Shelley Winters

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She was married to Vittorio Gassman from whom she divorced in 1954.  He left her for a 16-year-old girl, Anna Maria Ferrero.  Shelley was represented in her divorce by Jerry Giesler who also later represented Marilyn.
 
She was married to Vittorio Gassman from whom she divorced in 1954.  He left her for a 16-year-old girl, Anna Maria Ferrero.  Shelley was represented in her divorce by Jerry Giesler who also later represented Marilyn.
  
Shelley was invited to a private screening of Elia Kazan's ''On the Waterfront'' starring Marlon Brando.  She went with Marilyn, and on the way picked up Jerry Paris.  At the theater they sat with Nick Ray the producer, and James Dean.  Nick invited Shelley and Marilyn to come back to his bungalow at the [[Chateau Marmont]] to discuss the film.  As they were driving Jerry back to his car, James Dean was playing chicken with them, driving his motorcycle around them in various ways, and laughing like a lunatic.  Shelley says she was scared to death by his antics.  She lectured him about it, and told him he needed to seek a psychiatrist.  At the time he was sleeping with the lady who played Vampira on late-night television.
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Shelley was invited to a private screening of Elia Kazan's ''On the Waterfront'' starring [[Marlon Brando]].  She went with Marilyn, and on the way picked up Jerry Paris.  At the theater they sat with Nick Ray the producer, and James Dean.  Nick invited Shelley and Marilyn to come back to his bungalow at the [[Chateau Marmont]] to discuss the film.  As they were driving Jerry back to his car, James Dean was playing chicken with them, driving his motorcycle around them in various ways, and laughing like a lunatic.  Shelley says she was scared to death by his antics.  She lectured him about it, and told him he needed to seek a psychiatrist.  At the time he was sleeping with the lady who played Vampira on late-night television.
  
 
In the Winter of 1954, Shelley read the script for ''I Am a Camera'' and decided to do it.  It required her going to London in order to learn the difficult accent.  While there she met [[Sean Connery]] who at that time was a dirt-poor beginning actor.  Tall, handsome, and quite muscular from throwing around beer kegs, which had been his last job.  So of course they had an affair as well.  As she was leaving London, she learned that Sean might lose his house, so with her last money (the equivalent of about $300) she in a sneaky round-about way managed to give it to him.  Years later, when he was a millionaire, he repaid her with a blond mink coat in her size, from Christian Dior.
 
In the Winter of 1954, Shelley read the script for ''I Am a Camera'' and decided to do it.  It required her going to London in order to learn the difficult accent.  While there she met [[Sean Connery]] who at that time was a dirt-poor beginning actor.  Tall, handsome, and quite muscular from throwing around beer kegs, which had been his last job.  So of course they had an affair as well.  As she was leaving London, she learned that Sean might lose his house, so with her last money (the equivalent of about $300) she in a sneaky round-about way managed to give it to him.  Years later, when he was a millionaire, he repaid her with a blond mink coat in her size, from Christian Dior.

Revision as of 22:12, 3 September 2008

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