- She
called them her champagne days, those days which were to be her last.
Champagne was her favorite drink.
- Lethal
dose of sleeping pills came from this bedside table.
- From
birth to stardom was a road of triumph and tragedy.
- Earl
Moran, famous Esquire artist, was the first illustrator to use her as
model. He titled this "Maid in Baltimore".
- Her
earliest exposure to the world was as a cover girl.
- Joe
kisses her after their marriage in San Francisco in 1954. Nuptials
lasted 6 months.
- Pfc.
Stanley H. Closter of Bklyn., N.Y. gives her a bite of cake. With
Joe she visited Tokyo in 1954.
- Always
willing, she poses for G.I. photographers during Korean trip.
The pictures were prize possession of troops.
- She
autographs cast of A3/c Gerald Kasper while his twin brother looks on.
Below she is with top Marine Corps brass.
- In
a low cut cocktail dress she entertained Korean G.I.'s with song and
dance routine. She toured army camps four days.
- In
Cunchon, she dressed in a makeshift dressing room. Her almost
worn out but famous purple cocktail dress is nearby.
- Coroner's
attendants remove her body, wrapped in blue blanket, from bedroom where
she died, to the L.A. morgue.
- "Joe",
the breakup.
- Actress
Sheila Stuart Renour was owner of apartment at which she was staying.
- Private
investigator Philip Irwin carried a camera on "wrong-door-raid".
- Voice
coach Hal Shaefer was visited in hospital by her. They were just
friends.
- Depuis
sa rupture avec la Fox, Paula Strassberg, son professeur d' art dramatique,
ne la quittait jamais.
- Ce
feu d' artifice avait été offert à elle pour son 36e anniversaire.
Elle commençait son dernier film, "Something's got to give",
dont le clou devait être la scène du bain (photo de droite).
- John
F. Kennedy. Wat was er tussen haar en de president?
- Une
tenue de vacances sans prétention, c'est la jeune fille toute simple.
- Une
jupe fendue, un corsage laissant apparaître les épaules, le sac à main
à bout de bras, elle devient aussitôt la femme de mauvaise vie.
- Toute
la séduction dans ces deux chefs-d'oeuvres de photographie: un éclair
de féminité suprême (à g.) et cette bouche entrouverte que, pendant
des années, des milliers de cover-girls allaient imiter.
- Mannen
speelden in haar bestaan de hoofdrol. Kwam haar einde, zoals in
Amerika gefluisterd wordt, door de hand van een mannelijk moordcommando?
- Boven:
met Robert Mitchum in "River of no return" 1954 (Len Sirman
Press, Genève). Onder: met Tom Ewell in een beroemde scène uit
"The Seven Year Itch" 1955 (Len Sirman Press, Genève).
- Sa
mère, Gladys Baker: "Je la connais à peine", elle disait.
- Son
père, Stanley Gifford (à dr.): elle ne l'a jamais vu.
- 4
ans: des voisins se chargent d'elle.
- 16
ans: son premier mari, James Dougherty, 18 ans, est ouvrier.
- Sans
maquillage: débuts au cinéma. Elle n'a pas 20 ans.
- Pin-up
girl pour un calendrier: 50 dollars de cachet.
- Deuxième
mari: le champion de base-ball Joe di Maggio.
- En
Corée pendant son voyage de noces: une popularité inégalée.
- Divorce:
cette scène du film provoque la rupture.
- Nouveau
mariage: Arthur Miller (1956).
- Présentée
à la reine Elizabeth en 1957: elle est au sommet de sa gloire.
- 36
ans: le dernier film, celui qu'elle ne pourra achever.
- Voyante
extra-lucide, mais ce n'était qu'un jeu car elle n'avait pas se pressentir
le drame qui mettait fin huit ans plus tard à la vie de la plus belle
dame du monde et de la dernière grande vedette de Hollywood.
- Avec
Groucho. Figurante elle apparait dans "La Pêche au trésor"
aux côtés des Marx Brothers.
- Premier
rôle: 1950. Il dure cinq minutes dan "quand la volle dort"
(Asphalt Jungle).
- "Comment
épouser un millionaire" en 1953.
- "Rivière
sans retour": 1954. Son partenaire: Robert Mitchum.
- N°
1 au Box Office. "7 ans de réflexion."
- 1957.
"Le Prince et la Danseuse." A droite: Laurence Olivier.
- 1959.
"Certains l'aiment chaud." A g. Jack Lemmon.
- Yves
Montand dans "Le Millionaire".
- "Les
Misfits", avec Montgommery Clift et Clark Gable.
- "Ca
va craquer": une autre reprendra la rôle.
- Marilyn
and Yves Montand co-starred in movie "Let's make love"; were
linked romantically by columnists. She denied it.
- Many
famous personalities were friends of her and Arthur.
- "If
there is one thing I like it is just plain people" she said to
Bob Parker in 1954.
- Top
Brass. Director John Huston, in the background, laughs as she
talks to Clark Gable. She was an old time Gable fan.
- A
great tragedy of her life was that she was unable to carry babies to
gestation. She yearned for one desperately.
- Famed
Danish author, Isak Dinesen, examines a script at home of Carson McCullers
as she looks on approvingly.
- Perhaps
no director had more of an influence on her than Billy Wilder.
He directed her in "The Seven Year Itch".
- "I
feel that I have lost a daughter": Isadore Miller.
- When
publicity men saw that public reaction to her early nude shots was good,
they jumped on bandwagon.
- She
boots a soccer ball at opening of international match between Israel's
Hapoel team and U.S. Soccer League stars.
- Any
movie-town press agent can tell you it's tough to handle most stars.
She was opposite; the press loved the gal !
- She
wasn't really good but the world stood flabbergasted.
- She
went to Bement, Illinois and judged a bearded-men's contest. She
is shown congratulating president of Centennial.
- She
wouldn't have liked Alexandra Coolen.
- This
picture was taken in 1956 just before she married the famed playwright
Arthur Miller. It was taken at the Roxbury, Connecticut estate
of Arthur's parents. Left to right are Isidore Miller, herself,
Florence Miller and Arthur.
- If
one thing contributed to her success over any other, it was her tomboy
antics for publicity photographers.
- The
last tragic days.
- In
June of 1961, she underwent emergency gall bladder operation in N.Y.
Leaving hospital, she is met by photogs.
- Joe
comes back.
- She
had only recently divorced playwright Miller. This was just the
therapy she needed to forget her troubles.
- It
was fun in the sun as Joe strolls down beach hand in hand with her.
He took her to Florida where he was Yankee coach.
- Her
half sister, Mrs. Bernice Meracle, left, arrives at L.A. International
Airport with friend for her funeral.
- Police
officer leads her tiny dog from modest Westwood bungalow where she spent
final days and night of tragic life.
- At
N.Y.C. apartment Patrolman Joseph Costa checks and files for safe keeping
the 40 magnificent furs she had owned.
- Baseball
great Joe DiMaggio, who loved her to the end, and son, faces filled
with grief, arrive for her final rites.
- Her
body, wrapped in light blue blanket, is wheeled into L.A. coroner's
office for required autopsy by county officials.
- Rows
of studio police stood as honor guards as her body, in a bronze casket
topped with sprays of flowers, was moved into place at Westwood funeral.
- Maid
in Baltimore.
- "Sucre
de canne", c'était son nom dans "Certains l'aiment chaud".
Quelle façon plus imaginée d'évoquer un charme et une douceur qui ne
furent qu'à elle?
- Elle
ouvre, en 1955, le Gala des Artistes sur un éléphant peint en rose.
- Met
haar echtgenoot Arthur Miller bij de premiere van Millers drama: "A
view from the Bridge".
- 93
- 85 - 88.
- "Il
faut vraiment que je lutte".
- "...je
ne suis pas ce que je suis, mais en tout cas je suis la blonde."
- 1955,
and all's well.
- "Hey,
wait for me!"
- With
Hedda Rosten - before the "mini".
- With
the Rostens (champagne in trunk compartment).
- England:
relaxing after work.
- A
typical entrance: with Miller at Radio City Music Hall.
- Her
two worlds: the private and the public.
- Sie
gibt Reportern ihre bevorstehende Scheidung von Joe DiMaggio bekannt,
6 Oktober 1954.
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