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MELSON Inez

Born Inez Mary Conroy.

Date of birth : March 3, 1900, Montana.

Date of death : July 6, 1985, Los Angeles ().

 

Profession accontant, financial advisor.

 

Addresses  

* 1900 : Butte City, Silver Bow County, Montana ().

* 2499 Horseshoe Canyon Road, Los Angeles

Her office

* 1953 : 9128 Sunset Boulevard, Los Angeles. Tel : CRestview 6-1129.

* 1962 : 9110 Sunset Boulevard, Los Angeles.

Portait  ,

Story

Her parents William Alexander Conroy (January 1873, New Brunswick, Canada) and Agnes Donalda Benson

(December 25, 1879, County Mayo, Ireland-February 7, 1959, Los Angeles ) married on April 12,

1899, Butte, Montana (,).

Widow, Agnes remarried on June 24, 1919, in Butte, Montana with William C.Barker (-

). 

With William Conroy, the had 5 children : 

* Inez Mary ()
* Mary Teresa (July 19, 1902, Montana-February 26, 1926, Montana)()

* Azalea Margaret (January 19, 1903, Montana)()

* Alexandrea Katherine (November 1st, 1906, Montana)()

* William Eugene (March 15, 1913, Montana-October 15, 1984, California)().

Inez first married Benn A.Scott (born in Illinois in 1895) on September 27, 1926, in Los Angeles (

).

She was widowed when she married Harold Wesley "Pat" Melson (November 12, 1904, Nebraska-September

21,
1967, California)()(,) on December 27, 1945. 

It was his third marriage () and was divorced. 

They were both accountants. They didn't have children.


Link with Marilyn 

In 1951 she was hired by Marilyn as financial advisor and was in charge of Gladys Baker's care.

In 1952 she was chosen as Gladys Baker legal guardian.

On April 30, 1953, check in the name of the Marilyn Monroe Trustee Account 


On November 2, 1953, letter to the Fox offically naming her as Marilyn's business manager .

On November 2, 1953, letter from Lloyd Wright .

November 23, 1953, letter sent to Ervin Goddard .

 

On October 27, 1954, she testified in favor of Marilyn against DiMaggio when they divorced, at the Santa

Monica Court 


Letter from Lloyd Wright dated December 2, 1954 .

1955-1960 : during Marilyn's New York period, she kept advising her, without dealing directly with her business.

Letter from Frank Delaney dated January 29, 1955 .

Letters from Lloyd Wright dated February 8,1955 ,,.

Memo dated February 15, 1955 with Ella Fitzgerald's publicist .

Letter from Frank Delaney dated September 2, 1955 .

Letter from Frank Delaney dated November 2, 1955 ,.

Letter to Frank Delaney dated November 11, 1955 .

March 3, 1956, press conference for the production of "Bus Stop" ,-

Check from the Marilyn Monroe Productions dated March 22, 1956 .

Letter to Marilyn dated February 5, 1957 .

Letter to Arthur Miller dated June 24, 1957 .

Letter to Marilyn dated December 5, 1957 ,.

Letter from Marilyn dated end 1957 or 1958 ,.

Letter to Marilyn dated May 1, 1958 .

Letter to Marilyn dated September 18, 1958 .

Letter to Marilyn dated October 28, 1958 .

Letter from May Reis dated May 5, 1958 .

On August 5, 1962 she was one the first people called and informed about Marilyn's death, and called at Brentwood's home.

On August 6, 1962, she came to the Los Angeles International Airport and pick Berniece Miracle up 

(), then they went together at the Westwood Village Mortuary, to complete the required

formalities for the funeral ,-,-.

On August 7, 1962, she went to Marilyn's home, to take the clothes worn in her casket; she was accompanied by Berniece Miracle and Eunice Murray 

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She attended Marilyn's funeral on August 8, 1962 at the Westwood Memorial Park 

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Marilyn's personal documents she took from the Brentwood house have been pucrchased by Donald Spoto.

 

Gladys Baker sent her a thank-you letter on August 22, 1962 .


On August 6, 1964, on Marilyn's grave, in Westwood 


Letter of Alvah Bessie, screenwriter dated August 8, 1962 .

Letter to Joe DiMaggio, dated September 6, 1962 .

Letter from the Orthopaedic Hospital, dated September 7, 1962 .

Letter about the Estate of Marilyn Monroe, dated September 24, 1962 .

Manuscript on which she worked but was never published .

Letter from Eileen Atkinson about the Monroe estate, dated December 4, 1963 ,.

Letter from the Los Angeles Times dated June 15, 1965 .

Letter from Frank Delaney dated June 22, 1965 .

Letter to Frank Delaney dated June 24, 1965 .

Letter to Charles Champlain of the Los Angeles Times, dated June 30, 1965 .

Letter from Earl Wilson dated May 14, 1965 .

Letter to Aaron Frosch dated March 1, 1966 .

Visiting Gladys at the Rockhaven Sanitarium in 1966

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Retranscription of an interview she gave to the BBC in "Hollywood Greats", in 1979  

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