mamie Van Doren, Virginia Leith, and Ann Savage (who reputedly got her stage name after a particularly ""savage"" argument with Lytess). Lytess died of cancer four days before her 52nd birthday in Zurich, Switzerland. She was portrayed by Lindsay Crouse in ""Norma Jean & Marilyn"", and by Embeth Davidtz in ""The Secret Life of Marilyn Monroe"". Natasha Lytess Natasha Lytess (born 16 May 1911, Berlin, Germany – died 12 May 1963, Zurich, Switzerland) was an actress, writer and drama coach. Born Natalia Postmann and also known as"
"Sheree North Sheree North (born Dawn Shirley Crang; January 17, 1932 – November 4, 2005) was an American actress, dancer and singer, known for being one of 20th Century-Fox's intended successors to Marilyn Monroe. North was born as Dawn Shirley Crang in Los Angeles, California, on January 17, 1932, the daughter of June Shoard and Richard Crang. Following her mother's remarriage to Edward Bethel, she was known as Dawn Shirley Bethel. She began dancing in USO shows during World War II at age ten. In 1948, she married Fred Bessire. She bore her first child at age 17 in 1949,"
"young Marilyn Monroe. In the 1960s, Joy retired to Greenwich, Connecticut, where she lived with her daughter and son-in-law. Joy appeared as a subject on CBS TV's game show, ""To Tell the Truth"" July 1, 1963. She was interviewed in the television documentary series ""Hollywood: A Celebration of the American Silent Film"" (1980). Joy was married three times and had one child. On March 22, 1922, she married actor John Gilbert. They had a daughter, Leatrice Joy Gilbert (later Fountain; September 1924 – 20 January 2015), who later acted in bit parts. Joy filed for divorce in August 1924, citing"
"Marilyn French Marilyn French (née ""Edwards"") (November 21, 1929May 2, 2009) was a radical feminist American author. French was born in Brooklyn to E. Charles Edwards, an engineer, and Isabel Hazz Edwards, a department store clerk. In her youth, she was a young journalist, writing a neighborhood newsletter. She played the piano and dreamed of becoming a composer. She received a bachelor's degree from Hofstra University (then Hofstra College) in 1951, in philosophy and English literature. Marilyn Edwards married Robert M. French Jr. in 1950 and supported him while he attended law school. The couple had two children. French also"
"Mamie Van Doren Mamie Van Doren (born Joan Lucille Olander; February 6, 1931) is an American actress, model, singer, and sex symbol who is known for being one of the first actresses to recreate the look of Marilyn Monroe. Van Doren is perhaps best remembered for the rock 'n' roll, juvenile delinquency exploitation movie ""Untamed Youth"" (1957), and other films of this calibre. Van Doren was born in Rowena, South Dakota, the daughter of Warner Carl Olander (March 30, 1908 - June 4, 1992) and Lucille Harriet Bennett (January 21, 1912 - August 27, 1995). She is of three-quarters Swedish"
"Marilyn Maxwell Marvel Marilyn Maxwell (August 3, 1921 – March 20, 1972) was an American actress and entertainer. A sex symbol of the 1940s and 1950s, she appeared in several films and radio programs, and entertained the troops during World War II and the Korean War on USO tours with Bob Hope. Maxwell was a native of Clarinda, Iowa. During the 1930s, she worked as an usher in Fort Wayne, Indiana at the Rialto Theater located at 2616 South Calhoun Street. She started her professional entertaining career as a radio singer while still a teenager, before signing with Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer in"
"life. The novel serves as the inspiration for the 2012 television series ""Smash"", although the subject of the show's fictional musical is not Bayes but Marilyn Monroe. Nora Bayes Nora Bayes (born Rachel Eleanora Goldberg, October 3, 1880 – March 19, 1928) was an American singer, comedian, actress and vaudeville star of the early 20th century. Born to Elias David and Rachel (née Miller) Goldberg, in an orthodox Jewish family in Chicago, Illinois. She had a brother, Hugo, and a sister, Lillie (Mrs. Cerf Meyer). Bayes was performing professionally in vaudeville in Chicago by age 18. She toured from San"
"she lands a screen test, during which she selects the name Marilyn Monroe for herself, and this number sees the transformation from Norma Jeane into Marilyn (""20th Century Fox Mambo""). On Marilyn's first date with baseball player Joe DiMaggio, the two go to a drive-in movie, and other lovers back them up as they sing this romantic duet (""History Is Made At Night""). After Joe and Marilyn's date, Marilyn goes straight to the ball field for some due diligence, and sings with the New York Yankees (""The National Pastime""). Joe & Marilyn arrive back in America from their honeymoon. Joe"
"Marilyn Miller Marilyn Miller (born Mary Ellen Reynolds, September 1, 1898 – April 7, 1936) was one of the most popular Broadway musical stars of the 1920s and early 1930s. She was an accomplished tap dancer, singer and actress, and it was the combination of these talents that endeared her to audiences. On stage she usually played rags-to-riches Cinderella characters who lived happily ever after. Her enormous popularity and famed image were in distinct contrast to her personal life, which was marred by disappointment, tragedy, frequent illness, and ultimately her sudden death due to complications of nasal surgery at age"
"Marilyn: The Untold Story Marilyn: The Untold Story is a 1980 television film, about the life of the 1950s sex symbol-movie star, Marilyn Monroe. The feature stars Catherine Hicks as Monroe; Richard Basehart as her early-career agent Johnny Hyde; Frank Converse as her second husband Joe DiMaggio; Jason Miller as her third husband Arthur Miller; Kevin Geer as her first husband James Dougherty; Viveca Lindfors as her acting coach Natasha Lytess; and Sheree North as her mother Gladys Baker. The movie premiered in late-1980, and was greeted with positive reviews. Catherine Hicks was praised by the critics for her portrayal"
"Marilyn Monroe Christopher Plummer – ""Beginners"" as Hal Fields Carey Mulligan – ""Shame"" as Sissy Sullivan Carnage Jessica Chastain – ""The Help"", ""Take Shelter"" and ""The Tree of Life"" as Celia Foote, Samantha LaForche, and Mrs. O’Brien ""Moneyball"" – Steven Zaillian and Aaron Sorkin Tabloid Silver Linings Playbook David O. Russell – ""Silver Linings Playbook"" Daniel Day-Lewis – ""Lincoln"" as Abraham Lincoln Jennifer Lawrence – ""Silver Linings Playbook"" as Tiffany Maxwell Robert De Niro – ""Silver Linings Playbook"" as Patrizio ""Pat"" Solitano, Sr. ""'Anne Hathaway – ""Les Misérables"" as Fantine Lincoln Zoe Kazan – ""Ruby Sparks"" Silver Linings Playbook"" –"
"Marilyn: Norma Jean Marilyn: Norma Jean is a biography of Marilyn Monroe (born Norma Jean Baker) by feminist Gloria Steinem. Published in 1988, the book features pictures by photographer George Barris and thus evokes Norman Mailer's 1973 controversial biography """" that also essentially is a long essay on Monroe added to a book of photographs. John Smothers, in his 1987 review in ""The Library Journal"", wrote: ""Steinem admits that as a teenager she walked out on the movie Gentlemen Prefer Blondes because she was embarrassed at Monroe's performance/persona. Now admiring of her subject, Steinem spends little time on Monroe's films"
"during the 1950s. Marilyn Nash died on October 6, 2011, at the age of 84. She was survived by four sons and six grandchildren. Her memorial service was held at the St. Augustine of Canterbury Anglican Church in Chico, California. Marilyn Nash Marilyn Nash (October 26, 1926 – October 6, 2011) was an American actress and casting director. She was best known for starring in the 1947 Charlie Chaplin film ""Monsieur Verdoux"". Nash was born in Flint, Michigan, and attended the University of Arizona with the intention of pursuing medicine as her chosen career. However, her professional career path changed"
"Sunny Thompson Sunny Thompson is an American singer, actress and recording artist best known for her portrayal of Marilyn Monroe in the critically acclaimed, award-winning one-woman show ""“Marilyn Forever Blonde, The Marilyn Monroe Story In Her Own Words & Music.”"" She has recorded several albums, one of which, """"Te Necesito,"""" earned her a gold record in South America. The Minnesota native began singing in church as a child and studied opera at Concordia College in Moorhead, Minnesota, before pursuing a career as an actress, singer, dancer, and comedian. She has starred in musical theater and in many major showrooms throughout"
"and off-Broadway, in Paris, Madrid, Chicago, Los Angeles, and many other cities, working with Peter Sellers, Richard Foreman, and Daniel Sullivan in classics, musicals, and comedies. Eve is married to actor Todd Waring, with whom she has two daughters. Eve Gordon Eve Gordon (also known as Eve Bennett-Gordon; born June 25, 1960) is an American actress. Her television roles include playing Marilyn Monroe in the Emmy Award-winning miniseries ""A Woman Named Jackie"", Congressional aide Jordan Miller in the short-lived sitcom ""The Powers That Be"", the mother of the title character in the drama series ""Felicity"", and Monica Klain, the wife"
"the front stoop translate to ""I have completed my journey."" It is unknown whether Monroe herself or a successive owner installed the tiles. 12305 Fifth Helena Drive's most famous owner was American actress and model Marilyn Monroe. In February 1962, Monroe purchased the property for $77,500. She reportedly paid for half of the home in cash and took out a mortgage for the second half. Monroe was found dead in her bedroom six months after purchasing the property. In 2017 the house was put for sale for $6.9 million and eventually sold for $7.25 million. 12305 Fifth Helena Drive 12305"
"It Hot"". She also gave numerous tours of the museum at its original location and would recite bits of her old Monroe acts in her uncannily accurate Monroe soundalike voice for attendees. Evans died in Las Vegas, Nevada, at the age of 86. Dixie Evans Mary Lee ""Dixie"" Evans (August 28, 1926 – August 3, 2013) was an American burlesque dancer and stripper. Evans was best known for a burlesque parody she performed as Marilyn Monroe. Evans entered show-business as a model and later chorus girl before becoming a star dancer. By the early 1950s she was a headlining burlesque"
"death threats while dating former baseball great Joe DiMaggio in 1964. The FBI determined the threats came from a patient at the Agnews Developmental Center, a mental hospital in San Jose, California. Apparently the patient could not bear to see DiMaggio with anyone other than Marilyn Monroe, who died in 1962. In 1966, she played Blaze in the ""Batman"" episodes, ""True or False-Face"" and ""Holy Rat Race"". Myrna Fahey Myrna Fahey (March 12, 1933 – May 6, 1973) was an American actress best known for her role as Maria Crespo in ""Walt Disney's Zorro"" and as Madeline Usher in the"
"Marilyn Nash Marilyn Nash (October 26, 1926 – October 6, 2011) was an American actress and casting director. She was best known for starring in the 1947 Charlie Chaplin film ""Monsieur Verdoux"". Nash was born in Flint, Michigan, and attended the University of Arizona with the intention of pursuing medicine as her chosen career. However, her professional career path changed when she traveled to Los Angeles with her mother while attending Arizona. By chance, Nash met Charlie Chaplin while playing tennis at the Beverly Hills Hotel. Chaplin quickly signed Nash as an actress in his Charlie Chaplin Studios. He then"
"her death. She passed away in Cologne, Germany on April 12, 2006. Christiane Maybach Christiane Maybach (1932–2006) was a German film and television actress. She became known as ""Berlin's Marilyn Monroe"" due to work in films from the 1950s to the 1970s. She continued to act in television roles until shortly before her death in 2006. Maybach was born in Berlin, Germany on March 14, 1932, was educated at the acting school of the Schillertheater beginning in 1956, and worked on the stage before becoming a film actress during the 1950s, a career she continued to pursue until the 1970s."
"Roberta Collins Roberta Collins (November 17, 1944 – August 16, 2008) was a film and television actress who was known for her attractive physique, blonde, curly hair, and Marilyn Monroe appearance. She starred in many exploitation films, including the prostitute Clara in Tobe Hooper's ""Eaten Alive"", and as Matilda the Hun in the science-fiction film ""Death Race 2000"". Jack Hill, who directed her in ""The Big Doll House"", said of her, ""I think she could have had a great career, but she couldn't get her personal life together ... she would be fantastic one day, do everything right, and then"