Marilyn Maxwell

Actress

Female

Born Aug 3, 1921

Hometown Clarinda, Iowa

Died Mar 20, 1972

Death Place Beverly Hills, Ca...

Other Names Maxwell, Marvel M...

Marilyn Maxwell, born Marvel Marilyn Maxwell, was an American actress and entertainer. Noted for her blonde hair and sexually alluring persona, she appeared in several films and radio programs, and entertained the troops during World War II and the Korean War on USO tours with Bob Hope.… Read More

Romance

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Jerry Davis
Married 1954
Andy McIntyre

Married 1949 - 1950
Clark Gable
Dated 1949
Peter Lawford
Dated 1946
John Conte
Married 1944 - 1946
Rock Hudson
Dated
Jeff Chandler
Dated
Kirk Douglas
Dated
Ted North
Dated
Turhan Bey
Dated
Louis B. Mayer
Fling
Bob Hope
Dated
William Lundigan
Fling
John Conte
Married

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Teacher Andy Wright Led Sarasota High School Musicians To Success Sarasota Herald Tribune
Google News - Aug 28, 2011

Wright's skill on the piano and trombone led to him touring the country for more than two years with the Shep Fields Band and landing on the same bill as Bob Hope, Marilyn Maxwell and the Ink Spots. The pay jumped quite a bit from his teenage days to
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Noir City: Chicago Features 16 Flicks That Shed Light On Gritty Genre Chicago Sun Times
Google News - Aug 11, 2011

“New York Confidential” (3:30, 9:30 pm Saturday): Once thought lost, this 1955 noir features Broderick Crawford as a mob kingpin whose life is complicated by an unruly hit man (Richard Conte), a restless mistress (Marilyn Maxwell) and a fragile
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Interview: Alan K. Rode Brings 'Noir City' To Chicago's Music Box Theatre Hollywood Chicago.Com
Google News - Aug 09, 2011

[laughs] Then you have Marilyn Maxwell, who was a real glamour queen and Bob Hope's main squeeze on all those USO shows, and then a young Anne Bancroft, who left Hollywood because she was tired of playing Indians and acting in [B-movies like] “Gorilla
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Unlikely Leading Man Charles Laughton; Tcm's Summer Under The Stars Icon Aug. 7 Examiner.Com
Google News - Aug 07, 2011

Also starring Walter Brennan, Brian Donlevy and Marilyn Maxwell, Stand by for Action involves Harvard-educated Lieutenant Gregg Masterman (Taylor) and his superior officer Rear Admiral Stephen 'Old Ironpants' Thomas (Laughton), who are cruising through
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Timeline

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CHILDHOOD

1921 Birth Born on August 3, 1921.

TWENTIES

1942 20 Years Old She started her professional entertaining career as a radio singer while still a teenager before signing with MGM in 1942 as a contract player. … Read More

THIRTIES

1957 35 Years Old On May 16, 1957, she guest starred on NBC's The Ford Show, Starring Tennessee Ernie Ford.

1961 39 Years Old In the 1961-1962 television season, Maxwell played Grace Sherwood, owner of the diner on ABC's 26-episode Bus Stop, a drama about travelers passing through the fictitious town of Sunrise, Colorado.

FIFTIES

1972 50 Years Old 1 More Event

In 1972, Maxwell's 15-year-old son arrived home from school and found her dead at the age of fifty of an apparent heart attack, after she had been treated for hypertension and pulmonary disease. … Read More

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