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PARSONS Louella
Born Louella Rose Oettinger.
Date of birth : August 6th 1881, Freeport, Illinois.
Date of death: December 9th 1972, Santa Monica, California.
Practise: reporter, columnist at the Herald Examiner (belonging to the Hearst group).
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Her column was authoritative in Hollywood :
She was one the greatest allies of Marilyn, and
probably the columnist the most influential in the cinema industry - a
title that her rival, Hedda
Hopper, would have certainly contested.
Beginning of 1953 she took up the defence of Marilyn; this one could rely on her to cast a veil on the rumors and to generally, give a postive sense to events, not much originally flattering.
On January 1st 1953, she attended the Cinemascope party at the Cocoanut Grove of the Ambassador Hotel :
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In 1953 Marilyn chose her column to answer Joan Crawford, who had burst out about Marilyn's provocative dress at the ceremony of the Photoplay Awards.
On May 13th 1953, she attended the Walter Winchell's birthday party, at Ciro's, a party Marilyn attended too :
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On May 20th 1953, Marilyn attended the "Parsons Radio Show" :
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It was, again, in this column, that Marilyn explained to her public why she had left the Fox, end of 1954.
On March 1st 1956, Marilyn and Jack Warner announced that a distribution agreement had been concluded for "The Prince and the Showgirl" (1957), the only movie produced by the Marilyn Monroe Productions :
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In 1956 she accompanied Marilyn in London, where she attended the party organized by Terence Rattigan, in Marilyn's honor.
On July 9th 1958, she attended a party at Jimmy McHugh's home :
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In July 1958, she attended the press conference for "Some Like it Hot" :
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She made occasional appearances in movies where she played her own part : "Hollywood Hotel" (1937) and "Starlift" (1951).
Her sister Harriet Parsons (
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