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Joan Mellen: Marilyn’s First Female Filmographer

22 Monday Sep 2025

Posted by marina72 in Books, Film, Marilyn Monroe

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Bus Stop, Clash By Night, Don't Bother To Knock, Feminism, Frank Powolny, Gene Kornman, Gentlemen Prefer Blondes, Germany, Gloria Steinem, Italy, Joan Mellen, John F. Kennedy, Larry McMurtry, Marilyn Monroe, Netherlands, Nickolas Muray, Pyramid Illustrated History of the Movies, Ralph Schoenman, Richard Avedon, Sam Shaw, Sexism, Some Like It Hot, The Misfits, Turkey, Typecasting

Joan Mellen – the academic whose many books included the first female-authored (and feminist) critical biography of Marilyn Monroe, with a primary focus on her film career – has died aged 83. Continue reading →

Rosalina Neri: From ‘La Marilyn Italiana’ to Milanese Diva

10 Tuesday Sep 2024

Posted by marina72 in Film, Marilyn Monroe, Music, Television, Theatre

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Arthur Miller, Diana Dors, Italy, ITV, Jack Hylton, John F. Kennedy, Lookalikes, Marilyn Monroe, Milan, Opera, Rosalina Neri, The Misfits

Rosalina Neri, the singer and actress known as ‘la Marilyn Italiana’ (or ‘Marilina’) has died aged 96 after a short illness. Continue reading →

Marie Irvine: Marilyn’s New York Make-Up Artist

27 Monday May 2024

Posted by marina72 in Fashion and Beauty, Marilyn Monroe

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Arthur Miller, Cosmetics, Erin Parsons, Fabled Enchantresses, Happy Birthday Mr. President, Harry Belafonte, John F. Kennedy, Life Magazine, Make-Up, Marie Irvine, Marilyn Monroe, New York, Richard Avedon, Something's Got To Give, The Misfits, Twentieth Century Fox

Marie Irvine, who worked as a make-up artist to Marilyn Monroe in New York, died aged 99 in a Florida care facility on January 15, 2024. Continue reading →

‘Public, Private, Secret’: From Jackie to Marilyn – and Back Again

23 Sunday Jul 2023

Posted by marina72 in Books, History, Marilyn Monroe, Non-Fiction, Politics

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Arthur M. Schlesinger, Barbara Leaming, Bert Stern, C. David Heymann, David Stenn, Diana Vreeland, Donald McGovern, Dr. Marianne Kris, Ethel Kennedy, Frank Sinatra, George Smathers, Happy Birthday Mr. President, J. Randy Taraborrelli, Jacqueline Kennedy, Jamie Auchincloss, Jean Harlow, John F. Kennedy, John F. Kennedy Jr., Judith Campbell Exner, Kitty Kelley, Madonna, Marilyn Monroe, Norman Mailer, Patricia Kennedy Lawford, Peter Lawford, Ralph Roberts, Robert F. Kennedy, Sam Giancana, Scott Fortner, William Kuhn

J. Randy Taraborrelli is a prolific celebrity biographer whose many bestsellers include The Secret Life of Marilyn Monroe (2009), later dramatised in a TV mini-series of the same name (see here.) And although she never met America’s First Lady, speculation about Marilyn’s association with the Kennedy brothers has recently generated headlines in media coverage of his latest book, Jackie: Private, Public, Secret. Continue reading →

Zimbelism: Marilyn’s ‘Momento’ on 52nd and Lexington 

30 Monday Jan 2023

Posted by marina72 in Art and Photography, Film, Marilyn Monroe

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Billy Wilder, Canada, Garry Winogrand, George S. Zimbel, Joe DiMaggio, John F. Kennedy, Marilyn Monroe, Marilyn Monroe: Still Life, Momento, Natasha Lytess, New York, The Night I Shot Marilyn, The Seven Year Itch, Tom Ewell, Trans-Lux Theatre, Walter Winchell, Zimbelism

George S. Zimbel, the photographer who documented the shooting of Marilyn Monroe’s most famous movie scene, has died aged 93.  Continue reading →

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