Marilyn Monroe
Jay Kanter, Agent for Marlon Brando, Grace Kelly and Marilyn Monroe, Dies at 97
Jay Kanter, the high-powered Hollywood agent who represented Marlon Brando, Grace Kelly and Marilyn Monroe and served as the inspiration for Jack Lemmon’s character in the classic Billy Wilder film The Apartment, died Tuesday. He was 97. Kanter died at his home in Beverly Hills, a spokesperson for the Independent Artist Group announced. His son […]
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Bobby Banas, Dancer in ‘West Side Story’ and ‘Mary Poppins,’ Dies at 90
Bobby Banas, the actor, dancer and choreographer who played Joyboy in West Side Story and worked in such other famed movie musicals as Bye Bye Birdie, The Unsinkable Molly Brown and Mary Poppins, has died. He was 90. Banas died Monday of pneumonia at an assisted living facility in Encino, his son, director and photographer […]
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Roxanne, ‘Beat the Clock’ Assistant and ‘Seven Year Itch’ Actress, Dies at 95
Roxanne Rosedale, the glamorous model and actress who assisted host Bud Collyer on the 1950s game show Beat the Clock and appeared in the Marilyn Monroe-starring The Seven Year Itch, has died. She was 95. Known professionally as Roxanne, she died May 2 in an assisted care facility in her birthplace of Minneapolis, her daughter […]
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Lost Photos From a Legendary Hollywood Archive
When photo archivist Michael Ochs brokered a deal to offload his sprawling collection of 20th century iconography to Getty Images in 2007, neither seller nor buyer knew absolutely everything that was included in the transaction. Ochs had a decades-long reputation as the ultimate source of rock ‘n’ roll imagery, but his collection, at the time […]
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Marilyn Monroe Pink Pucci Dress, Hugh Hefner Smoking Jacket Sell at Auction
A slew of Marilyn Monroe and Hugh Hefner collectibles sold at auction over the weekend, including a pink Pucci dress worn by the actress and a smoking jacket and slippers worn by the Playboy founder. The three-day auction, which ended Saturday, saw the long-sleeved silk jersey Pucci dress go to the winning bidder for $325,000, […]
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AI Version of Marilyn Monroe Unveiled at SXSW
Years after the Elvis Presley and Tupac Shakur holograms, another celebrity is being brought back from the dead — this time, through artificial intelligence. Soul Machines, the company behind AI-powered “digital people,” unveiled its partnership with Authentic Brands Group on Friday for Digital Marilyn, which uses Marilyn Monroe’s likeness to offer “both fans and brands […]
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Don Murray, Oscar-Nominated Star of ‘Bus Stop,’ Dies at 94
Don Murray, the venturesome actor who earned an Oscar nomination for playing a rodeo cowboy smitten by Marilyn Monroe in Bus Stop, then spurned Hollywood’s attempts to mold him, has died. He was 94. Murray died Thursday at his ranch in Goleta, California, while listening to Pavarotti performe Puccini’s “Nessun dorma,” his son Mick Murray […]
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Anna Strasberg, Widow of Lee Strasberg and Inheritor of Marilyn Monroe Estate, Dies at 84
Anna Strasberg, an actress and the widow of famed acting coach Lee Strasberg who wound up inheriting the bulk of Marilyn Monroe’s estate, has died. She was 84. Strasberg died Saturday in New York City of natural causes, a publicist for The Lee Strasberg Theatre & Film Institute told The Hollywood Reporter. She co-founded the […]
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Judy Balaban, High-Placed Participant in Hollywood, Dies at 91
Judy Balaban, the daughter of a longtime studio mogul who dated Montgomery Clift and Merv Griffin, married Tony Franciosa and served as one of Grace Kelly’s bridesmaids at her wedding to Prince Rainier of Monaco, has died. She was 91. Balaban died Thursday night in a hospital in Los Angeles, her friend, author and documentary […]
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Phyllis Coates, the First Lois Lane on Television, Dies at 96
Phyllis Coates, the first actress to play Daily Planet reporter Lois Lane on television, only to leave the Adventures of Superman after just one season, has died. She was 96. Coates, who also appeared in Republic Pictures serials and in such films as I Was a Teenage Frankenstein, died Wednesday of natural causes at the […]
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Robert Patrick, ‘Kennedy’s Children’ Playwright, Dies at 85
Robert Patrick, the prolific playwright and onetime roommate of Lanford Wilson best known for the drama Kennedy’s Children, which starred Shirley Knight in a Tony-winning performance, has died. He was 85. Patrick died in his sleep Sunday at his home in Los Angeles, Jason Jenn, his caregiver and longtime friend and associate, announced. Patrick got […]
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Hollywood Flashback: Michelle Williams Brought Marilyn Monroe Back to Life in ‘My Week With Marilyn’
Michelle Williams racked up her fifth Oscar nomination this year, for playing Mitzi Fabelman, a version of Steven Spielberg’s mother in his semi-autobiographical The Fabelmans. A decade ago, bringing screen legend Marilyn Monroe to life in My Week With Marilyn earned Williams her third nod. The 2011 Simon Curtis biopic follows Monroe’s experience in London […]
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