Index

Abbott, Allan 341–2

Actors Lab 92–3, 96

Actors Studio 205–6, 210, 214–15, 296, 297, 302, 313

Afton Place 15–16, 25

Ainsworth, Helen 77

Alan (pianist) 226–7, 230, 240, 245–7, 248–9, 253–4, 256, 259

All About Eve (film) 121

Allan, Rupert 302

Allen, Angela 288, 289

Allen, Gene 320

Allen, Lorraine 51

Alton, Robert 191

Amagansett 264–6, 267, 268, 269

American Airlines 71

Anderson, Daphne 241

Anthony, Ray 157

Antinora, Bart 190

Arbol Drive 16–17, 18, 19–21, 22

Archer, Frank Klein 159

Archwood Street 45, 57

Arden, Elizabeth 256

Arlen, Harold 211

Arliss, George 15, 21

Arnold, Dorothy 146, 159, 185

Arnold, Eve 211

Arnow, Max 102–3

Arthur P. Jacobs agency 314, 315, 324, 328, 334, 340, 343

As Young As You Feel (film) 128, 131

The Asphalt Jungle (film) 120–1

Atchinson, Allis 60

Atchinson, Bryan and Lottie 37

Atkinson, George and Maude 15–16, 18, 19, 21–2, 26

Atkinson, Nellie 15, 21, 22, 26, 56

Avedon, Richard 277

Avon Street 98

Bacall, Lauren 172

Bacon, James 287

Baer, Richard 135–6

Baker, Ardry 2

Baker, Berniece (sister) see Miracle, Berniece Baker

Baker, Gladys (mother) 1–4, 5–6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 13–14, 15, 16, 17–19, 21, 23, 24, 33, 39, 40, 57, 74, 83–4, 85–6, 89, 91, 149, 168–71, 203, 270, 295

birth of MM 6

Christian Science beliefs 17, 38, 84

marries Jasper Baker 2

marries John Eley 168–9

marries Martin Mortensen 4

mental illness 18, 23, 33, 169–71

MM lives with 14, 15–18, 85–6

MM pays treatment bills 170, 270

refuses to consent to adoption of MM 8, 23

tells MM who her father is 57

Baker, Jasper Newton 2–4

Baker, Robert (brother) 2, 17, 39

Baker, Roy Ward 140

Baloghy, Stephanie 264–5

Banas, Bob 283

Banner, Lois 170

Bara, Theda 277

Barbara Court 32, 33

Bardot, Brigitte 258

Barris, George 329, 330, 334

Barsocchini, Reno 180, 197

Baxter, Anne 118, 121

Beardsley, Mrs Gavin 71

Beaton, Cecil 215

Beauchamp, Anthony 122

Belmont, Beryl 253

Benny, Jack 176

Benson, Charles 152

Bernstein, Walter 321

Bessemer Street 58

Beverly Carlton Hotel 113

Blue Book Agency 70, 73

Bolaños, José 318, 319, 320, 322, 330, 344

Bolender, Ida and Wayne 6–7, 8, 9, 10–11, 12, 13–14, 24, 26, 42, 51, 169–70

Bolender, Lester 8, 11, 12–13

Bolender, Nancy 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 24

Bond, Gordon 256–7, 258

Bow, Clara 277

Boyd, Steve 282

Boyle, Hal 264

Brand, Harry 198

Brand, Phoebe 92

Brando, Marlon 211, 280, 313

Brandon, Harry 290

Brennan, Pat 154

Briden, Harry W. 249–50

Brooks, Rand 104

The Brothers Karamazov (film) 112, 204, 254, 263

Brown, David 321

Brown, Kay 220

Buchwald, Art 232

Buka, Donald 117

Burton, Richard 306

Bus Stop (film) 215, 216–17, 218

Bush, Lee 68

Butch (parakeet) 273

Cahn, Dan 110

Cal-Neva Lodge & Casino 333–4

Calhern, Louis 120

Cardiff, Jack 233

Carey, Macdonald 135

Carnovsky, Morris 92

Carr, Joe 204

Carroll, John 95, 99, 101

Carroll, William 68–70

Carter, Glenn Thomas 318, 319, 330

Caruso, Julius 212

Casey, Kathleen 322

Cassini, Oleg 138

Castillian Drive 159

Catalina Island 17, 58–9

Cedars of Lebanon Hospital 144, 148, 276, 331, 332

Chakiris, George 163–4, 165–7, 191, 192, 349

Chambrun, Jacques 190

Chaplin, Charlie 133

Chaplin, Charlie, Jr 91

Chaplin, Sydney 91, 133

Charisse, Cyd 323

Charlie McCarthy radio show 159

Chekhov, Michael 139–40

Chicago White Sox 144–5

Chretien, Jeanne 80–1, 87, 94–5, 348

Christian Science 17, 37, 38, 57, 84, 90

Clark, Colin 243, 246

Clash by Night (film) 135–7

Clements, Colin 100

Clemmons, Sergeant Jack 339, 340

Clift, Montgomery 288

Cochran, Jack 285

Cohen, Harry and Lena 3

Cohen, Nelson 64

Cohn, Harry 102, 131–2

Colbert, Claudette 135

Cole, Jack 163–4, 165–6, 191

Collier, Constance 205

Columbia Pictures 32–3, 102–3, 104, 109

Conover, David 65, 66, 68, 70

Consolidated Film Industries 4

conspiracy theories 345

Conte, Richard 122

Cook, Gene 114

Cooper, Gary 142

copycat suicides 340

Corday, Dr Elliot 178

Cornthwaite, Bob 142–4, 147, 348

Cornwall, C. Norman 90

Cotton, Joseph 153

Coudert, Joe 196, 350

Cowan, Lester 116

Cowen, Charles 287

Crawford, Cheryl 205

Crawford, Joan 167, 168

Crosby, Bing 325

Cukor, George 308, 321

Curtis, Mark 291

Curtis, Tony 271, 272

Dailey, Dan 118, 119

Damiecki, Edward 267

Damiecki, John 268

Dangerous Years (film) 92, 289

D’Antonio, Henry 336–7

Davis, Bette 20, 121

Davis, Sammy, Jr 305

Day, Vera 221, 241, 250, 251

De Cicco, Pat 101, 130–1

de Dienes, Andre 73, 74, 117

DeFore, Don 117

Delaney, Frank 204

Delongpre Avenue 198

DePree Miller, Diane 64

Dewey, Sula 26–7, 30–1

‘Diamonds Are a Girl’s Best Friend’ 163, 187

Dietrich, Marlene 271, 277

DiMaggio, Joe 144, 145, 146–7, 151–2, 157, 159, 162, 174, 176, 179–80, 187, 188, 190, 192–3, 195, 201, 288, 295, 296–7, 298, 300, 301, 302, 303, 307, 309, 313, 320, 332, 333, 334–5

coaching trip to Japan 185–6

dislike of the film business 155, 178, 192

divorced from MM 199–200

feud with Natasha Lytess 159, 180, 182

first date with MM 145

marriage breakdown 195, 197–9

marries MM 182–4

and MM’s death 340–1, 342

reconciliation hopes 210–11, 304, 335

supposed abuse of MM 185, 192, 197, 198

‘Wrong Door Raid’ 200–1

DiMaggio, Joe, Jr 146–7, 337

DiMaggio, Marie 179, 180

DiMaggio, Tom 179

Don’t Bother to Knock (formerly, Night Without Sleep) (film) 137, 140–1

Dors, Diana 232, 252

Dougherty, Ethel 45, 46, 48, 61, 63, 66

Dougherty, Jim 45, 46–7, 48–9, 51, 52, 53, 54–6, 57, 58–9, 60–1, 65–6, 67–8, 73–4, 76, 77–8, 81–2, 86, 90–1, 110–11, 125

divorced from MM 90–1

first date with MM 46–7

in the merchant marines 58, 60–1, 66

marriage breaks down 77–8, 81–2

marries MM 51–2

and MM’s death 340

plans to start a family 59, 60–1, 66, 68

Dougherty, Marion 51, 52, 53, 56

Dougherty, Tom 53, 56, 57

Douglas, Paul 135

Drennen, Doris 45, 46, 52, 54, 55

Dubrow, Hilliard 267

Duggen, Betty 43, 44

East 57th Street 261, 269, 281, 294

East Palmer Avenue 37

Ebbins, Milton 338

Eldredge, Florence 304

Eley, Colonel John Stewart 168–9

Elizabeth II, Queen 257

Emerson Junior High 42–3

Engelberg, Dr Hyman 291, 323, 330, 334, 335, 337, 339, 340

England, trip to 221–60

Erickson, C. O. 285

Evans, Clarice 105

Evans, Peter 301–2

Evanson, Edith 321–2

Ewell, Tom 195–6

Fairbanks, Douglas, Jr 236

Family Circle 78

Family Weekly 207, 293

Famous Artists Agency 173, 189

fans and fan mail 137–8, 185, 196, 206, 212, 217

Farr, Bob 71

FBI 317–18

Feldman, Charles 130, 131, 189, 203–4

Ferber, Edna 105

Field, Frederick Vanderbilt 317, 318

Fields, Gracie 253–4

Fields, Leila 32

Fifth Helena Drive 315–16, 320, 323, 332, 335–40

Finnegan, Nanciele 136–7, 141

The Fireball (film) 121

Fitzgerald, Ella 164–5, 292

Flanagan, Agnes 292

Fonteyn, Dame Margot 236, 256

Formby, George 254

Franklin, Joe 181

Fredenhall, Bill 28–9, 30, 31

French, Hugh 189

Freud, Anna 248, 262, 310

Frosch, Aaron 300, 302, 306

Gable, Clark 10, 97, 201, 203, 288, 290, 292, 293, 294, 298, 304

Gable, Kay 292, 294, 298, 302, 306

Gabor, Zsa Zsa 121–2

Garrison Malloy, Rita 177

Garroway, Dave 207

Gawthrop, Evelyn 13

Gaynor, Mitzi 192

Gentlemen Prefer Blondes (film) 122, 153, 159, 161, 162–7, 189

Gettliner, Franz 222, 225, 244

Gibbon, Margaret 252–3

Gielgud, John 236, 238

Gierasch, Stefan 205, 208, 214

Giesler, Jerry 197, 198

Giffen, Elsie and Harvey 22–3, 26

Gifford, Charles Stanley (father) 4–5, 6, 9, 10, 57–8, 133, 151, 152, 304–5

Gifford, Charles Stanley, Jr 6, 305

Gifford, Lillian 4, 6

Gifford, Mary 151

Gilmore, John 130–1, 172

The Girl in Pink Tights (film) 178, 180, 184, 189

Glaeg, James 60, 99, 102, 275, 341

Glamour Preferred (play) 99–100

Goddard, Eleanor ‘Bebe’ 33, 34, 37, 42, 43, 46, 64, 173, 176, 177

Goddard, Ervin 24, 34, 42, 45–6, 47

Goddard, Grace (née McKee) 4, 7, 16, 18, 19, 21, 22, 23, 24–5, 26, 32–3, 34, 37, 39–40, 42, 43, 44, 45–6, 47, 48, 49, 57, 60, 63–4, 126, 138, 169, 170, 173–4, 176–7

Goit, Charlie 209

Goodman, Ezra 102

Gosman, Dicky 264

Gough, Jim 173, 316, 349

Grable, Betty 123, 163, 168, 172–3

Graham, Dora 84

Graham, Sheila 122, 123, 147

Grainger, Charles 1, 6

Grant, Cary 142, 143, 144

Grant, Johnny 97, 112–13, 148

Grasko, Natalie 115

Grauman’s Chinese Theatre 16, 97, 120, 174

Graves, Lyle Arthur 1

Greco, Buddy 333

Greene, Amy 197, 203, 207, 222, 243

Greene, Milton 176, 197, 201, 203, 204, 207, 209, 218, 222, 245, 249, 256, 262, 263, 322

Greenson, Daniel 310, 325

Greenson, Dr Ralph 285, 299, 300, 303, 309–10, 311, 312, 321, 323, 327–8, 334, 337, 339–40, 343

Griffin, Judge Charles J. 215–16

Gris, Henry 311

Guilaroff, Sydney 273

Guinness, Alec 236

Gurdin, Dr Michael 114, 331–2

Guthrie, Raymond 5, 10

Hakim, Raoul 130

Halsman, Philippe 114

Hamilton, Jack 270

Hand, Tommy 251–2

Hand, Tony 251–2

‘Happy Birthday Mr President’ 326

Hardy, Oliver 29

Harlow, Jean 16, 20, 32, 33, 88, 172, 190, 277, 343

Hartman, Edmund 320

Haspiel, James 212

Hast, Ron 341, 342

Havious, Gerdi Marie 340

Hawks, Howard 142, 143, 144, 162, 165, 166

Hayes, Steve 91, 193–4, 207

Hecht, Ben 105, 181, 182, 190

Heckart, Eileen 217

Hefner, Hugh 336

Heison, Bill 43, 44

Henaghan, Jim 127, 128, 149–50

Henaghan, Jim, Jr 149–50, 164

Henderson, Olive 35

Henderson, Patricia 154–5

Herbuveaux, Nanette 181

Heriot, Peggy 249

Herman, Woody 106

Heston, Charlton 282

Heuth, Potter 66, 68, 71

Highland Avenue 22–3

Hill, George 306

Hilldale Avenue 142

Hogan, Tilford M. 17

Hohenberg, Margaret 207

Holga Steel Files 71

Holloway Drive 132–3

Hollywood Bowl 13, 108

Hollywood Studio Club 105, 106, 113

Holm, Celeste 121, 123

Hometown Story (film) 123

Hopper, Hedda 195, 286–7, 304, 305, 331

How To Marry a Millionaire (film) 172–3, 177

Howell, Chester and Doris 50, 52

Hudson, Rock 180, 282

Hughes, Howard 87

Hugo (dog) 264, 266, 294, 308

Huston, John 120, 121, 287, 292

Hyams, Joe 311

Hyde, Johnny 111–14, 120, 121, 126–8, 131

Hyman, Earle 213–14

Ingram, Joan and John 52

Ingram, Margaret 26

Ishii, Tom 43

Ittel, Allison 186

Jack Benny Program 176

Jackson, Anne 208

Jackson, Joyce 242–3

Jacob, Joseph 155–6

Jacobs, Arthur P. 219, 309, 323, 330–1, 341, 343

see also Arthur P. Jacobs Agency

Japan, visit to 185–6

Jasgur, Joseph 75

Jeakins, Dorothy 284–5, 287

Jeffries, Norman 316, 336

Jennings, Bill 152

Jergens, Adele 104

Jessel, George 122

Johnson, Erskine 119, 149

Johnson, Nunnally 320

Jolley, Arthur E. C. 156

Jones, Harmon 131

Josefa (dog) 122, 126

Kamber, Bernie 159

Kamm, Herbert 264

Kanteman, Paul ‘Wes’ 48–51, 53, 56, 57, 58, 59, 62, 62–3, 67, 110–11, 347

Kapland, Morrie 153–4

Karger, Anne 114, 197, 201

Karger, Fred 104–5, 106, 108–9, 111, 114, 199

Karpman, Jerry 153–4

Kaufman, George S. 105

Kazan, Elia 102, 126–7, 130, 131, 132

Keel, Howard 41

Kelley, Tom 109–10, 115, 148

Kelton Avenue 91

Kennedy, John F. 297, 303, 324, 325–6, 331

Kennedy, Robert (Bobby) 325–6, 329, 331, 332

Kent, Jean 241

Khrushchev, Nikita 277

Kilgallen, Dorothy 156

Kingston, Kenny 188–9

Kinnell, Murray 20, 21

Kirkland, Douglas 311–12, 314

Knebelkamp, Diane 34, 59, 60, 341

Knebelkamp, Sam and Enid 32, 34, 45, 48, 60, 98, 99, 102, 148, 176, 274–5, 341, 344

Knight, Esmond 241, 243–4

Korea tour 186–8

Kotz, Florence 200

Kris, Dr Marianne 262, 279, 285, 298, 300

Krogull, Christine 93

Kronquist, Larry 71, 72

Ladies of the Chorus (play) 104, 109, 110–11

Lake Sherwood 49–50, 55

Lane, Thomas 171

Lang, Fritz 135

Lankershim School 36

Larson, Catherine 32, 60, 99, 102, 275, 341

Larson, Robert 275

Laughton, Charles 93

Lawford, Patricia Kennedy 325, 326, 333, 334, 341

Lawford, Peter 123–4, 305, 325, 326, 333, 334, 337, 338, 341

Leaf, Earl 122

Leigh, Vivien 213, 223, 229, 236, 241, 248

Lemmon, Jack 271, 272, 273

Let’s Make It Legal (film) 135

Let’s Make Love (film) 282–4, 285, 287

Levathes, Peter 321, 324, 334

Levy, Benn 259

Lewis, Jerry 167

Life (magazine) 114, 209, 270, 277, 315, 332–3

Lincoln, Abraham 40, 211, 261

Linden, Don 6, 152

Lipton, Harry 77, 78, 95, 96, 98, 99, 101, 112

Litchfield Productions 282

Logan, Joshua 217, 229, 250

Long, Art 291

Look (magazine) 311, 314

Loos, Anita 122

Loraine, Don 187

Los Angeles flood (1938) 36–7

Los Angeles Orphans Home 25–32

Losman, Marian 43

Louis, Jean 285, 320

Love Happy (film) 116, 117

Lower, Ana 22, 34, 37–9, 41, 42, 50, 51, 52, 57, 67, 73, 84, 86, 89–90, 103–4

Luckman, Sid 335

Lyles, A. C. 119–20, 348

Lynley, Carol 314

Lyon, Ben 87, 88, 89

Lyon, Bill 87, 88, 89

Lytess, Natasha 102–3, 120, 125–6, 128–9, 132, 133, 134–5, 135, 137, 138, 140, 159, 160, 165–6, 172, 175, 178, 180–1, 182, 195, 204, 216, 324

MacAllister, Virginia 117

McArdle, Maureen 264–5

McCallister, Lon 117

MacDiarmid, Edna 290

McGuiggan, Peggy 274

McKee, Grace see Goddard, Grace

Maf (dog) 307, 308, 312, 349

Mafia 345

Maj, Blanch 154

Mangone, Peter 212

Mankowitz, Wolf 240, 259

Mansfield, Jayne 264

March, David 141, 145, 148, 151

March, Fredric 17, 304

Margaret, Princess 257

Marilyn Monroe Productions 203, 204, 210, 213, 249, 262–3, 271, 294

Marlowe, Ann 296, 306

Marlowe, Patricia 340

Marmor, Dr Judd 133

Marshall, David 345

Martin, Dean 167, 305, 323, 327, 329

Martin, Ida 35, 37

Martin, Ida Mae 36

Marx, Groucho 116

Masters, George 212–13

Mattei, Roger 264

Mature, Victor 122

Maugham, Somerset 206

Maxwell, Elsa 205, 215, 261

Melson, Inez 199, 200, 203, 270, 273, 339, 341

Merman, Ethel 191, 195

Meryman, Richard 315, 332–3

Method acting 139, 205, 239

Miller, Arthur 130, 131, 132, 207–8, 211, 215, 218–19, 261–2, 265–6, 268, 271, 272, 276, 277, 278, 279, 282, 283, 301–2, 308, 318, 344

contempt of Congress charge 218, 263–4, 272

The Crucible (play) 282

divorced from MM 297

first date with MM 131

marriage breakdown 244, 289, 292–3, 294

marries MM 220

The Misfits (film) 280, 286, 288

and MM’s death 340

trip to England with MM 223, 226, 227, 229, 231, 232, 234, 235, 238, 241, 243, 244, 245, 247, 250, 255, 258, 259

A View From the Bridge (play) 211, 250, 255, 257

Miller, Augusta 219, 268, 293, 302

Miller, Bobby 219, 269, 279–80, 293

Miller, Isidore 219, 302, 317, 326, 340

Miller, Jane 219, 269, 279, 293

Miller, Richard 75

Milne, Marcus 242

Miracle, Berniece Baker (sister) 2, 19, 39–40, 43, 63, 89, 91, 307, 308, 340, 341

Miracle, Paris 39, 63

The Misfits (film) 280, 284, 285, 287–91, 292, 293, 294

Mitchum, Robert 174–5

Mocambo nightclub 165

Monkey Business (film) 142–4, 147, 157

Monroe, Della (later, Graves; Grainger: grandmother) 1–2, 6, 7–8

Monroe, Gladys Pearl (mother) see Baker, Gladys

Monroe, Marilyn

abortions 278, 330–1

adoption plans 319, 330, 344

affinity with children 107, 209–10, 290

alcohol dependence 88, 248, 268

appendicitis 144, 148–9

autobiographies 181–2, 190

awards 138, 149, 168, 189, 320

birth 6

buys own home 315–16, 320

Cal-Neva weekend 333–4

callgirl rumours 97, 98

childhood and teens 7–45

childhood molestation 20–1, 36

chronic unpunctuality 62–3, 121, 126, 135, 139, 143, 164, 166, 172, 189, 192, 216–17, 239, 256, 258, 266, 273–4, 283, 288

Cindarella story 10–11, 27, 30, 36, 89, 149

concentration difficulties 91, 143, 210

conversion to Judaism 220

death 339–40, 344–5

depression 128, 277, 294, 330, 333, 336, 337

difficult and manipulative side 101, 212–13, 245, 250, 289, 314–15

difficulty remembering lines 87, 241, 274, 290, 327

disguises 212, 246, 280

distressed by media and public intrusion 118, 185, 196, 217, 276

divorces 90–1, 199–200, 297

education 12–13, 16, 29, 36, 37, 39, 40, 42–3, 43, 46, 50, 134

endometriosis 38, 138, 173, 243–4, 331

family fear of insanity 1, 8

FBI interest in 317–18

fear of childbirth 59–60

films see individual index entries

financial affairs 96, 115, 153

first crush and date 41

first film parts 92

first screen test 87–8

foster care 6–7, 8–9, 10–14, 19–21, 22–3, 32–7, 32–47

funeral 341–2

gall bladder removal 307, 308

generosity 64, 154, 176, 286, 290, 291, 295, 337

gynaecological problems and operations 177, 201, 277–8, 304, 331, 332

hair 70, 74–5, 120, 257

institutionalised 298–300

intruder incident 98–9

JFK birthday celebrations 324–5, 326

Kennedy liaisons see Kennedy, John F.; Kennedy, Robert (Bobby)

lesbian rumours 332

love of animals 12, 33, 58, 59, 173, 265, 281, 288

love of literature 81, 93, 134, 246, 253

marriages see DiMaggio, Joe; Dougherty, Jim; Miller, Arthur

menstrual problems 38, 138–9, 244, 291

miscarriages 132, 243, 267–8, 276, 330–1

modelling jobs 65, 66, 67, 68–77, 109

name change 88

nude calendar shoot 115–16, 147–8

nude swimming film sequence 327

orphanage placement 25–32

paternity 5

plastic surgery 114

poetry-writing 142, 262, 265

pregnancy rumours 97–8, 132, 243, 259, 263, 265–6, 273, 275, 276, 286

prescription drug use and overdoses 248, 276, 277, 288–9, 298, 307, 310, 323, 327–8, 329–30, 333, 335, 337, 343, 345

psychic readings 188–9

psychoanalysis 133, 207–8, 248, 262, 279, 298

reticence about family and personal life 86–7, 89, 106, 149, 150, 187

screen test 87–8

sexually unfulfilled 182

shyness and insecurity 13, 20, 39, 43, 54, 55, 99, 179, 230

singing 13, 164, 165

stammer 21, 39

suicidal behaviour 128, 181, 194, 268, 298, 299

television work 176

theatre work 99–100, 105–6

traffic accidents and violations 72–3, 109–10, 190, 215–16

university enrollment 134

wants children 56, 151, 268, 269, 290

wardrobe 138, 158, 168, 187, 225–6, 255, 257, 326

Monroe, Marion Otis (uncle) 35

Monroe, Olive (aunt) 23, 26, 35

Monroe, Otis (grandfather) 1

Montand, Yves 258, 282, 283, 284, 286–7

Moore, Isabel 15

Moran, Earl 75

Morath, Inge 318

Moriarty, Evelyn 285–6, 289, 291, 319, 325, 327, 334

Morrison, Charlie 165

Mortensen, Martin Edward 4, 5, 9

Mosby, Aline 145, 159

Muggsie (dog) 59, 66–7

Muir, Dorothy 43, 44, 45, 77, 86–7

Murphy, Olin Gleason 33

Murray, Don 215, 217

Murray, Eunice 310–11, 315, 316, 317, 318, 325, 335–6, 337, 338, 339, 343, 345

Murrow, Edward R. 207

My Story (autobiography) 190

National Concert Artists Corporation 77

NBC 207, 254, 296, 300, 302, 306

Nebraska Avenue 37–9

Nelson, Elyda 22, 40, 49, 51, 52, 56, 59, 61, 62, 72

Newcomb, Patricia 217, 295, 297, 309, 314, 317, 320, 323, 324, 328, 330, 332, 335, 336

Niagara (film) 153, 154–5, 156, 167

Night Without Sleep see Don’t Bother to Knock (film)

Niven, David 94

Noonan, George 162

North Doheny Drive 171–2, 173, 174, 309, 311

North Harper Drive 125–6

North Palm Drive 190, 192, 193

North, Sheree 180

O. Henry’s Full House (film) 142

Obermeyer, Don 187–8

O’Brien, Bob 264

O’Connor, Donald 191, 192

Odessa Street 45–6

O’Doul, Lefty 185, 186, 292

Olivier, Laurence 213, 221, 223, 224, 225, 226, 229–30, 236, 239–40, 241, 242, 245, 248, 250, 252, 260

Olmstead, Forrest 148, 176, 177

Olmstead, Jo 59, 60, 275

Oppenheimer, Peer J. 207, 274, 290, 349

Ormandy, Eugene 108

Ornitz, Don 328

Oxnard Avenue 35–6

Packham, PC 236–7

Palance, Jack 139

Paris Match (magazine) 320

Parkside House 222, 224–5, 228–9, 232, 233–5, 245, 249

Parry, Paul 68

Parsons, Louella 121, 122, 126, 168, 190, 238, 286, 297, 305, 331

Payne Whitney hospital 298–300

Pearson, Drew 195

Pearson, G. 233–4

Peck, Gregory 282

Pemberton, Allan R. 228

Peters, Jean 156

Playboy (magazine) 336

Pletcher, Marjorie 289

Plummer, Bob, Jr 290

Porter, Brenda 231

Preminger, Otto 175

The Prince and the Showgirl (film) 213, 221, 225, 239–42, 243, 244, 247, 248, 250–1, 254, 255–6, 258, 262, 264

Pryer, Tom 153

Pupello, Lynn 303, 307–8

Pursel, Bill 38, 44, 79–80, 81, 82–3, 85–6, 87, 88, 93, 94–5, 96, 97–8, 105, 106–8, 115–16, 117–18, 123–5, 145–6, 326, 342, 347–8

Pursel, Dick 100

Pursel, Jeanne 87

Quayle, Anthony 250, 255

Quinn, Anthony 87

Rabe, Peggy 145

Radioplane 61–2, 65, 66

Rain (television project) 296, 300, 302, 304, 306–7

Randall, Tony 283

Randolph, John 72

Ratoff, Gregory 121

Rattigan, Terence 221, 236, 237, 238, 253

Rauh, Joe 263, 272, 340

Red Rock Dairy 151, 152

Redbook (magazine) 25, 150, 168, 311, 315, 332

Reid, Elliott 166, 349

Reinhardt, Max 160–1

Reis, May 262, 292, 294, 300, 302

Remick, Lee 329

Richards, Agnes 170

Right Cross (film) 123

Ritter, Thelma 289–90

River of No Return (film) 110, 174–6

Rizzo, Willy 320

RKO studios 23, 25, 102, 135

Roberts, Ralph 285, 289, 291, 292, 294, 300, 308, 309, 325, 337

Robertson, Dale 133

Rockefeller, Laurence S. 266

Rockhaven Sanitarium 170–1, 270

Rodgers, Dr Mortimer 277–8

Rogell, Al 24

Rogers, Ginger 42, 142, 144

Rosten, Hedda 208, 245

Rosten, Norman 208, 209, 213, 277, 294, 322, 336

Rosten, Patricia 209

Rowland Street 101

Roxbury 261, 269, 272, 280, 281, 294, 308

Royal Command Performance 257, 258

Rubin, Kathleen Hughes 95–6, 118–19

Rubin, Stanley 110, 175, 176

Rudin, Milton 315, 316, 324, 328, 338

Russell, Jane 162–3, 164, 166, 171, 174, 186

Russell, Lilian 277

Ryan, Robert 135

Ryerson, Florence 100

Ryman, Lucille 95, 99, 101, 120

Sale, Richard 119, 135

Sampson, Edwin 242

Sandburg, Carl 81, 305

Sanders, George 121

Sawtelle School 39

Schaefer, Hal 164, 165, 191–2, 194–5, 197–201, 202

Schenck, Joseph 101–2, 121, 130

Scherbatoff, Princess Mara 219, 220

Schiller, Larry 336

Schlesinger, Carl 266–7

Schneider, Charles 270

Schulman, Arnold 320

Schultz, Ken 92

Scott, Mark 192

Scott, Vernon 311

Scudda Hoo, Scudda Hay (film) 92

Searle, Gerald 242

Second World War 58

Seedman, Stanley 92

Seigel, Dr Lee 324

Selsman, Michael 314–15, 325, 329, 330–1, 332, 340

Serafina (cat) 285

Serling, Rod 306

The Seven Year Itch (film) 189, 195–7, 204, 210, 226

Sharp, Ernest 184

Shaw, Edith 210

Shaw, Meta 209–10

Shaw, Sam 208

Sheehan, Howard, Jr 289

Shepherd, Richard 206–7

Shurr, Louis 116

Siegel, Sol 184

Signoret, Simone 258, 282, 286

Sims, Mary 305

Sinatra, Frank 178, 200, 203, 303–4, 305, 307, 313, 333–4, 341

Sitwell, Dame Edith 205, 231, 256

Skipsey, Eric 312

skirt-blowing scene 196–7, 303

Skolsky, Sidney 91, 135, 147, 174, 184, 193, 194, 198, 199, 343–4

Skouras, Spyros 263, 272

Slade, Ira 219

Slade, Paul 219

Slatzer, Robert 156–7

Smith, Maria 71

Snively, Emmeline 70, 71, 72, 73, 74–5, 76, 77, 87

Snyder, Allan 163, 175, 288, 289, 292, 293, 306, 309, 311, 325, 326, 327

Some Like It Hot (film) 271–4, 275–6, 277, 283

Something’s Got To Give (film) 308, 320–2, 323–4, 327–9, 332, 334, 344

Sorell, Helena 93–4

Soule, Claire 134

Springer, John 295, 297, 300, 302

Stage Door (play) 105–6, 109

Stanford, Annabelle 100, 113, 127, 138–9, 304

Stanislavski, Constantin 205

Stanwyck, Barbara 135, 137

Stapleton, Maureen 214

Statement in Full (play) 157

Steber, Eleanor 108

Steele, Tommy 231

Steinberg, Dr Oscar 276–7, 278, 325, 331

Steinberg, Vanessa 276–7, 278, 325, 331

Stengel, Marge 309

Stern, Bert 322–3, 329

Stewart, Sheila 200

Stieg, Lewis F. 160, 161

Stiles, Bernard 222

Stiles, Dolly 222, 229, 232, 243, 244, 247, 253

Stotts, Bob 43, 45, 54, 76, 77

Strasberg, Lee 205, 214, 215, 241, 245, 292, 296, 300, 306, 307, 312–13, 342

Strasberg, Paula 205, 217, 218, 235, 240–1, 256, 284, 292, 313, 323, 329

Strasberg, Susan 209, 243, 281, 292

Styne, Jules 344

Sutton Place 211

Sykes, Will 177

Taplin, Lorena Ann 31

Taylor, Curtice 280–1, 288, 289

Taylor, Elizabeth 150, 321, 327, 328

Taylor, Frank 280, 282, 285, 289

Temple, Shirley 30

Theisen, Earl 138

There’s No Business Like Show Business (film) 189, 190–2, 195

Thomas, Bob 167, 168, 269

Thompson, J. Lee 343

Thorndike, Joe 209

Thorndike, John 208–9

Thorndike, Dame Sybil 230, 251

Thornton, Michael 123, 234–6

Tibbs Farm 221, 222

Ticket to Tomahawk (film) 118–19

Tierney, Tom 270–1

Time-Life Building 266–7

Tippy (dog) 12, 13

Todd, Thelma 101, 130

Traviss, Pat 170, 171

Truax, Lisa 156

Tufts, Sonny 94

Turner, Lana 122

Turner, Roy 42

Twentieth Century Fox 87, 88–9, 92, 95, 118, 121, 122, 126, 135, 153, 180, 184, 204, 213, 328–9

films see individual index entries

Uhley, Dr Leon 327

Underwood, Ron 43

Van Nuys High School 46

Verdon, Gwen 164

Vine Street School 29, 37

Vista Del Monte 51, 52–3, 57

Vogue photo shoot 322–3, 329

Von Driska, Darrell 151, 152

Wakehouse, Donald 186

Wald, Jerry 136

Wallach, Eli 208, 214, 288, 289

Walmsley, Gene 290

Ward, Horace 260

Warner, Jack 260

Wattis, Richard 236

Wayne, David 137, 172

Wayne, John 142

Weatherby, W. J. 297–8, 303

Webb, Clifton 188

Weinstein, Henry 321, 323, 327

We’re Not Married (film) 142

Weston, Mark 206, 215

Wexler, Milton 343

Whitman, Walt 253

Whitten, Gladys 193

Widmark, Richard 140

Wilder, Billy 189, 271, 273, 274, 343

Willett, Frank 78–9

Willett, Kirby 33–4

Willett, Minnie 33, 34, 78, 91

William Morris Agency 111, 112, 113

Williams, Frank 223

Willinger, Lazlo 72

Wilson, Colin 255, 259

Wilson, Earl 117, 305

Wilson, Harry Charles 19

Winchell, Walter 173

Winer, Albert 211

Winters, Shelley 92, 132–3

Wisdom, Norman 254

Woodward, Joanne 308

Wright, Frank Lloyd 269

Wright, Loyd 181, 182, 184, 190

‘Wrong Door Raid’ 200–1

Wyman, Jane 199

Young, Alan 89–90, 348–9

Zanuck, Darryl F. 92, 122, 137, 140, 175, 178

Zec, Donald 226

Zernial, Gus 144–5

Zolotow, Maurice 32, 105