AN ACTRESS NO ONE HAS FORGOTTEN.

Anyone who thinks that Marilyn Monroe was not a great actress is sadly mistaken. Monroe, like Elvis Presley, was forced by the studio into trite commercial roles, and prevented from proving their skills in more serious fare. For instance Monroe was considered to star in Oklahoma with James Dean, Nixed. She was chosen for the role of Grushenka in The Brother Karamazov, nixed; and talks were underway for her to play Kate Nolan in the musical version of, A Tree Grows in Brooklyn opposite Frank Sinatra, also nixed. At the Actors' Studio, she did a scene from A Streetcar Named Desire in which the fellow actors were astounded by her brilliant Blanche Dubois. While she did star in some major productions, there were many major films which were denied to her because she was such big box office in lighter, weaker roles. So movie-goers were often cheated out of seeing just how brilliant Marilyn was. Imagine, for instance, what an impact she would have made did she not have to turn down the role of Lola in Damn Yankees. Tab Hunter and Marilyn Monroe. Now that's movie magic. Sadly we will never see these unmade films, yet even with the few quality productions she made, she won the affection of the world, which is why even today, 57 years after her death, she is still famous, admired and recognized all over the world.