Abbott, Allan 341–2
Actors Studio 205–6, 210, 214–15, 296, 297, 302, 313
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, 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
Arden, Elizabeth 256
Arlen, Harold 211
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 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
Bardot, Brigitte 258
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
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, Nancy 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 24
Bow, Clara 277
Boyd, Steve 282
Boyle, Hal 264
Brand, Harry 198
Brand, Phoebe 92
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, William 68–70
Carter, Glenn Thomas 318, 319, 330
Caruso, Julius 212
Casey, Kathleen 322
Cassini, Oleg 138
Castillian Drive 159
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
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
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
Colbert, Claudette 135
Collier, Constance 205
Columbia Pictures 32–3, 102–3, 104, 109
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
Cowan, Lester 116
Cowen, Charles 287
Crawford, Cheryl 205
Crosby, Bing 325
Curtis, Mark 291
Damiecki, Edward 267
Damiecki, John 268
Dangerous Years (film) 92, 289
D’Antonio, Henry 336–7
Davis, Sammy, Jr 305
DeFore, Don 117
Delaney, Frank 204
Delongpre Avenue 198
DePree Miller, Diane 64
‘Diamonds Are a Girl’s Best Friend’ 163, 187
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
marries MM 182–4
reconciliation hopes 210–11, 304, 335
supposed abuse of MM 185, 192, 197, 198
‘Wrong Door Raid’ 200–1
DiMaggio, Tom 179
Don’t Bother to Knock (formerly, Night Without Sleep) (film) 137, 140–1
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
Douglas, Paul 135
Drennen, Doris 45, 46, 52, 54, 55
Dubrow, Hilliard 267
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
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
The Fireball (film) 121
Flanagan, Agnes 292
Formby, George 254
Franklin, Joe 181
French, Hugh 189
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
Gierasch, Stefan 205, 208, 214
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, Mary 151
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
Grable, Betty 123, 163, 168, 172–3
Graham, Dora 84
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, 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
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
Havious, Gerdi Marie 340
Hawks, Howard 142, 143, 144, 162, 165, 166
Heckart, Eileen 217
Hefner, Hugh 336
Henaghan, Jim 127, 128, 149–50
Henderson, Olive 35
Henderson, Patricia 154–5
Herbuveaux, Nanette 181
Heriot, Peggy 249
Herman, Woody 106
Heston, Charlton 282
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 Studio Club 105, 106, 113
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
Hughes, Howard 87
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
Jennings, Bill 152
Jergens, Adele 104
Jessel, George 122
Johnson, Nunnally 320
Jolley, Arthur E. C. 156
Jones, Harmon 131
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, 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
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
Knebelkamp, Diane 34, 59, 60, 341
Knebelkamp, Sam and Enid 32, 34, 45, 48, 60, 98, 99, 102, 148, 176, 274–5, 341, 344
Korea tour 186–8
Kotz, Florence 200
Kris, Dr Marianne 262, 279, 285, 298, 300
Krogull, Christine 93
Ladies of the Chorus (play) 104, 109, 110–11
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
Let’s Make It Legal (film) 135
Let’s Make Love (film) 282–4, 285, 287
Levy, Benn 259
Lewis, Jerry 167
Life (magazine) 114, 209, 270, 277, 315, 332–3
Lipton, Harry 77, 78, 95, 96, 98, 99, 101, 112
Litchfield Productions 282
Long, Art 291
Loos, Anita 122
Loraine, Don 187
Los Angeles flood (1938) 36–7
Los Angeles Orphans Home 25–32
Losman, Marian 43
Lower, Ana 22, 34, 37–9, 41, 42, 50, 51, 52, 57, 67, 73, 84, 86, 89–90, 103–4
Luckman, Sid 335
Lynley, Carol 314
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
Mafia 345
Maj, Blanch 154
Mangone, Peter 212
Mansfield, Jayne 264
March, David 141, 145, 148, 151
Margaret, Princess 257
Marilyn Monroe Productions 203, 204, 210, 213, 249, 262–3, 271, 294
Marlowe, Patricia 340
Marmor, Dr Judd 133
Marshall, David 345
Martin, Dean 167, 305, 323, 327, 329
Martin, Ida Mae 36
Marx, Groucho 116
Masters, George 212–13
Mattei, Roger 264
Mature, Victor 122
Maugham, Somerset 206
Melson, Inez 199, 200, 203, 270, 273, 339, 341
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
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
affinity with children 107, 209–10, 290
alcohol dependence 88, 248, 268
awards 138, 149, 168, 189, 320
birth 6
Cal-Neva weekend 333–4
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
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
distressed by media and public intrusion 118, 185, 196, 217, 276
education 12–13, 16, 29, 36, 37, 39, 40, 42–3, 43, 46, 50, 134
endometriosis 38, 138, 173, 243–4, 331
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
generosity 64, 154, 176, 286, 290, 291, 295, 337
gynaecological problems and operations 177, 201, 277–8, 304, 331, 332
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
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
suicidal behaviour 128, 181, 194, 268, 298, 299
television work 176
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
Muir, Dorothy 43, 44, 45, 77, 86–7
Murphy, Olin Gleason 33
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
Odessa Street 45–6
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
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
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
Quinn, Anthony 87
Rabe, Peggy 145
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
Redbook (magazine) 25, 150, 168, 311, 315, 332
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
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
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
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
Sampson, Edwin 242
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
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
Stanford, Annabelle 100, 113, 127, 138–9, 304
Stanislavski, Constantin 205
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
Stewart, Sheila 200
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
Thompson, J. Lee 343
Thorndike, Joe 209
Thorndike, John 208–9
Thorndike, Dame Sybil 230, 251
Ticket to Tomahawk (film) 118–19
Tierney, Tom 270–1
Time-Life Building 266–7
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
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, John 142
Webb, Clifton 188
Weinstein, Henry 321, 323, 327
We’re Not Married (film) 142
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, Harry Charles 19
Winchell, Walter 173
Winer, Albert 211
Wisdom, Norman 254
Woodward, Joanne 308
Wright, Frank Lloyd 269
Wright, Loyd 181, 182, 184, 190
‘Wrong Door Raid’ 200–1
Wyman, Jane 199
Zanuck, Darryl F. 92, 122, 137, 140, 175, 178
Zec, Donald 226
Zernial, Gus 144–5