âIâve never fooled anyone. Iâve let people fool themselves. They didnât bother to find out who and what I was. Instead they would invent a character for me. I wouldnât argue with them. They were obviously loving somebody I wasnât.ââ â Marilyn Monroe
As one of the biggest Ella Fitzgerald fans, she literally helped desegregate her performances. Ella was not allowed to play at Mocambo because of her race.
Ella Fitzgerald: âI owe Marilyn Monroe a real debt⌠she personally called the owner of the Mocambo, and told him she wanted me booked immediately, and if he would do it, she would take a front table every night. She told him â and it was true, due to Marilynâs superstar status â that the press would go wild. The owner said yes, and Marilyn was there, front table, every night. The press went overboard. After that, I never had to play a small jazz club again. She was an unusual woman â a little ahead of her times. And she didnât know it.â thisisnotmyfairytaleendingg (Source: dmvnessa)
In August 1956, Monroe began filming The Prince and the Showgirl, with Laurence Olivier staring and directing. The production was complicated by conflicts between him and Monroe. He angered her with the patronizing statement âAll you have to do is be sexyâ and his attempts to get her to replicate Vivien Leighâs interpretation.
She became pregnant and miscarried during the production, which heavily worsened her depression and increased her drug abuse.
A L S O , I will never forget watching a documentary about her once and, speaking about her marriage with Arthur Miller, the narrator said, verbatim: âAmericaâs Brain had married Americaâs Bodyâ. Like, literally, because he was a famous writer, he was entitled to personhood; she, being an actress, and a beautiful woman, was reduced to being âa bodyâ. I have never been more enraged with her portrayal in the media. If you want to be dismissive of her, literally come for you.
