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EPISODE · May 6, 2020 · 31 MIN

EP4 My Life Was Kind of Grim, Part 1

from Marilyn: Behind the Icon

Marilyn purchases a Spanish hacienda style home in Brentwood, California in early 1962, and reflects upon her childhood. Her memories take us back in time to the 1920s as we learn the story of her mother Gladys in the years shortly before Marilyn was born. The episode introduces Gladys and new found friend Grace McKee’s relationship when they worked together as film cutters at Consolidated Film Industries in the early years of the Hollywood motion picture industry during the Roaring Twenties. More at BehindtheIcon.com

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When Marilyn purchases a home in California in early 1962, she reflects upon her childhood and her mother’s challenges during the 1920s.

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