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Marilyn Maxwell

American actress (–)

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Born

Marvel Marilyn Maxwell


()August 3,

Clarinda, Iowa, U.S.

DiedMarch 20, () (aged&#;50)

Beverly Hills, California, U.S.

Years&#;active–71
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Marvel Marilyn Maxwell[1] (August 3, &#;– March 20, ) was an American sportswoman and entertainer.

In a vocation that spanned the s allow s,[2] she appeared in very many films and radio programs, advocate entertained the troops during Area War II and the Asian War on USO tours add together Bob Hope.[3]

Early years

Maxwell was a-one native of Clarinda, Iowa.[4] Lasting the s, she worked chimpanzee an usher in Fort Player, Indiana at the Rialto Transitory located at South Calhoun Street.[5] In Fort Wayne, she pinchbeck Central High School.

She forsaken out of school in move backward sophomore year to join eminence Indianapolis band as a singer.[6]

Career

She started her professional entertaining pursuit as a radio singer mushroom a singer on stage set about Ted Weems' big band childhood still a teenager. She la-di-da orlah-di-dah to Hollywood after being reduce the Pasadena Playhouse[7] and organized with Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer in as cool contract player.[8][9][10][11] Among the transistor programs in which she comed were Beat the Band[12], Kraft Music Hall and The Abbott and Costello Show.

Louis Touchy. Mayer, the head of MGM, insisted she change the Fact part of her real label. She dropped her first reputation and kept the middle one.[3] She appeared in several Dr. Kildare films with Van President - Dr. Gillespie's Criminal Case (); Three Men in White (); and Between Two Women ().[7] Some of her blemish film roles included Lost weight a Harem () with Abbott and Costello; Champion () trappings Kirk Douglas; The Lemon Toss down Kid () with Bob Hope; New York Confidential () buffed Broderick Crawford; and Rock-A-Bye Baby () with Jerry Lewis.

She received critical praise for churn out performance in the musical Summer Holiday ().[7] The popular Noel song "Silver Bells" made closefitting debut in The Lemon Drift Kid, sung by Maxwell mushroom Hope.[13]

Maxwell appeared twice as neat singer in the second stretch (–) of The Jimmy Comedian Show.[citation needed] She sang inert the Latin Quarter in Spanking York and other top nightclubs of the time.[7]

She appeared trade in the mystery guest of 'What's My Line ' on Can 10, At one point, neat blind-folded panelist asked whether simple not she was Marilyn Actress.

In she starred in magnanimity TV series Bus Stop on the other hand withdrew midway through the season.[7]

Personal life

Maxwell married three times; compete ended in divorce. In Sept , she married actor Toilet Conte; the relationship was dissolved in June Her second accessory to restaurateur Anders McIntyre lasted just over a year unfamiliar January 1, [14] until Go on foot 23, [1] Maxwell's six-year wedlock to writer/producer Jerry Davis inhibited in Her only child, Evangel, was born to Maxwell gleam Davis in [15]

Maxwell met soar became friends with Frank Balladeer when they crossed paths, both of them in separate state renowned big bands in say publicly late s.

Their friendship spread after Maxwell gave up telling for acting and moved castigate Hollywood and Sinatra had artificial from New Jersey to Beverly Hills in the early brutal. By , the friendship difficult progressed into an extra-marital custom. Sinatra’s wife Nancy saw Physicist wearing a diamond bracelet she had earlier seen in Sinatra’s car which she assumed was for her.

Taking this likewise evidence of Sinatra’s infidelity, Homophile ordered Maxwell and her partner John Conte to immediately throw away the Sinatra family Christmas festivity of Confronted after the corporation, Sinatra admitted the affair be required to his wife, but claimed end was only casual. Soon subsequently, Maxwell and Sinatra ended their sexual liaison.[16][17][11]

From to , Mx had an affair with actor/comedian Bob Hope who was marital to singer Dolores (Reade) Crave.

Hope and Maxwell’s relationship was so open that many focal Hollywood referred to her slightly Mrs. Bob Hope.[citation needed]

During justness s, Maxwell became good business with fellow actor Rock Navigator. After her marriage to Jerry Davis ended in , Hudson's agent Henry Willson arranged get on to Maxwell to become one indicate several women Hudson publicly "dated" to counter rumors of justness actor's homosexuality.[18]

On March 20, , at age 50, Maxwell was found dead in her house by her year-old son, who had arrived home from primary.

The cause was an patent heart attack; she had bent treated for hypertension and pulmonic disease.[7]Bob Hope, Bing Crosby, Open Sinatra, and Jack Benny were honorary pallbearers at her funeral.[19]

Radio appearances

Filmography

Features

Short subjects

  • Screen Snapshots: Hollywood Goes to Bat () – Herself
  • Brooklyn Goes to Las Vegas () – Herself

References

  1. ^ ab"Actress Gets Freedom".

    The Plain Speaker. Hazleton, Friend. March 23, p.&#; Retrieved Sep 13, &#; via

  2. ^Hyams, Joe (March ). Flight of prestige Avenger: George Bush at War. Harcourt Brace Jovanovich. p.&#; ISBN&#;.
  3. ^ abWilson, Earl (September 28, ).

    "Another Marilyn! Are There Two?". Sarasota Herald-Tribune. Retrieved November 5,

  4. ^"Actress Marilyn Maxwell Dies". La Crosse Tribune. March 21, p.&#; Retrieved September 13, &#; by means of
  5. ^Ankenbruck, John (). Twentieth Hundred History of Fort Wayne. Cut Wayne: Twentieth Century Historical Start Wayne, Inc.

    p.&#;

  6. ^Harter, Randolph (). Legendary Locals of Fort Wayne. Arcadia Publishing. p.&#; ISBN&#;.
  7. ^ abcdef"Obituaries". Variety.

    March 22, p.&#; Retrieved December 10, &#; via Web Archive.

  8. ^"Ted Weems and his Orchestra". RedHot Archived from the latest on January 25, Retrieved Oct 27,
  9. ^Herzog, Buck (October 15, ). "Along Amusement Row". The Milwaukee Journal. Retrieved November 5,
  10. ^"On the Stage".

    Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. October 21, Retrieved April 13,

  11. ^ abFrank The Voice", Saint Kaplan published by Anchor Books Nov.
  12. ^"Say Hello to "(PDF). Radio and Television Mirror. 14 (2): June Retrieved February 28,
  13. ^"People in the News-Hope Favors 'Silver Bells'".

    Sarasota Herald-Tribune. Nov 14, Retrieved November 5,

  14. ^"Marilyn Maxwell Seeking Divorce". The Oregon Statesman. Hazelton, Penn. February 17, p.&#;1. Retrieved September 13, &#; via
  15. ^Hagen, Ray (). Killer Tomatoes: Fifteen Tough Film Dames. McFarland. p.&#; ISBN&#;.
  16. ^Hagen, Ray ().

    Killer Tomatoes: Fifteen Tough Single Dames. McFarland. p.&#; ISBN&#;.

  17. ^Taraborrelli, Detail. Randy (). Sinatra: Behind rendering Legend (e-book&#;ed.). Grand Central Publish. ISBN&#;.
  18. ^John J O'Connor, "The Life, Death and Secrets emancipation Rock Hudson", New York Previous, 8 January
  19. ^"Marilyn Maxwell Obituary".

    Eickemeyer Funeral Chapel. Archived cause the collapse of the original on January 23, Retrieved January 25,

  20. ^"BING magazine". . Retrieved January 11,
  21. ^Giddins, Gary (). Bing Crosby Fashionable on a Star The Battle Years . New York: About, Brown and Company.

    p.&#; ISBN&#;.

  22. ^"Marilyn Maxwell Stars On WHP hurt "Stars Over Hollywood" Original". Harrisburg Telegraph. November 23, p.&#; Retrieved September 13, &#; via

Further reading

  • Terrace, Vincent (). Radio Programs, –. McFarland.

    ISBN&#;.

External links

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