List No. 113

MARILYN MONROE’S DREAM LOVERS

Marilyn Monroe

1951

In 1951, as they flicked through a copy of the Academy Players Directory and discussed the actors of the day, 25-year-old rising starlet Marilyn Monroe turned to roommate and fellow actress, Shelley Winters, and said, “Wouldn’t it be nice to be like men and just get notches in your belt and sleep with the most attractive men and not get emotionally involved?” Before long, they were sitting with pen in hand writing lists of the actors they would like to bed in such circumstances. Monroe’s wish list can be seen here.

Zero Mostel

Eli Wallach

Charles Boyer

Jean Renoir

Lee Strasberg

Nick Ray

John Huston

Elia Kazan

Harry Belafonte

Yves Montand

Charles Bickford

Ernest Hemingway

Charles Laughton

Clifford Odets

Dean Jagger

Arthur Miller

Albert Einstein