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Published July 1, 2020

REMEMBERING WALTER MATTHAU 20 YEARS ON

Remembering Walter Matthau who passed away July 1st 2000.

Walter Matthau was an American Oscar winning actor and comedian appearing in over 100 film and tv credits with a career spanning over 6 decades.

Some of Matthau’s biggest films hits include: “Charade,” “Hello, Dolly!” “Charlie Verrick” and “The Taking Of Pelham 123.” He also struck up a lifelong friendship and on screen partnership with Jack Lemmon and together they made 10 films together, including: “The Odd Couple,” “Grumpy Old Men,” “The Front Page” and “The Fortune Cookie” for which Matthau won an Academy Award for ‘Best Actor in a Supporting Role.’

Although his name isn’t instantly thought of when it comes to Marilyn, they do have a connection. Matthau was one of the original choices for the role of “Richard Sherman” in “The Seven Year Itch” and even went as far as to record a screen test (linked below.)
The role eventually went to Tom Ewell and the rest is history.

Although it’s hard to imagine anyone else in the role of Richard Sherman, as Tom Ewell did such a fantastic job, I’m sure Walter Matthau would have put his own unique stamp on it!

WATCH WALTER MATTHAU’S SCREEN TEST FOR “THE SEVEN YEAR ITCH” HERE:
https://youtu.be/Cwyod0Fg-Dw

Matthau passed away at the age of 79 on July 1st 2000. He is buried at Westwood Memorial Cemetery in Los Angeles with his wife Carol, not too far away from Jack Lemmon and of course… Marilyn.

Published August 7, 2018

‘MARILYN REMEMBERED’ 56TH ANNIVERSARY MEMORIAL SERVICE

Sunday August 5th 2018, “Marilyn Remembered” held their annual Memorial service in honour of the 56th anniversary of Marilyn Monroe’s passing. Held at Westwood Memorial Chapel, the same venue where Marilyn’s own funeral was held on August 8th, 1962.

“Marilyn Remembered” being represented by: L-R Elisa Jordan, Greg Schreiner, Jackie Craig and Scott Fortner.

Guest speakers this year included: Greg Schreiner, Gabriel Reis, Jack Allen-Joe Deal, Juliet Hyde-White, Lois Banner, Kathleen Hughes.
Acknowledgement of Special Guests: Suzanne Lloyd, Susan Bernard, Terry MooreJeanne Phillips/Abigail Van Buren

“Marilyn Remembered” President Greg Schreiner and Kathleen Hughes.

Juliet Hyde-White, Suzanne Lloyd and Harrison Held

Jeanne Phillips (Dear Abby) and Harrison Held

(Right) Daniel Selznick, Terry Moore (Center, Marilyn left) and Kelly Carrie (end.)

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The Memorial was screened live over at our Facebook Page. For those who may have missed out, please feel free to join our Facebook grop here: https://www.facebook.com/groups/MarilynRemembered/

Special thanks goes to Bill Bennight for allowing us to use his wonderful photographs.

Published June 2, 2018

MARILYN’S BIRTHDAY FLOWERS

SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT: Because of your generosity, we were able to raise OVER $1000 for Marilyn’s birthday fundraiser! Thank you to EVERYONE who donated money for Marilyn’s birthday flowers on behalf of Marilyn Remembered. This beautiful spray is from Parisian Florist, the same company Joe DiMaggio used to have roses delivered to Marilyn’s grave every week for over 20 years. Below is a snapshot of our birthday card for Marilyn, listing everyone who contributed money for this cause.
Extra proceeds from our fundraiser for flowers for Marilyn will be used to buy toys this Christmas for at-risk youth currently participating in programs at Camp Hollygrove/Uplift Family Services. Kathleen, our contact at Hollygrove, has let us know that the toys Hollygrove provides to their students are often the only toys the children will receive at Christmas. Your contributions truly matter. We will follow-up with everyone as we draw closer to the holiday season when we’ll be buying toys for Hollygrove’s children.

Happy Birthday Marilyn from your longest running fan club in existence today!