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Influential People
“Even Marilyn’s
worst enemies must concede that she has a genius for collecting good
Samaritans” Maurice
Zolotow (Marilyn's first Biographer 1961)
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Dr Ralph Greenson
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Eunice Murray
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Norma Jeane did not become
Marilyn Monroe without a great deal of help along the way!
This is an exploration of
the relationships Marilyn had with the people that were major
influences in her life – What would have happened if Grace McKee
hadn’t been friends with her mother Gladys?
How would things have been
if she hadn’t met Natasha Lytess or Johnny Hyde? Why did John Carroll
and his wife Lucille Ryman, take in the struggling actress and provide
her with spending money?
What would have happened if
Milton Greene hadn’t of walked into her life? How did Lee and Paula
Strasberg wield such a powerful influence over Marilyn? Would she have
lived longer had she not invested so much belief and commitment in Dr
Ralph Greenson? A relationship that led her to the person she would
share her last hours with, Eunice Murray.
These are just a few names
of the people that crossed paths with Norma Jeane/Marilyn Monroe
during her lifetime. Each and everyone brought something that Marilyn
needed or thought she needed – some of them were positive influences
and unfortunately, some were negative in the extreme.
Did Marilyn come across
these people as a natural act of fate or was it a contrived and artful
effort on her part or theirs?
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