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Marilyn Maxwell

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Actress

The Resume

    (August 3, 1921-March 20, 1972)
    Born in Clarinda, Iowa
    Birth name was Marvel Marilyn Maxwell
    Acted in 'Stand by for Action (1942),' 'Thousands Cheer (1943),' 'Lost in a Harem (1944),' 'Summer Holiday (1948),' 'Race Street (1948),' 'Champion (1949),' 'Key to the City (1950),' 'The Lemon Drop Kid (1951),' 'Rock-A-Bye Baby (1958),' 'Critic's Choice (1963),' 'The Lively Set (1964)' and 'Arizona Bushwhackers (1968)'
    Died in the bathroom of her Beverly Hills home of a heart attack at age 50

Why she might be annoying:

    Marvel? (good thinking going by that middle name)
    She was thrice married and divorced.
    As a friend of Rock Hudson she made frequent public appearances with him to help quell talk of his homosexuality.
    She dated notorious womanizer Frank Sinatra.
    When compared to Marilyn Monroe she stated, 'Hey, I'm the blond with her clothes on.'
    Or not. When she couldn't find work in 1967 she accepted a position as a burlesque show stripper in Queens.

Why she might not be annoying:

    She started training as a dancer at age 3 and a radio singer as a teen, which came in handy for those MGM musicals.
    In 'The Lemon Drop Kid' she sang 'Silver Bells,' introducing a song that became a holiday classic.
    She toured with Bob Hope and other USO tours to entertain overseas troops.
    Because she was on these tours she missed both her father's 1950 funeral and her mother's funeral a year later.
    Her 1950s nightclub acts were a hit and she found steady work in New York's famed Latin Quarter.
    Her 15-year-old son found her dead in their house, so her friend Hudson cared for him until funeral arrangements could be made.
    Pallbearers at her funeral included Hope, Sinatra, Bing Crosby and Jack Benny.

Credit: Scar Tactics


Featured in the following Annoying Collections:

Year In Review:

    In 2023, Out of 103 Votes: 42.72% Annoying
    In 2022, Out of 11 Votes: 45.45% Annoying
    In 2021, Out of 18 Votes: 61.11% Annoying
    In 2020, Out of 25 Votes: 12.00% Annoying
    In 2019, Out of 10 Votes: 70.0% Annoying
    In 2018, Out of 19 Votes: 52.63% Annoying
    In 2017, Out of 4 Votes: 25.00% Annoying
    In 2016, Out of 36 Votes: 97.22% Annoying
    In 2015, Out of 95 Votes: 46.32% Annoying
    In 2014, Out of 92 Votes: 45.65% Annoying
    In 2013, Out of 11 Votes: 45.45% Annoying
    In 2012, Out of 15 Votes: 33.33% Annoying
    In 2011, Out of 238 Votes: 46.22% Annoying
    In 2010, Out of 73 Votes: 41.10% Annoying
    In 2009, Out of 54 Votes: 37.04% Annoying
    In 2008, Out of 330 Votes: 38.18% Annoying
    In 2007, Out of 81 Votes: 59.26% Annoying