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THE 2020 MARILYN MONROE MEMORIAL SERVICE
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THE 2020 MARILYN MONROE MEMORIAL SERVICE

2020 MARILYN MONROE MEMORIAL SERVICE


The Marilyn Remembered Fan Club came into existence on August 5, 1982, when four devoted fans, each there to pay respects to Marilyn, met at Westwood Village Memorial Park. As no official memorial service had been held for Marilyn since 1962, Greg Schriener, Teresa & Catherine Seeger and Anthony Cordova founded Marilyn Remembered with the mission to preserve the memory of Marilyn Monroe with dignity, respect and love.

Marilyn Remembered has hosted a memorial service for Marilyn each year since 1982, and this year will be no different. We are committed to honoring Marilyn, and to providing fans with an opportunity to come together to remember her on the anniversary of her passing in spite of the global coronavirus pandemic. However, we will need to make a few adjustments this year due to required social distancing measures. Please see below for important details:

  • Westwood Village Memorial Park will be closed to the public on August 5th. This means we are unable to host guests inside the chapel for the 2020 memorial service.
  • Even though the cemetery and chapel are closed to the public, Westwood Village Memorial Park management has graciously allowed Marilyn Remembered leadership the opportunity to host a memorial for Marilyn that will be live-streamed around the globe.
  • In order to ensure the health and safety of our members, we will not be hosting a reception this year.
The 58th Anniversary Marilyn Monroe Memorial live-stream event will begin at 11:00 AM PST on Wednesday, August 5. You can view the service via the following social media channels:
Donate to Flowers for Marilyn Monroe
If you would like to contribute to flowers for Marilyn’s crypt to be delivered on August 5, please send your donation via PayPal to [email protected]. A check, money order or cash can be mailed to Greg Schreiner, Marilyn Remembered Fan Club President, 1237 Carmona Avenue, Los Angeles, CA 90019. Note: Your donation must be received by Saturday, August 1 to ensure your name is included on the card that will be displayed with the flowers.

THANK YOU!

GO ON A VIRTUAL MARILYN TOUR!
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GO ON A VIRTUAL MARILYN TOUR!


Mark the date in your calendars: August 8th is your chance to go on a virtual tour of Marilyn Monroe sites around Los Angeles with ‘Marilyn Remembered’s’ very own Elisa Jordan (who also runs ‘LA Woman Tours‘) and Hollywood historian, April Clemmer.

For more information and tickets, simply head here! You don’t want to miss it!  https://www.eventbrite.com/e/marilyn-monroes-hollywood-tickets-113702250492?fbclid=IwAR2JaHmBiO1SY5JbEDQeDucDNqLFcsMfCDCCFmTch_v6s8Zc8t3dga_5qhg

HAPPY BIRTHDAY GEORGE CUKOR
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HAPPY BIRTHDAY GEORGE CUKOR



“She had this absolute unerring touch with comedy… she acted as if she didn’t quite understand why it was so funny. Which is what made it so funny.”

Happy Birthday George Cukor, who was born on July 7th 1899.

Cukor directed Marilyn on two of her motion pictures: “Let’s Make Love” and her final and unfinished picture “Something’s Got To Give.” Cukor was an American film director, mainly concentrating on comedies and literary adaptations. Cukor racked up an impressive list of film credits in his lengthy career, including “Little Women” (1933) “Dinner At Eight” (1933) “David Copperfield” (1935) “A Star Is Born” (1954) and eventually winning an Oscar for his work on “My Fair Lady” in 1964.
Cukor was one of the select group of approved Directors on the list that Marilyn handed FOX Studios in late 1955. Although she had never worked with him, she was impressed by his reputation, In 1960, Cukor and Marilyn got their chance to work together on “Let’s Make Love” As ever with Marilyn, tension reigned on set. After the event Cukor admitted: “I had no real communication with her at all… and very little influence. All I could do was make a climate that was agreeable to her.” He also recognised her greateness. He found her to be “quite dazzling on screen, and at the end of the picture very generous to everyone she had worked with.”
The partnership of Cukor and Monroe came round again when they worked on “Something’s Got To Give” together. Even though Cukor was Marilyn’s suggestion to the studio as a potential director, any faith she had in him was starting to vanish as they disagreed on script changes and he struggled to cope with her lengthy absences from the set. The film however would never come to its completion, after the closing down of the production in 1962, shortly before Monroe’s untimely passing.
Cukor died of a heart attack on January 24th 1983 and is interred in Grave D, Little Garden of Constancy, Garden of Memory (private) Forest Lawn Memorial Park, Glendale California.
Source: The Marilyn Encyclopedia

 

REMEMBERING JACK LEMMON
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REMEMBERING JACK LEMMON

Today we are remembering the multi talented and legendary Jack Lemmon, who passed away on this date in 2001.

Jack needs absolutely no introduction, as I can safely say that he is regarded as one of Marilyn’s most beloved co-stars having acted alongside her in the iconic 1959 comedy “Some Like It Hot.”
Of course, he was so much more than “Daphne” the bull fiddle playing musician on the run from the Mob.. he had a lengthy and highly asteemed career spanning 6 decades, he was a two time Academy Award winner and up until recently, held the record for the most number of Golden Globe nominations in history (beaten only by Meryl Streep.)

Some of his film credits include: “The Apartment,” “The Odd Couple,” “The China Syndrome,” “Days Of Wine And Roses,” “Save The Tiger,” “Grumpy Old Men” and “Glengarry Glen Ross,” to name but a few.

It’s no coincedence that “Some Like It Hot” Director and writer Billy Wilder once said “Happiness is working with Jack Lemmon”, he was regarded as one of the nicest, hardest working and most respected Actors in the business. In turn, he never had an unkind word to say about any of his fellow co stars throughout the years and always especially spoke highly of Marilyn. He was once quoted as saying:

“Marilyn had an incredible charisma that was so rare, I don’t think I’ve seen anything quite like it. She had a lot of talent as an actress and she used that talent to the best of her ability as well as her skills as a comedienne, which worked out marvelously for her as with that combined, she created that certain magic on film. I loved working with her and a lot of people say that is clear in our scenes together. I absolutely adored her and we got on wonderfully.”

 


Jack Lemmon February 8th 1925 – June 27th 2001