Sarah MilesSarah Miles (born December 31, 1941) is an English theater and film actress. She was born in Ingatestone, Essex, England, as the daughter of a merchant. At the age of 15 she enrolled at RADA, the Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts. Shortly after her drama studies, Miles had her film debut in 1962 as a precocious schoolgirl in Terms of Trial, opposite Laurence Olivier. The following years she became a popular actress of New Wave with her roles in Joseph Losey's The Servant and in Michelangelo Antonioni's Blow Up. After having been out of sight for several years acting in a variety of theater plays, she made in 1970 an outstanding performance in the lead role of David Lean's Ryan's Daughter, which earned her an Academy Award nomination for Best Actress. Miles has been acting since then in movies and also in TV films. From time to time she retired for a few years, but was always available for roles on stage, where she is acclaimed for her performances. In 1967, Sarah Miles married the British playwright Robert Bolt, who wrote the screenplay for the film Lady Caroline Lamb, in which she starred. Although they divorced in 1975, they re-married in 1988, seven years before he died in 1995. Filmography
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Although they divorced in 1975, they re-married in 1988, seven years before he died in 1995. A woman once so fascinated with movie stars that she named her daughter after one, Norma Talmadge, apparently never knew she had given birth to one of the most famous women in history. In 1967, Sarah Miles married the British playwright Robert Bolt, who wrote the screenplay for the film Lady Caroline Lamb, in which she starred. Obsessed by Christian Science, she would refuse to discuss Norma Jeane or Marilyn Monroe, perhaps unable to relive the past. From time to time she retired for a few years, but was always available for roles on stage, where she is acclaimed for her performances. She died of congestive heart failure on March 11, 1984 at a nursing home. Miles has been acting since then in movies and also in TV films. Diagnosed as schizophrenic, she walked out of a sanitarium in the early 1970s and flew to Florida, where Berniece picked her up at the airport. After having been out of sight for several years acting in a variety of theater plays, she made in 1970 an outstanding performance in the lead role of David Lean's Ryan's Daughter, which earned her an Academy Award nomination for Best Actress. When Gladys was between mental hospitals, she married her last husband, John Stewart Eley, who died in 1952. The following years she became a popular actress of New Wave with her roles in Joseph Losey's The Servant and in Michelangelo Antonioni's Blow Up. A few days later, he received a money clip: "Whitey Dear, While I am still warm, Marilyn." He fulfilled that promise with the help of a bottle of whiskey. Shortly after her drama studies, Miles had her film debut in 1962 as a precocious schoolgirl in Terms of Trial, opposite Laurence Olivier. Snyder joked he would if her body was brought to him while it was warm. At the age of 15 she enrolled at RADA, the Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts. Just as her career took off, she asked her make-up man, Whitey Snyder, to promise he would make her up when she died. She was born in Ingatestone, Essex, England, as the daughter of a merchant. She had Grace Goddard interred there because Grace's aunt - who cared for Norma Jeane briefly - is there. Sarah Miles (born December 31, 1941) is an English theater and film actress. Marilyn is interred in a crypt at Westwood Village Memorial Park Cemetery. Terms of Trial (1962). Unlike the other men who knew her intimately (or claimed to), he never publicly spoke about her nor wrote a book. The Servant (1963). For twenty years, he had a dozen red roses delivered three times a week to her crypt. The Ceremony (1963). According to her half-sister, Berniece Baker Miracle, he just took over and she allowed him to. Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines (1965). DiMaggio claimed her body and arranged her funeral. Time Lost and Time Remembered (1965). Thomas Noguchi, who performed the autopsy (and the autopsies of Robert F. Kennedy, Natalie Wood and William Holden, among other celebrities), wrote in his book Coroner that Marilyn's death was a highly likely suicide. Blowup (1966). Dr. Ryan's Daughter (1970). A formal investigation in 1982 by the Los Angeles County District Attorney came up with no credible evidence of foul play, but the stories persist. Lady Caroline Lamb (1972). Murray has since passed away. The Hireling (1973). In her later years, Murray moved back East, possibly to Martha's Vineyard, remarried for a short time, and oddly survived the passing of her second husband within very short order. The Man Who Loved Cat Dancing (1973). Eventually in the 70s, Murray told her own sanitized version of that fateful night in "Marilyn, The Last Months." The book was written by a ghostwriter while Murray was living in a guest house in Santa Monica; Pat Newcomb was a frequent visitor then. Bride to Be (1975). Pat Newcomb, Monroe's personal publicist from Hollywood, joined the Kennedy administration during the ensuing months. The Sailor Who Fell from Grace with the Sea (1976). In the Fall of 1962, Murray, a widow of modest means, left the country for an extended European cruise on the Queen Mary. The Big Sleep (1978). City National Bank of Beverly Hills declined to pay Murray and marked the check "deceased." The un-cancelled check is today on display in the Monroe exhibit at the Hollywood Entertainment Museum. Priest of Love (1981). Interestingly, Murray attempted to cash a $200.00 check made out to her by Monroe several days after Monroe's death. Venom (1982). Controversy today still surrounds the unexplained timeframe of events on the night of Monroe's passing. Ordeal by Innocence (1984). Ralph Greenson. Steaming (1985). Eunice Murray, assigned to Marilyn's care by her psychiatrist, Dr. Hope and Glory (1987). Marilyn's body was discovered by live-in housekeeper, Mrs. White Mischief (1987). Nevertheless, a plausible case was made for the Kennedy connection in "The Last Days of Marilyn Monroe" by author Donald Wolfe. The Touch (1993). However, the fact that Kennedy's many girlfriends, including Judith Campbell Exner (who was also the paramour of mobster Sam Giancana), outlived the president, would cast doubt on this interpretation. Days of Grace (2001). Kennedy, conspiracy theories have sprung up around the circumstances of her death--nearly all involving allegations that she was murdered due to her involvement with the Kennedy family. Jurij (2001). As with the assassination of President John F. The Accidental Detective (2003). Marilyn Monroe was found dead August 5, 1962 in the bedroom of her Brentwood, California, home at age thirty-six from an overdose of barbiturates. Kennedy. President at a televised birthday party for President John F. In May of 1962 she delivered a memorable rendition of Happy Birthday, Mr. His newest Broadway-bound work, Finishing the Picture, is based on the making of The Misfits. It upset all of Monroe's friends. In January 1964, his After the Fall opened, featuring a beautiful, child-like, yet devouring shrew named Maggie. On February 17, 1962, Miller married Inge Morath, one of the Magnum photographers recording the making of The Misfits. According to DiMaggio biographer Maury Allen, he quit his $100,000 a year job with a military post-exchange supplier to return to California and ask Marilyn to remarry him. Bob Hope even "dedicated" Best Song nominee "The Second Time Around" to them at the 1960 Academy Awards. Their "just friends" claims did not stop remarriage rumors from flying. After her release, she joined him in Florida where he was a batting coach for his old team, the New York Yankees. He got her out and took her to another facility. On February 7, 1961, she was admitted into a psychiatric clinic, reportedly placed in the ward for the most seriously disturbed. DiMaggio re-entered her life as her marriage to Miller was ending. He lives in Maine, and was married to his third wife until her death in 2003. The fact that Monroe was furious when Dougherty claimed to Photoplay magazine in 1953 that she had been so in love, she threatened to kill herself if he left her, and that he did not attend her funeral, would seem to dispel these claims. Retired from the Los Angeles Police Department, Dougherty claims in the 2003 documentary, Marilyn's Man, that he was her Svengali, the creator of "Marilyn Monroe." No biographer has ever come across any evidence to support this, or Dougherty's claims that she was "forced" by Fox to divorce him or that they remained friends. A Mexican divorce was granted on January 24, 1961. Marilyn's behavior—fueled by drugs including alcohol—was erratic, and she was utterly vicious toward Arthur. Instead, by the time filming started, the marriage was broken beyond repair. His script The Misfits was meant to be a Valentine to her. Not only did she pay alimony to Miller's first wife, he reportedly bought a Jaguar while they were in England, shipped it to the States, and charged it to her production company. By 1958, Monroe was financially supporting them. A second pregnancy ended in miscarriage. Sadly, she suffered from endometriosis; the pregnancy was ectopic and had to be aborted to save her life. When they returned from England after she wrapped The Prince and the Showgirl, they learned she was pregnant. She later married playwright Arthur Miller in a civil ceremony on June 29, 1956, then in a Jewish ceremony two days later. When she announced she would seek a divorce - just 274 days after the wedding - (on grounds of mental cruelty), she was quoted as telling 20th Century Fox that "our careers just seemed to get in the way of each other." Oscar Levant quipped it proved no man could be a success in two pastimes. One incident allegedly happened after the skirt blowing scene in The Seven Year Itch was filmed on New York's Lexington Avenue before hundreds of fans; director Billy Wilder recalled "the look of death" on DiMaggio's face as he watched. DiMaggio biographer Richard Ben Cramer asserts it was also violent. The union was complex, marred by conflicting personalities, his jealousy and her casual infidelity. Their January 14, 1954 elopement at City Hall in San Francisco was the culmination of a two-year courtship that had captivated the nation. But she did not want to meet him, fearing him the stereotypical jock. In 1951, Joe DiMaggio saw a picture of Marilyn with two Chicago White Sox players, but waited until after he retired from baseball to ask the PR man who arranged the stunt to set them up on a date. She divorced him in 1946. By contrast, Monroe always maintained it was a marriage of convenience foisted upon them by Grace, who paid Dougherty to take her charge on dates. In "The Secret Happiness of Marilyn Monroe" and "To Norma Jeane With Love, Jimmie," Dougherty claims they were in love and would have lived happily ever after had not dreams of stardom lured her away. Grace, moving with her husband, wanted Norma Jeane to marry to avoid going to an orphanage. She married James Dougherty on June 19, 1942. Her co-stars during these years included Cary Grant, Clark Gable, Laurence Olivier, Joseph Cotten, Richard Widmark, Jane Russell, Lauren Bacall, Ethel Merman, Charles Laughton, Tony Curtis, and Yves Montand (with whom she had an affair during the filming of Let's Make Love). Her new contract gave her more creative control and the right to make one non-Fox movie a year; the first project under the deal was Bus Stop. Yet, when Jayne Mansfield and Sheree North failed to click with audiences, Zanuck finally admitted defeat. These moves were met with derision by the movie industry. Greene. She broke her contract and went to New York to study acting at The Actor's Studio; she formed her own production company with photographer Milton H. Zanuck assigned her. Though she was the biggest star in the world by 1954, she tired of the dim bulb roles Darryl F. By late 1951, Fox was convinced of her potential and gave her a big buildup. The day after his funeral, she attempted suicide. His family threw her out of his Beverly Hills estate. When Hyde suffered a fatal heart attack in Palm Springs on December 18, 1950, Marilyn, who had refused to join him, blamed herself for his death. According to Donald Spoto's biography, she renewed contact with producer and "party circuit" host Joseph Schenck, ignoring Hyde for weeks at a time. She loved him, she explained in My Story, but was not in love with him. But she refused. A dying Hyde repeatedly asked Marilyn to marry him, assuring her that she would be a rich widow. Hugh Hefner bought the rights to use the photo for the first issue of his new men's magazine, Playboy. When asked why she did it, she said, "I was hungry" (in My Story, she said she did it to get her car out of hock). The model of the Miss Golden Dreams calendar from that shoot was billed as "anonymous." In 1952, a blackmailer threatened to reveal her as Marilyn, but she thwarted the scheme by announcing the fact herself. She posed nude for photographer Tom Kelley on May 27, 1949, and was paid $50. Due to his persistence, Marilyn landed the two movies that put her on the map: The Asphalt Jungle and All About Eve. Despite being married and old enough to be her father, Hyde fell madly in love with her. Like Grace Goddard, he believed she was destined to become a great star; unlike Grace, Hyde - who discovered Lana Turner and counted Rita Hayworth among his clients - had the power to do something about it. Biographers maintain she was working "the party circuit" when she met Johnny Hyde, a partner of the William Morris Agency, on December 31, 1948 at a party thrown by producer Sam Spiegel. The next few years were lean. Marilyn's maternal grandfather, Otis Monroe, was the son of Jacob Monroe (1831-1872), so such a descent is unlikely. No such papers have ever surfaced. When Norma Jeane told Grace that "Marilyn" had been suggested by a Fox employee, Grace replied that it went well with Gladys' maiden name, Monroe, then told her she was keeping documents for Gladys proving she is a direct descendant of President James Monroe. In My Story she recounted how she chose her stage name. Soon afterwards, she moved out of her mother-in-law's house and signed with a modeling agency, which led to her first studio contract with Twentieth Century-Fox. One day, a photographer spotted her and asked if he could take her picture to boost morale for the war effort. In 1945, Norma Jeane worked as a parachute inspector while her husband was in the Merchant Marines. Some say she was a genius. She was very intelligent and more unhappy than her screen image suggested. Norma Jeane had come to think little of herself, yet also developed a gritty, opportunistic side and a super-human drive. The Goddard family was moving to the East Coast and felt marriage would be the best solution for the teenaged Norma Jeane. She was then introduced to a neighbor's son, James Dougherty, who would become her first husband. Then in September 1941, Grace took her in again. After Grace married in 1935, Norma Jeane was sent to Los Angeles Orphanage, then to as many as twelve foster homes, in which she was subjected to abuse and neglect. Gladys's best friend, Grace McKee, later Goddard, became her guardian. Norma Jeane was declared a ward of the state. Marilyn recalled Gladys "screaming and laughing" as she was forcibly removed to the State Mental Hospital in Norwalk, where Della had died; Gladys's father, Otis, died in a mental hospital near San Bernardino. A few months after moving in, she suffered a breakdown. One day, Gladys announced that she had bought a house for them. According to My Story, Gladys visited Norma Jeane every Saturday, but never hugged or kissed her, or even smiled. After Marilyn's death, Ida claimed that she and Wayne had seriously considered adopting her, which they could not have done without Gladys's consent. In her autobiography, My Story, ghostwritten by Ben Hecht, Marilyn said she thought Wayne and Ida were her parents until Ida, rather cruelly, corrected her. The Bolenders were a religious couple who supplemented their meager income by being foster parents. Unable to persuade Della to take the baby, an overwhelmed Gladys placed Norma Jeane with Wayne and Ida Bolender of Hawthorne, southwest of Downtown Los Angeles, where she lived until she was seven. The just-divorced Gifford had no desire to be tied down and left Gladys when she informed him of her pregnancy. The most likely candidate seems to be Charles Stanley Gifford, a salesman for the studio where Marilyn's mother, Gladys Pearl Monroe Baker, worked as a film-cutter. While biographers agree the man listed on her birth certificate, Martin Edward Mortensen, was not her biological father, her paternity has never been firmly established. Her grandmother, Della Monroe Grainger, later had her baptized Norma Jeane Baker by Aimee Semple McPherson. She was born Norma Jeane Mortensen in the charity ward of Los Angeles County Hospital (now County-USC) in Los Angeles. Her sizzling screen presence and premature death would make her a perennial sex symbol and later a pop icon. Marilyn Monroe (June 1, 1926 – August 5, 1962) was an American actress of the 20th century. A feeling passes between you both. You're not alone.". Not even talk. I don't need to touch them. "It's often just enough to be with someone. The Last Days of Marilyn Monroe (argues for Kennedy connection to Monroe's death) ISBN 0688162886. However, it was confirmed Allan Grant took the last pictures of Marilyn during her interview with Life magazine on July 7, 1962. Celebrity photographer George Barris claims he took the last pictures of Marilyn. She herself always regretted not being able to continue with high school and wrote poems and was very much involved in literature. People rarely looked past the image Marilyn portrayed, but she was said to be quite intelligent - it was hidden behind her image as a dumb blonde with beautiful features. Billy Wilder has also said Marilyn was a genius, so one could say it was an on/off relationship. Director Billy Wilder (who made two movies with Marilyn: The Seven Year Itch and Some Like It Hot) said that Marilyn had breasts like granite and a brain like Swiss cheese. Marilyn had to wear two pairs of white underwear for the dress blowing up scene in movie The Seven Year Itch, as the director could see just a little too much when he watched that scene afterwards. Marilyn won the crown Miss Artichoke in a beauty pageant in 1946. Since there is no corroborating evidence from other photographs or written records, the story is commonly dismissed as an urban legend. Two pictures can be interpreted as showing six toes, although they can be explained as tricks of light. The pictures were published in The Birth of Marilyn: The Lost Photographs of Norma Jeane by Jasgur and Jeannie Sakol. A myth that Marilyn was born with six toes resulted from the publication of photos taken by Joseph Jasgur in March 1946. There are no empty spots available near Marilyn. Hugh Hefner bought a crypt next to Marilyn for $85,000 and the other crypt next to her was sold for $125,000. The $200.00 check that Eunice Murray attempted to cash right after Monroe's death is on display in an exhibit at the Hollywood Entertainment Museum at the old Max Factor Building in Hollywood. Marilyn's features are copyrighted to her estate, and are not allowed to be copied exactly. He married actress Grace Kelly, whose fame gave Monaco an additional aspect of the fame it has today. When Prince Rainier III of Monaco was looking for a famous wife to marry, Marilyn was suggested to him. Unlikely fans of Marilyn included Albert Einstein and Ayn Rand. In 1997, Elton John rewrote the song for Diana, Princess of Wales and performed it at her funeral. The song Candle in the Wind (1973), which was written by Bernie Taupin and performed by Elton John, was about Marilyn Monroe. She dyed her hair several different shades of blonde as an adult. Childhood pictures show that Marilyn was born a blonde, but her hair turned "mousy" (brunette) as she grew up. Ellen Wagstaff Arden. Something's Got To Give (1962) (uncompleted) (20th Century Fox) .. Roslyn Taber. The Misfits (1961) (United Artists) .. Amanda Dell. Let's Make Love (1960) (20th Century Fox) .. Sugar Kane Kowalczyk. Some Like It Hot (1959) (United Artists) .. Elsie Marina. The Prince and the Showgirl (1957) (Warner Bros.) .. Cherie. Bus Stop (1956) (20th Century Fox) .. The Girl. The Seven Year Itch (1955) (20th Century Fox) .. Vicky Hoffman/Vicky Parker. There's No Business Like Show Business (1954) (20th Century Fox) .. Kay Weston. River of No Return (1954) (20th Century Fox) .. Pola Debevoise. How to Marry a Millionaire (1953) (20th Century Fox) .. Lorelei Lee. Gentlemen Prefer Blondes (1953) (20th Century Fox) .. Rose Loomis. Niagara (1953) (20th Century Fox) .. Streetwalker (The Cop and the Anthem). Henry's Full House (1952) (20th Century Fox) .. O. Miss Lois Laurel. Monkey Business (1952) (20th Century Fox) .. Nell Forbes. Don't Bother to Knock (1952) (20th Century Fox) .. Annabel Norris. We're Not Married! (1952) (20th Century Fox) .. Peggy. Clash by Night (1952) (RKO) .. Joyce Mannering. Let's Make It Legal (1951) (20th Century Fox) .. Roberta Stevens. Love Nest (1951) (20th Century Fox) .. Harriet. As Young as You Feel (1951) (20th Century Fox) .. Iris Martin. Home Town Story (1951) (Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer) .. Dusky Ledoux (uncredited). Right Cross (1950) (Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer) .. Polly. The Fireball (1950) (20th Century Fox) .. Miss Caswell. All About Eve (1950) (20th Century Fox) .. Angela Phinlay. The Asphalt Jungle (1950) (Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer) .. Clara (uncredited). A Ticket to Tomahawk (1950) (20th Century Fox) .. Grunion's client. Love Happy (1949) (United Artists) .. Peggy Martin. Ladies of the Chorus (1948) (Columbia Pictures) .. Girl in canoe on lake (uncredited). Scudda Hoo! Scudda Hay! (1948) (20th Century Fox) .. Evie. Dangerous Years (1947) (20th Century Fox) .. Bit Part (uncredited). The Shocking Miss Pilgrim (1947) (20th Century Fox) .. |