Category Archives: Memories & Anecdotes

Willy Rizzo 1928-2013

Posted on March 1, 2013 by marina72

Willy Rizzo, who photographed Marilyn in 1962, has died aged 84. Born in Naples, he moved to Paris during the 1930s, and became interested in photography. Rizzo’s photos of the North African war caught the eye of Life magazine. He later … Continue reading →


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Peter Mangone Has Died

Posted on January 7, 2013 by marina72

Peter Mangone, who made headlines when he found rare footage of Marilyn in New York, filmed when he was a teenage fan, passed away on December 11, 2012. The home movie was first shown in a 2003 BBC documentary, The People’s … Continue reading →


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Hal Schaefer 1925-2012

Posted on January 3, 2013 by marina72

Hal Schaefer was an accomplished jazz pianist and vocal coach to Marilyn. They became close while she was unhappily married to Joe DiMaggio, and Hal was with her on the night of the infamous ‘Wrong Door Raid’. He died on … Continue reading →


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Marilyn and Ralph Roberts

Posted on November 11, 2012 by marina72

Marilyn first met fellow actor Ralph L. Roberts at the home of Lee Strasberg, and in 1959 he became her personal masseur. She loved to hear stories about his hometown of Salisbury, North Carolina, and called him ‘brother’ – in fact, … Continue reading →


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Martin Landau Remembers Marilyn

Posted on November 6, 2012 by marina72

Veteran character actor Martin Landau, who appeared in Hitchcock’s North by Northwest (1959), and the classic TV series Mission: Impossible, is currently featured in Tim Burton’s latest movie, Frankenweenie.  Now 84, Landau has spoken to The Guardian about his memories of Marilyn. They met at … Continue reading →


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Joan Juliet Buck Remembers Marilyn

Posted on October 22, 2012 by marina72

Joan Juliet Buck, daughter of Jules Buck – who produced an early Monroe movie, Love Nest - recalls her own sighting of Marilyn – sans girdle – in the October edition of Harper’s Bazaar in the US. (Thanks to Colby George for spotting this!)


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Inside the Hollywood Jewellery Box

Posted on October 10, 2012 by marina72

Sadie Mintz is the 105 year-old founder of the Hollywood Jewellery Box, and designer of the earrings worn by Marilyn in Some Like it Hot, reports Emily Smithack for the Smithsonian blog. “On one occasion in the 1950s, I rented several pairs of … Continue reading →


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Casting Norma Jeane

Posted on September 22, 2012 by marina72

Casting Norma Jeane: A Starlet is Transformed into Marilyn Monroe focuses on 1946, the year when 20 year-old Norma Jeane Dougherty became Marilyn Monroe. Author James Glaeg met Sam and Enid Knebelcamp, part of her extended family, in 1958. The book … Continue reading →


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Liz Smith Remembers Marilyn

Posted on September 10, 2012 by marina72

 Veteran entertainment writer Liz Smith, who often mentions Marilyn, recalls her brief encounter with MM in today’s Huffington Post. “I am forever writing here about Marilyn. And people often ask me when and if I met her and was I a … Continue reading →


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When Susan Met Marilyn

Posted on August 16, 2012 by marina72

Susan Bernard, author of Marilyn: Intimate Exposures, told the San Francisco Chronicle about her early encounter with MM. “In her only memory of meeting Marilyn Monroe, Susan Bernard is 3 or 4 years old. She’s in Los Angeles, and the Hollywood … Continue reading →


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