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Marilyn’s Will and Her Beneficiaries

Posted on August 4, 2012 by marina72

NPR takes a look at Marilyn’s will. Made in 1961, it remains controversial, and it’s rumoured that she had wanted to change it in the weeks before her death. “Monroe grew up in an orphanage and foster homes. She had … Continue reading →


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‘Was Marilyn a Proto-Feminist?’

Posted on July 25, 2012 by marina72

 An extract from Lois Banner’s Marilyn: The Passion and the Paradox was published in The Observer on Sunday. “I was drawn to writing about Marilyn because no one like me –an academic, a feminist biographer, and a historian of gender … Continue reading →


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Finishing the Picture

Posted on October 23, 2011 by marina72

Read my review of Arthur Miller’s last play, Finishing the Picture – inspired by the filming of The Misfits - here


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St Vincent Inspired by Marilyn’s Writing

Posted on August 27, 2011 by marina72

  St Vincent – aka musician Annie Erin Clark – performed ‘Surgeon’, a song inspired by Marilyn Monroe’s writings, now available as a free download from her forthcoming album, Strange Mercy, at New York’s Metropolitan Museum of Art on Thursday, reports … Continue reading →


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