Goddess: The Secret Lives of Marilyn Monroe

  ‘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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  Table of Contents

  Part One

  Part Two

  Part Three

  Part Four

  Part Five