“Sylvia Plath was the Marilyn Monroe of modern literature,” Carl Rollyson wrote in American Isis, his biography of the poet. … More
Tag: Mental Illness
On This Day: Marilyn at Payne Whitney
On February 10, 1961, Marilyn was admitted to hospital in New York, as the world’s press reported a day later … More
Colleen Foy On Nursing Marilyn’s Mother in ‘Blonde’
Actress Colleen Foy made an auspicious big-screen debut in Paul Thomas Anderson’s epic drama, There Will Be Blood (2007.) More … More
Rockhaven, Home to Marilyn’s Mother, is Saved
After years of campaigning, Rockhaven – the former women’s sanatarium in Glendale, California, where Marilyn’s mother lived for more than … More
Marilyn Turns Suffering Into Magic in ‘Some Like It Hot’
In the latest instalment of his series for Classic Movie Hub, Gary Vitacco Robles looks at the personal struggles behind … More
Trauma and Resilience in ‘Marilyn: Behind the Icon’
Monroe biographer and psychotherapist Gary Vitacco Robles is interviewed in the July issue of RAGE Magazine regarding his podcast series, … More
Marilyn Inspires ‘Incriminating Mary’
Srishti Chhabria has spoken about how Marilyn inspired her short film, Incriminating Mary – starring British actress Abbie Steele as … More
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