Published January 22, 2019

HAPPY BIRTHDAY NORMA VARDEN

A very happy birthday to the great Norma Varden, a talented British Actress of the stage and screen with a career spanning over 5 decades. Marilyn fans will best remember her for her unforgettable role as Lady Beekman in “Gentlemen Prefer Blondes.”

Varden was hailed as a great character actress and can lay claim to having been involed with some of the biggest films in Hollywood history; “The Sound Of Music,” “Strangers On A Train,” “Witness For The Prosecution,” “Dr Doolittle” and “National Velvet” to name a few. She also made appearances in TV shows such as: “Bewitched,” “I Love Lucy” and “Batman.”

Sadly, Varden passed away a day after her 90th birthday in 1989.

We will always remember her fondly for this iconic scene in “Gentlemen Prefer Blondes”

Published January 22, 2019

21ST JANUARY – NATIONAL HUG DAY!

January the 21st is officially “Hug Day”, go and hug somebody! You’ll never know how much it might mean to someone.

Published January 21, 2019

REMEMBERING JACK LORD

Remembering Jack Lord, who passed away on this day in 1998. Best known for his role as Steve McGarrett in Hawaii 5-O, he & Marilyn studied together at the Actors Studio.

Published January 16, 2019

HAPPY BIRTHDAY SAM SHAW

Happy Birthday to legenday photographer Sam Shaw (1912-1999), born on this day in 1912. Marilyn & Sam met through their mutual friend Elia Kazan and became lifelong friends. Shaw took some of the most iconic photographs of Marilyn Monroe as well as stars like Marlon Brando, Elizabeth Taylor, Natalie Wood & Debbie Harry.

Many books on the photography career of Shaw can be found online, including these titles specifying on Marilyn:
“The Joy Of Marilyn In The Camera Eye” – Sam Shaw
“Marilyn Among Friends” – Sam Shaw and Norman Rosten
“Marilyn: The New York Years” – Sam Shaw

Among others..
Of course in this digital age, a simple Google search can open any aspiring Marilyn fans eyes to a whole world of stunning photographs that Shaw took during Marilyn’s lifetime.