‘Please Don’t Kill Anything’, 254-5
remarriage, 366-8, 389, 408
A View from the Bridge, 203-4, 227, 232
Miller, Augusta, 232
Miller, Isadore, 232, 248, 366, 395, 442, 535
Miller, Jane, 248
Miller, Marilyn, 41
Miller, Robert, 248, 535-7
Minardos, Nico, 55, 270, 287
affair with Monroe, 102-5
Miner, John, 458, 460
Miracle, Bernice, 515
Misfits, The (film), 244, 250, 278-87, 281
Mitchell, Cameron, 83-4
Mitchum, Robert, 31
on filming River of No Return, 133-6
Moldea, Dan, 383
Monkey Business (film), 92, 99, 102, 105, 110
Monette, Valmore, 429
Monroe, Della, 7
Monroe, Gladys, 6-9, 519
Monroe, Marilyn
abortions, 217, 295, 413-15, 436
affair with Balaños, 369-70
affair with Brando, 211-12
affair with de Dienes, 22-5
affair with Karger, 60-5
affair with Kennedy, 325-31, 355-65
affair with Minardos, 102-5
affair with Montand, 267-72
affair with Schaefer, 161-6
affair with Schenck, 52-6
affair with Sinatra, 331-7
affair with Slatzer, 107-16, 417-18
appendectomy, 92-3
and astrology, 44
autopsy, 46-2
‘borderline personality’, 10
buys Brentwood House, 354
call girl admission, 26
child born to, 33-4
and childbearing, 181, 251-3, 263, 413, 415
childhood, 6-10
CIA and, 265-6
concern for animals, 254
death, 3, 441-51
deathbed phone call, 478-86
her diary, 180, 421-2, 430, 469
DiMaggio courtship, 97-106
DiMaggio divorce, 146-60
DiMaggio marriage, 138-60
DiMaggio wedding, 138-9
Dougherty marriage, 14-20
and drug abuse, 125-7, 184, 216-17, 243, 252-3, 255, 274-5, 296-7, 405-8, 413
entertains troops in Korea, 142-3
first trip to New York, 68
as Fox contract player, 40-3
friendship with Rosten, 193-200
funeral, 515-19
at Grauman’s Chinese Theater, 119
gynecological problems, 35, 181, 251-3
homophobia, 269, 351-2
infidelity in first marriage, 21-2
insomnia, 126, 180, 217, 243, 274, 376
Kennedy birthday salute, 392-5
last day, 441-51
last interview, 401-3
last photo sessions, 400
last trip to Cal-Neva, 428
and LSD, 406-8
making Bus Stop, 220-6
making Let’s Make Love, 267-72
making The Misfits, 278-87
making The Prince and the Showgirl, 236-44
making River of No Return, 133-5
making The Seven Year Itch, 150-4
making Some Like It Hot, 258-63
and Marilyn Monroe Productions, 182-3
‘marriage’ with Slatzer, 38n, 113-16, 235
and mental illness, 7, 150, 291-3
with Miller at Amagansett, 250-4
with Miller at ‘Arthur’s Farm’, 253-6
Miller courtship, 202-8
Miller divorce, 278, 285
Miller marriage, 232-5, 241-56, 263-4
Miller meets, 80-5
and Miller’s notes, 241-2
modelling career, 18-19
molested as child, 27-9, 49-50
murder theories, 462-9
mystery surrounding death, 3-4
and nude calendar, 87-90
and nudity, 48-9, 327-8
and organized crime, 338-49 parentage, 91-2
Person to Person appearance, 184 poem by, 195-6
police inquiry into death, 472-7
and politics, 314-18
professional name, 41
in psychiatric clinic, 291-3
and psychiatry, 215-16, 273, 291-3
reactions to death, 452-7
reconstruction of last hours, 487-99
relationship with Greenes, 175-84
relationship with Greensons, 273-7
relationship with Hyde, 69-72
relationship with Kazan, 80-4
relationship with Strasberg, 189-92
sex and career advancement, 51-6
and sexual assaults, 27-9, 49-50
and suicide, 7, 10, 35, 73, 127, 215, 244, 256, 274, 277, 282-4, 288, 298
and surveillance operations, 378-86
trip to Japan, 140-4
trip to Mexico City, 367-70
Monroe, Otis, 7
Monsky, Mark, 557-8
Montand, Yves, 80, 222, 279, 281-2, 284, 287-8, 320-21
affair with Monroe, 267-72
Montgomery, Thom, 419n
Moore, Terry, 39n, 113-14, 116, 534
Morath, Inge, 279, 366
Moriarty, Evelyn, 397
Morris, Nan, 125
Morrisey, Michael, 561
Mortensen, Martin E., 6
Mosby, Aline, 88
Muir, Florabel, 59, 439, 477, 481-2
Murray, Don, 222
Murray, Eunice, 353-4, 364, 368, 370, 375, 385, 398-9, 408-9, 411, 413, 417, 425
and Monroe’s death, 441, 443-4, 446-51, 463, 465, 478-9, 487-8, 492-6, 498, 504, 537, 549, 551-2, 554
Murrow, Edward R., 184
Naar, Joe and Dolores, 489-90, 493, 495 497, 549
Neff, Hildegard, see Knef, Hildegard Negulesco, Jean, 128-9
Nehru, Jawaharlal, 317
Neill, Frank, 110, 504
‘Never Give All the Heart’ (Yeats), 195
Newcomb, Pat, 91, 225, 288-9, 325, 336, 352, 359, 369-70, 401-2, 404, 408-9, 414-15, 425, 440, 444, 456, 465, 479, 486, 489
and Monroe’s death, 442-6, 495-6, 499, 504, 516, 549-50
Newman, Lionel, 162
Newman, Paul, 189, 373
Niagara (film), 110-11, 119, 185
Nixon, Richard M., 228, 230, 285, 316-17, 320, 545, 570
Noguchi, Dr. Thomas, 457, 472, 580
autopsy on Monroe, 460-2, 465-7
Noonan, Tommy, 120
Norell, Norman, 179
Novak, Kim, 308, 355
Novello, Angie, 359
O’Brien, Chuck, 384
Odets, Clifford, 78, 80, 204
O’Donnell, Kenneth, 374, 538-9, 547
O’Doul, Frank ‘Lefty’, 138, 142
Olivier, Sir Laurence, 214-15, 455
and The Prince and the Showgirl, 236-44
Onassis, Aristotle, 210
Otash, Fred, 169, 343, 379-80, 385, 414, 500-1, 511, 544-8, 553-4, 557-9, 568
Paar, Jack, 76
Parker, Helen, 458
Parker, Police Chief William, 458, 472-5 485, 503, 568
Parsons, Louella, 84, 138, 166, 239, 284
Patterson, Kay, 141
Paul, Josephine, 534-5
Peery, Judge Charles, 138
Pepitone, Lena, 26, 33-4, 59, 253, 288, 336, 364-5, 370, 435, 537
Peterson, Robert, 572, 576
Phillips, Lieutenant Marion, 473, 475
Piscitelle, George, 339-40
Playboy, 89, 397
‘Please Don’t Kill Anything’ (Miller), 254-5
Plecher, Marjorie, 121, 436, 515
Plimpton, George, 360-1
Pollard, Betty, 504
Preminger, Otto, 134-5
Price, Frank, 502
Prince and the Showgirl, The (film), 193, 236-44, 251
Proctor, Jim, 248
Prowse, Juliet, 336, 366
Quine, Richard, 61
Rabwin, Dr Marcus, 93, 101
Rainier, Prince, of Monaco, 210
Ramirez, Joe, 452
Rattigan, Terence, 214, 236
Reagan, Ronald, 18, 63, 228, 344
Récamier, Juliette, 180
Reddin, Police Chief Tom, 485, 580-1
Regan, Senator Edwin, 168-9
Reiner, Ira, 532
Rettig, Tommy, 136
Ries, Maurice, 567
Ries, Pamela, 430
Righter, Carroll, 44
Riisna, Ene, 526, 530
Ritt, Martin, 264
River of No Return (film), 133-5
Roberts, Ralph, 91, 319, 362, 376-7, 405, 425, 428, 430, 436-7, 442, 446, 449, 516, 534
Robertson, Dale, 72
Robinowitz, Judge Seymour, 234
Robinson, Edward G., Jr,
relationship with Monroe, 124-5
Rochlen, Kendis, 138-9, 286
Rockefeller, Laurance, 251
Rodin, Auguste, 200, 387
Romanoff, Gloria, 56, 71, 292, 336, 351, 356-7
Romanoff, ‘Prince’ Mike, 56
Roselli, Johnny, 340-5, 374, 380, 423, 476, 538, 543-4, 546
relationship with Monroe, 341
Rosenfeld, Henry, 35, 68-9, 91, 132, 144, 208-10, 216-17, 230, 325, 362, 435, 448
Rosenstein, Jaik, 28-9, 51-2
Rosten, Hedda, 193-4, 255, 267
Rosten, Norman, 205-6, 219, 232-3, 235, 249, 251-2, 255-6, 260-4, 267, 283, 294, 437, 481, 568
friendship with Monroe, 193-200
on Monroe’s last days, 386-7
Rosten, Patricia, 193-4, 198
Roswell, Juliet, 549
Rudin, Milton, 399, 431, 492-3, 498-9, 516, 548-9, 551-2
Ruditsky, Barney, 157, 167-8, 385
Russell, Jane, 116, 119-21, 131, 176, 181
Russell, Vi, 64, 313
Ryman, Lucille, 50, 70
Safire, William, 342
Sandburg, Carl, 45
Sanicola, Hank, 167
Saunders, Frank, 457
Schaefer, Hal, 169, 178
affair with Monroe, 161-6
and ‘Wrong Door Raid’, 169-71
Schaefer, Walt, 497-8, 549-50
Schenck, Joseph, 65, 341
possible affair with Monroe, 52-6
Schiller, Lawrence, 486
Schlee, George, 210
Schlesinger, Arthur, 307, 395, 417
Science and Health (Eddy), 25
Scudda Hoo! Scudda Hay! (film), 42
Seaton, Pat, 534, 554
Selsman, Michael, 414-15
Selznick, David O., 55
Seven Year Itch, The (film), 150-4, 172, 177, 184, 189, 191, 208-9, 216, 258
Shade, Rose, 493
Shalam, Jane, 323
Shamroy, Leon, 40
Shaw, George Bernard, 251
Shaw, Sam, 193, 209, 278
Shawhan, Ralph Casey, 41
Shearer, Lloyd, 27-8, 259
Sherbatoff, Mara, 234
Sherman, Lynn, 362-3
Shikhverg, Dr Valérie, 10
Shimon, Joseph, 341, 384
Shoopman, Mae, 412
Shor, Toots, 101, 110, 158, 209
Siegel, Dr Lee, 126, 181, 298, 447
Siegel, Dr Lou, 447
Siegenthaler, Robert, 527
Signoret, Simone, 268-72, 288
Simpson, Dr Keith, 466, 468-9, 496
Sinatra, Frank, 80, 137, 157-9, 166-70, 177, 182, 238, 273, 284, 302, 319, 329, 338, 342-4, 350-1, 354, 366-8, 379, 381, 386, 393, 399, 411-13, 426-31, 435, 440, 447, 454, 492, 506
affair with Monroe, 331-7
and the Kennedys, 373-6, 423-4, 538-40, 564
and Monroe’s death, 456, 516, 518
Sitwell, Edith, 244
Skolsky, Sidney, 42, 46, 50, 59, 63, 78, 88, 90-1, 99, 117, 131, 138, 140-1, 143, 145, 147-8, 154-5, 157, 161, 172, 178, 212, 218, 286, 324-5, 375, 387-8, 426, 435, 439, 443, 538
Skolsky, Steffi, 89-91, 443-5
Skouras, Spyros, 78, 103-4, 518
Slattery, Mary, 83, 241
Slatzer, Robert, 34, 37-8, 48-9, 195, 249, 266, 287, 312, 385, 430-1, 437-8, 509, 518, 531
affair with Monroe, 107-16, 417-18
‘marriage’ to Monroe, 38n, 113-16, 235
on Monroe and Kennedy, 420-2
Smathers, Senator George, 325-6, 347, 537
Smith, Jean, 335, 358, 359
Smith, Joseph, 266
Smith, Sandy, 344
Smith, Stephen, 326, 358, 530
Snyder, Allan ‘Whitey’, 108, 111, 121, 133, 136, 153, 281, 330n, 436, 515
Solotaire, George, 101, 135-6, 144, 152
Some Like It Hot (film), 258-63, 436
Something’s Got to Give (film), 226, 366-7, 389-93, 395, 397, 399, 404, 406, 408, 414, 425, 429, 486, 491
Spiegel, Sam, 71
Spindel, Bernard, 381-5, 542-3, 545-8, 557-62, 568-70, 571
Stanley, Kim, 213
Stapleton, Maureen, 72, 85, 144, 189, 205, 212, 264
Starr, Jimmy, 67, 324-5
Stein, Milton, 54
Steinberg, Rosie, 222
Stenderup, ‘Pete’, 473
Stengel, Marjorie
memories of Monroe, 296-7
Stephens, Dr Boyd, 464-6
Stern, Bert
on photographing Monroe, 400-1
Stewart, James, 172
Stewart, Sheila, 167, 169-70
Stompanato, Johnny, 339
Strasberg, Anna, 193
Strasberg, John, 192, 289
Strasberg, Lee, 24-5, 43, 80, 192-3, 204, 212-13, 216, 218, 221-2, 231, 241, 283, 289, 516-17
as Monroe’s acting teacher, 189-92
Strasberg, Paula, 192, 205, 231, 238, 241-3, 259, 274, 282, 284, 289, 323, 398, 425, 454, 516, 568
becomes Monroe’s acting coach, 221-2
Strasberg, Susan, 192, 221, 263-4, 274, 291, 400, 404, 421, 444
Strauss, Ted, 78-9
Styne, Julie, 17, 435
Sukarno, Achmed, 265-6
Summers, Pete, 314, 320, 533
Swanson, Gloria, 40, 308
Tabachnick, Dr Norman, 361-2, 445
Taps, Jonie, 53, 65
Taylor, Elizabeth, 265, 335, 390, 397, 521
Thatcher, Molly, 81
Theisen, Earl, 45
Theodoracopulos, Taki, 540-1
There’s No Business Like Show Business (film), 40, 147, 149-50, 162-3
Thompson, Lee, 435
Thorndike, Dame Sybil, 236, 239
Tiarks, Robert, 482-3
Tobin, Jack, 340, 484
Toledano, Ralph de, 571
Travilla, Billy, 18n, 105, 127, 149-50, 155-6, 391
on Monroe’s childlike quality, 121-4
Tretick, Stanley, 326
Truitt, James, 405
Tuck, Dick, 530
Turner, Lana, 339
Tynan, Kenneth, 244
van Kalkar, Jan Stephan, 45
Vesalius, Andreas, 45
View from the Bridge, A (Miller), 203-4, 227, 232
Wagner, Marion Marshall, 52-4
Wald, Jerry, 372-3, 424
Wald, Richard, 528-9
Wallach, Eli, 80-1, 189, 191, 233, 278
Walter, Congressman Francis, 229
Warner, Bob, 482
Warner, Jack, 172, 373
Washington, Hazel, 364
Waterfield, Bob, 116
Watson, Philip, 329-30, 375-6
Wean, Gary, 339-40
Weatherby, W. J., 56, 59, 230, 284-5, 320-1, 359, 408, 419, 435
Weber, Lois, 144
Weinstein, Henry, 366-7, 389-90, 392-3, 399, 408
Westin, Av, 526-9, 531
Whitten, Gladys, 119-21, 144, 153-5
Widmark, Richard, 254
Wiener, Leigh, 453
Wilder, Billy, 71, 150-2, 154, 182, 216, 237, 258-61, 455
Williams, Dick, 102
Williams, Tennessee, 212
Wilson, Earl, 68, 208, 212, 284-5, 323
Winchell, Walter, 152, 160
Winters, Darbi, 518
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p; Winters, Shelley, 79-80, 134-5, 189, 270
Winther, Jørn, 548
Wofford, Harris, 422
Wohlander, Joe, 48
Wolfson, Sonia, 88
Wood, Natalie, 460, 490, 548
Wood, Ward, 505
Woodfield, Bill, 224, 396-7, 414, 427-8, 452, 505-7, 510
Wurtzel, Sol, 52
Wyman, Jane, 63-4, 209
Yeats, W. B., 195, 261n
Yorty, Sam, 475, 503
Zahn, Tommy, 38, 40-1, 43, 45, 51, 199
Zanuck, Darryl F., 38, 40, 43, 52, 76-8, 87, 90, 115, 135, 159, 172, 455, 490
Zanuck, Darrylin, 38
Zernial, Gus, 98
Zolotow, Maurice, 35, 135, 204, 360, 456
Zonlick, James, 553
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