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JOHNSON Nunnally
Born Nunnally Hunter Johnson.
Date of birth : December 5, 1897, Columbus, Georgia.
Date of death : March 25, 1977, Hollywood, California. Burried at the Westwood Memorial Park
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Profession screenwriter, producer.
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Addresses
* 1930 : 5 Rose avenue, New York
* 1940 : 1626 first avenue, New York
* 625 Mountain Drive, Beverly Hills
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On September 23, 1919, he married in Brooklyn Heights Alice Love Mason (born in 1898).
They had a daughter Marjorie Johnson Fowler (July 16, 1920-July 8, 2003)(
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They divorced in 1925.
On March 25, 1927 in New York, he married Daisy Marion Byrnes (December 7, 1900-July 1981)
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They had a daughter Nora Johnson (January 31, 1933, California-October 5, 2017, Texas)
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). They divorced on February 25, 1938.
On February 4, 1940 he married his last wife Dorris Estelle Bowdon (December 27, 1914, Mississipi-August 9,
2005, California)(
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Together they had 3 children : Christie (born February 26, 1942), Roxanna (born October 12, 1945) and Scott (August 23, 1948).
He was credited in many films including "Jesse James" (1939) and "The Grapes of Wrath" (1940).
March 27, 1957, Academy Awards ceremony 
Link with Marilyn
At the end of the 40's, the Fox engaged Marilyn in "We're Not Married", written and produced by Nunnally Johnson.
From 2 plays, he wrote a screenplay for "How to Marry a Millionaire?" (1953)
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Premiere of "How to Marry a Millionaire?", on November 10, 1953
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Then he wrote 2 projects for the Fox, especially for Marilyn. But she was fed up of playing a sex bomb and was preparing to found the Marilyn Monroe Productions.
"Pink Tights" didn't see the light of day, and "How to Be Very, Very Popular" (1955) was filmed with Sheree North.
Despite their mutual antipathy, Johnson and Marilyn were brought together on the set of "Something's Got to Give",
where he replaced the former screenwriter. After having refused the
daily changes of the script, and after having been himself replaced, he
supported Marilyn's cause facing up George Cukor, but Marilyn was nevertheless dismissed.
Letter dated February 1st, 1962 
Telegram dated April 16, 1962 
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