SHELLEY WINTERS on MARILYN MONROE - Diva on Diva

[@DJ-cb2yv]

Marilyn didn't have a supporting family, the basic need of all of us, it matters, Shelly thankyou for the truth.

[@billiejobaker8804]

Am a fan of Shelly Long and Marilyn Monroe. They were both great.

[@user-en4yw4jt5d]

Yes it really does matter :(

[@oo_rahh]

do you mean norma jean did not have a supporting family not marilyn monroe the actors alter ego i think you are getting her real identity confused norma jean is her real name marilyn was her stage name the character she is playing or her alter ego marilyn monroe was not a real person

[@nyahanan]

Her mother was mental ill and had no supporting partner, that's why her mother was to weak to support her daughter Marilyn Monroe!

[@nyahanan]

I assume that Marilyn Monroe (Norma Jean Mortensen) had bipolar disorder, changing the mood from very happy to very deep depressed. In a deep depression episode patients can't move out, a lot of anxiety against people until they recover. In a very deep depression episode they can commit suicide. Bipolar patients should not stay alone a long time or should have pets, so have an animal to care for! Sometimes for patients with bipolar disorder other human confrontation could be very painfull for them!

[@bittenrevell3977]

I met Shelly's older sister in 1989 and she was a wonderful person very lively and cheerful and spoke highly of Shirley. Very loving and devoted.

[@LoneWolfDemonFighter]

my goodness that made me cry. how truly lonely Marilyn was. thank goodness she had a friend a true friend.

[@SaxonC]

Shelley was a true friend and always spoke lovingly about Marilyn. She really understood Marilyn

[@ecaldwell9]

Doesn’t seem like it. For her to say “….no one was miserable….” tells me that she is delusional.

[@madametia5379]

👼👼😥I cried when Shirley Winters said Marilyn didn't have a support system and was afraid of people. I get it. Maybe that is why I could feel something special and a good heart from Marilyn.❤❤❤🌸🌻🌺

[@Chargersgirl76]

Same

[@Dawn24Michele]

Oh balls. You create your own misery.

[@clementine8397]

nadia c she didn’t take vows. Their husbands did 🤷‍♀️

[@wobblybits4759]

@bubblepopelectric, So does that excuse her lack of compassion for the wife and kids? 🙄She was a self centred narcissist the roped people in with her "poor little me" shtick. There's no good heart there, just a greedy one.

[@londonlauren5922]

You're about to make me cry❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

[@BedfordFalls7]

What I love about Shelly Winters is she is so open and down to earth. I also love that she grew old gracefully. She knew she was very beautiful back in the day, but she looks fine here. She is like an Aunt. I wouldn't mind sitting down with her and talking. She is fun. Honest.

[@Whippy99]

Well said.

[@cosmicman621]

....The Razor’s Edge....

[@Celisar1]

You “wouldn’t mind” seems to be a bit a condescending.

[@tracyaulbrook9594]

I thought she was terrific. I could listen to her for hours. What a life. She is like a beloved Aunt.

[@akrenwinkle]

@@Celisar1 Just curious, what nation are you from and what is your primary language?

[@thefirm4606]

A novel thing to hear stories about Marilyn as a person and not just the blonde bombshell. She was, by all intents an intelligent, savvy and talented person. ❤❤

[@tommoclement]

Just mae very poor choices.

[@SlimKeith11]

@@tommoclement She had a truly heinous childhood, her Mother had a serious mental illness and was eventually institutionalized, Marilyn was S-xually Assaulted as a child and got pushed into a marriage when she was 16. If she DIDN"T tmake bad choices, it would be surprising.

[@bertiepimplebum5633]

Marilyn Quote: "Hollywood is a place where they'll pay you a thousand dollars for a kiss and fifty cents for your soul."

[@johnnymfan5065]

In the atrocious bad incredilby low budget movie, Goodbye Norma Jean in 1976 with Misty Rowe(from Hee Haw)as MM. She says, "That's the last c-- I will ever s---" . Typical 1970s poor taste.

[@debrajenkins1622]

Sounds like the world

[@sjwillis1137]

Wow . Bertie . It stinks .😥

[@dextermoore278]

Marilyn was very wise and astute. She was so right about Hollywood.

[@Chris-Christian]

Nice speak and so real

[@willec49]

I could listen to Shelly for hours. She is very intelligent, analytical and so real. I'm sorry Marilyn had to be so alone.

[@lindachavezw...246]

Yes, me too...

[@Briannafrancis-e9g]

willec49 I got bored :(

[@dextermoore278]

Shelly was a good friend to Marilyn. Shelly seems like such a fun and smart lady.

[@lucaswallo8127]

Yeah

[@johnboy32064]

Shelley was a hot mess and a notorious drunk. Yawn.

[@soymajia]

Shelley was an amazing actress and mentor. She taught for many years. I was blessed to be her neighbor in her later years. In fact this was her home, where this interview takes place. I was there many times.

[@PomegranateStaindGrn]

This was so much better than the version with Jane Russell. Shelley Winters had such a deeper understanding of Marilyn Monroe and shows a great deal more compassion for her. She just knew her better.

[@ceciliem1811]

Saule, you wrote the truth! Jane Russell, appeared to be a little jealous of Marilyn!

[@nadiashireensiddiqi]

Saulė Lovegood I think Jane Russel looked better than both Without that fake bleach blonde head of hair

[@jenniferwilcox9759]

Jane Russell seemed to be a lot more classy than Winters or Monroe. No jealousy, probably just weariness over women with loose morals getting a leg up. Oh well, who says life is fair.

[@pachopirata]

I very agree with your comment....shelley in all her entervew about Marilyn, she is very sincere about her friendship with Marilyn and compassion about her.......great Shirley Winters...........

[@citizen1163]

@@nadiashireensiddiqi Meooooow!! & Jane Russell was a functioning alcoholic for much of her life.

[@julieankhan.2801]

If you dont have a strong foundation as a child its hard to go out in the world and not be wounded by what people say. There are sharks that cant wait to use/take advantage of you.

[@Juliamiller56]

Absolutely true

[@Warrior7lioness]

Yes

[@teetee4634]

That's a Fact!

[@stj971]

Especially as a beautiful woman when these creepy men decided her career.

[@danicafilipic3121]

I had a difficult childhood. Some struggling makes you stronger. Both my parents abused me. I still got through. Probably she became a chameleon due to her unstable childhood

[@anonymousjohnson976]

She's right about feeling alone. A person can feel alone even if hundreds of people are around them.

[@marias7599]

And that's the worst type of loneliness

[@glamdolly30]

ESPECIALLY with hundreds of people around them!

[@marinabertic3010]

Tnx for the insights, nobody knew that till you said it

[@RAW-zz7gt]

I used to think that the worst thing in life was to end up alone. It's not. The worst thing in life is to end up with people who make you feel alone. ~ Robin Williams :-(

[@MimiDallasGuzzardo]

Omg so very true. I miss my 31 yr.old son who died 18 months ago and have been in a bad way. If/when I go out and there re many many people there I am so alone. It is truly the worst feeling. Still feel this way. I think of MM's deeply sad upbringing and her early demise. As Shelley said she was more of a cover model maybe should have stayed that way and was anxious in front of the camera. A puppet for so many to manipulate people in Hollywood

[@megangarcia6991]

"If she was dumber she would've been happier." Speaks volumes.

[@willfade7994]

Megan Garcia So true! It really does say everything needed to be said about the real Marilyn Monroe.

[@Missditabomb]

@Jason Strom I don't get that vibe at all. I find Shelley Winters is being honest and sensitive to who Marilyn truly was. I agree with her that Marilyn could not have played older characters parts. As Shelley said, Marilyn had very poor self-esteem and what self-esteem she had came from being beautiful and desirable to ALL men. At 36, Marilyn was already in a panic about her looks; her face, her wrinkles, her breasts, her weight, her loss of youthfulness. Shelley adored Marilyn. You only have to see photos of her and Marilyn at an awards event, (shown @6:32), to see the true affection that these two talented women had for each other.

[@splehcar]

I think... not positive... but I think that segment is from a movie.

[@caligoldsg]

Rite I noticed that too

[@alisade127]

Missditabomb I agree, Shelley loves Marilyn. She’s not jealous of her. She admired Marilyn.

[@Weeeewriter]

*When Shelley was talking about her sister sent for her parents and Marilyn said she wished she had someone to send for....wow it made me cry for her. I would have been her friend, Marilyn was special, so is Shelley.*

[@patriciabenherschel7182]

Yeah that makes me tear up too. She wished she had family

[@pendragonU]

MM had a sister, but she lived in Michigan and later down the East Coast. Before their mother died, taken care in a Florida sanatorium to where MM flew to visit her whenever having a week free, her sister moved to Florida to be near her, after her husband died. But MM was already dead by then too. Her sister became the real left alone sister after her 2 siblings died, their brother at 12 and Norma Jeane at 36

[@Hugatree1]

I love it 'we didn't compete for men we endorsed men'. Now that's the sign of a good friend!

[@raymondfrankwick6965]

HP Lovecraft 3:50

[@lancereddick5168]

HP Lovecraft And a great actress to boot.

[@kheirabouhaouchine2933]

What does it mean we endorsed men un this contexte ? Excuse-me, I am french citizen .

[@brucedillinger9448]

If you replace the word endorsed with suggested you should understand.

[@sarahholland2600]

Shelley used the wrong word really. She goes on to say they had totally different types. Marilyn had Daddy issues & went for fatherly & intelligent.

[@billschauberger1150]

Shelley Winters had a lot of deep insights into the personality of Marilyn Monroe.

[@schlautropf3094]

Shelley Winters was a great actress. And such a likeable person.

[@paulnelson7525]

2 Oscars. Love both Shelly and Marilyn.

[@greenleavesofsummer9673]

I see Winters as a big sis or motherly figure to Monroe as what Monroe needed.

[@picketfence2028]

I could listen to Shelly Winters all day. I love her and her insight into Marilyn's life. Marilyn didn't trust people, but she did find moments of happiness.

[@angelabender8132]

Picket Fence Same with her memoirs but was she truthful?

[@picketfence2028]

@@angelabender8132 Oh I don't know, Shelley didn't strike me as the kind of person that would make stuff up. To what end? She was brutally honest about herself, so what would be the point of her lying about other people?

[@BabsChannel]

"I wish I had somebody to send for." Oh man, that broke my heart.

[@calisongbird]

syz·y·gy yeah that was so sad

[@g.a.6978]

Both ladies are/were very smart and Shelly was obviously a very good friend. That's a blessing.

[@clkk1165]

Every time I hear stories about Marilyn I get tears in my eyes. She was so talented and beautiful but was mistreated terribly and had no one to support her. I want to go back in time and give her a big hug.

[@dneend462]

It should also be said that Shelley Winters was one of the most underrated actresses ever.

[@MothGirl007]

She was brilliant.

[@Me-mb1ex]

She'll always be Rosanne's grandma to me and I adored her in that role and wished she was my great-grandma.☺️

[@tracyaulbrook9594]

She played in the movie with Robert Mitchum, Night of the Hunter directed by Charles Laughton. It was terrific. I never saw a movie like that, to bad Charles Laughton never made another film. Film Noir. Excellent. Watch it if you can.

[@NinjaGrrrl7734]

@@tracyaulbrook9594 truly her best role. I don't like her as a person, but she was a hell of an actress and she shone in that role.

[@rivaridge7211]

Dne End, I really would not say Shelley Winters was underrated - Hollywood did award her with two Oscars, along with two additional nominations. Back in the early-to-mid1970's (as a young teen), I would be allowed to stay up late (on a "school night") whenever Shelley was scheduled to appear on the Carson show (another legend!) She could be incredibly brilliant and funny in the most off-handed way. One example, which I can still recall and laugh at - Shelley was relating to Johnny that she spent 100,000 dollars (a huge bundle of money then, and a good sum now) on psychiatric help to determine the reason for her attraction to "Latin men." The studio audience grew very quiet, and after a couple of seconds, Johnny asked her if she "ever found out the reason." Shelley, now fixing her dress, said (in her loud voice) "Yes, it was because I LIKED THEM!" Needless to say, the audience roared with laughter. This was no audience laugh against Shelley, the crowd was fully with her. Johnny Carson absolutely loved her and she was a special guest dozens of times over his 30 year run on late-night TV.

[@lauralutz4538]

Shelly, the all time best talk show guest! You never knew what she’d come out with! RIP, Wonderful Lady ❤️🌹🕯

[@yayakelley7771]

Marilyn's story is so sad. All she wanted was someone to love her.

[@dylanesque66]

She had that, and she left both husbands.

[@taratate8366]

yaya kelley Joe DiMaggio Loved Her 💕

[@boydotero4239]

Marilyn didn't want somebody to love her,she wanted everybody to love her!

[@alisade127]

Tara Tate Joe loved her til he died. However he was very possessive and that doesn’t work when Marilyn belonged to the world.

[@nia8243]

Will M not abusive I say but while married yes, but after the divorce he stopped the alcohol, went to therapy and they reconnected staying good friends. after her death he sent roses to her grave for 20 years( I read that somewhere). He loved her. Joe didn’t remarry after Marilyn. And last but not really sure if it’s true DiMaggio last words and thoughts were about Marilyn and how he is going to see her again.❤️

[@jennyq4979]

One Sunday morning, long ago, my husband, his son and I went to Schwabs for breakfast. We had to wait in line because it was so busy, and my stepson was really young and bored and wiggling around as kids do, when all of a sudden this woman trips over his foot and starts to fall! I grabbed her arm and her companion grabbed the other so at least she didn't fall all the way to the ground. I kept saying that we were so sorry, that he didn't mean to trip her, etc. and when I started to let go of her arm and saw her face, I saw that it was Shelley Winters!!! I was so embarrassed, but she was so sweet and said not to worry about it. She was so kind and we almost made her fall! Thank you so much for this great compilation, I really enjoyed it :)

[@victoriajarvis2260]

Jenny Q: Farley Granger lived for decades in the New York apartment above Shelley's. He said she was his great love (although he was in an out of the closet long term love partnership with the man he lived with...) and if he had ever gone into a straight marriage it would have been with Shelley. He said they were inseparable. They called each other back and forth all day. Farley Granger was a delight. One of our under rated greats.

[@zero_bs_tolerance8646]

@Jenny Q What an amazing experience! What a classy lady.

[@Mytube777]

Jenny Q She used to go to the Silver Spoon a lot for dinner. I lived, still do right there and would see her periodically and she would always go to the side bar. Very very nice lady.

[@yayakelley7771]

I always got that vibe from her. Thank you for sharing your story.

[@ziggy33399]

Jenny Q thank you everyone for sharing. I grew up with her as the ideal woman. She was SO smart, SO charming ....every boy and girl was attracted to her charismatic ways. Just looking at her made me smile. (In those days they didn’t have homophobia in public so it was acceptable for both sexes to be attracted to her without recourse if you know what I mean....I’m old as dirt. Lol

[@marilynwillett804]

One thing I love about Shelley she always tells it like it is, and of course it was a blast. SO SICK OF THE SAD STORIES.

[@pamelajj8082]

Yes!

[@tashee8772]

It’s too bad she didn’t stick around more with women like Shelly Winters and Jane Russell. They seemed to truly care about her.

[@AngelicLove21]

I don't think Shelley Winters would have been a good friend for Marilyn... during the interview she says "if she (Marilyn) was DUMBer, she would have been happier." That is not something a friend would say.

[@MrNR96]

AngelicLove21 or thats something someone realistic would say. Because it’s the truth, is she would’ve been dumber she probably would’ve settled for less and maybe live a long and happy life, but that was never the plan man

[@AngelicLove21]

My point is... she could have used a different word to describe that aka "if she (Marilyn) was smartER."

[@meritofapproval]

AngelicLove21 She didn't mean that in the way you think. She was saying that she was too intelligent to simply follow the status quo. Shelly has elaborated on this many times over the years.

[@tomsparks6099]

You obviously don't get the irony. Monroe had smarts, but she also had an image thrust upon her that she was fearful of reversing in her career at that time. She was vulnerable and abused by the studios. I think a good friend would tell like it is.

[@panloum]

Her story about Marilyn's death is extremely interesting! Everything she says about her is interesting! In just 11 minutes she has told the story of Marilyn Monroe so beautifully detailed and interesting when documentaries and films that are 1:30 hours cannot quite do it. She is wonderful.!

[@pendragonU]

she really knew her, they lived very intensely that time period as unknowns and even shared clothes. Like doing Bootcamp together, "sisters" for Life

[@kelliep.8514]

"Do people have love affairs nowadays or do they just screw?" That was awesome!

[@jeanettesdaughter]

Kellie P. They just screw. It’s called a hook up. It’s like animals except beasts are hardwired by estrus to reproduce. They have no choice. We do.

[@weirdead829]

@Will M but a love affair... That swept off your feet woeld

[@brittlizzzzzz]

I love Shelley Winters! I love Marilyn Monroe!

[@kaefreemanduchess719]

♥️

[@maristella287]

This is a wonderful compilation! None of the books I have read on Marilyn ever revealed that she was roommates with Shelley Winters or friends with her. This is very good to know.

[@justme_66]

This is very well known to Marilyn fans

[@calisongbird]

Maristella it’s mentioned in several Monroe biographies

[@stephenfiore9960]

...Shelly said she could have wrote a book on Marylyn..

[@Bananadiva1]

Wonderful to see one immortal screen goddess discuss another. Both Shelley and Marilyn are fantastic actresses and wonderful personalities. Love them both.

[@breahsaldana9251]

I've always liked Shelley Winters. Great actress and I trust her judgment on people she seems like a very decent honest person and She was there to tell the story of how things really were in those days...

[@m.e.d.7997]

Love Shelley's interviews.. She was awesome. so down to earth and a good person. You feel like you could trust her.

[@firasharb1454]

Being so young . I’ll always remember her as Roseanne’s grandmother . She seems like such an awesome lady

[@phillipsmom6252]

The movie Poseidon Adventure was her best performance. She did the swimming herself, no double was used.

[@helensurreal]

I like Shelley Winters, what a lovely warm hearted woman...

[@stevevalkos6308]

Shelley was always gracious, when asked to comment on Marilyn......while Marilyn never did find lasting happiness, Shelley confirms they did have fun times.

[@Faith_Chi]

And a great actress. xo

[@kimaglioti7775]

Shelley Winters was a true friend to Marilyn. So sweet xxxxx

[@cydkriletich6538]

I really enjoyed Shelley’s two autobiographies, “Shelley: Also Known as Shirley,” and “Shelley II.” For anyone interested in more of her fab stories about Marilyn & other Hollywoodites she knew,I’d recommend reading both. Probably available for cheap in paperback online. One of my fave stories of hers was about how Liz Taylor wasn’t terribly bright; one day, while making the movie “A Place In the Sun,” they were in their room together and Shelley asked Liz what the date was. Liz replied she did ‘t know, and Shelley pointed out that there was a newspaper right next to Liz. To which Liz replied, “Oh, that’s no good. That’s yesterday’s paper!” 😄😄😄

[@e.starling141]

Oh man. Thats priceless! 🤣

[@keiliana]

😂😂

[@josephdockemeyer6782]

I remember a another story about a young Liz Taylor. All the stars got a per diem. A fellow actor came by to get Liz and she was frantically opening up shopping boxes that had been delivered. When questioned, she blurted out that she wasn't quite done spending her per diem for that day. This actor explained that it would roll over to the next day and accrue. You didn't have to spend the allotment each day.

[@weeeeoooow]

I'm reading Shelley's biography right now! £2.00 on Ebay!😊

[@EmteeTeee]

How can a woman of 36 be in a panic about their looks????!!! My goodness !! LOL I wish I was 36. A person at 36 is neither too old nor too young. You are JUST RIGHT. Perfect!!!! People were RIDICULOUS years ago!!!! 2020 and MARILYN is still a LEGEND!!!!!

[@jesssands5349]

In those times, careers were over by their 30s.

[@tomschmitz261]

in hollywood at that time, 36 was more or less considered 46,56,,, especially for a woman known for her beauty and sex appeal..

[@sunnybunny8470]

You will be surprised that even till this day some people have that mentality that by 30 is over and that you are stop being desirable at the age of 30.

[@Lililililili333]

It’s 2022 and you’re still considered an old rotting cow at 36, things have not changed at all in the last 60 years 🫠

[@standupphilosopher7059]

@@sunnybunny8470 Sadly they do.

[@brihmendiola4347]

When I hear Shelly Winters talk about Marilyn Monroe, it was like I was there too watching them have fun, living life to the fullest, because when they were living together as up and coming actors, dreaming about being famous were their golden and most precious years. They were so young, talented and ambtious, yet vulnerable, beautiful and sensitive and only hoping they'd be happy and fulfilled. It breaks my heart that Marilyn's fate would take a dark path, darker than we could have ever imagined and Shelly Winters would live to tell us all in KZbin. She was the closest one could ever be to Marilyn when she was just a simple girl with huge goals yet unsure of her future. Marilyn was so precious.

[@SaxonC]

Shelley really spoke of Marilyn Monroe in the sincerest way like a real friend would. Jeanne Carmen claims she was Marilyn Monroe’s friend but it was only a to get her attention and none of her stories were sincere, let alone true. I love listening to Shelley Winters

[@deborahhoffman7394]

Marilyn was/is luminescent on the screen. Always will be.

[@Gods2ndFavoriteBassPlyr]

I always liked Shelly. Brilliant performer, consummate entertainer. Seems like the kind of person you could go to lunch with and never miss a beat on the conversation.

[@madambutterfly7513]

Gods2ndFavoriteBassPlyr - Shelly reminds me of Roseanne Barr - lol - I like them both

[@deborahmolenda2112]

We all miss Marilyn. So tragic yet loved. Bless her then, now an forever more!

[@echase416]

Mitzi Gaynor was another fellow actress that loved Marilyn too, and really ‘had her back’. She’s talked about it in interviews.

[@temperhollow7716]

Shelly Winters was one of the greatest actors of all time- I love this woman for her strength and honesty even though she isn't here anymore .

[@mskiara18]

I give my thanks to the staff for sharing, if the stories from Ms. Winters are true and not fallacies to receive media attention, the information is interesting to learn. I have known of Ms. Monroe's caring side and support for civil rights, so good to see more of her colleagues discussing this generous and loving side of Marilyn.

[@bojack40]

Imagine this childhood memory: ‘that’s an orphan asylum, that’s the one they sent me back to me when they didn’t want me anymore’

[@marcoaguilera1171]

Totally made me tear up

[@juneelle370]

I think tragedies such as these should increase empathy for all children in bad situations…. but it hasn’t. Kids are still in terrible situations.

[@SusanDean-n7x]

Too sad 🥺

[@___David___Savian]

Elvis and Monroe met only once. He was entering a building and she was leaving. Those spoke a few moments in that lobby of the building and they never saw each other again. Imagine watching that moment take place. It does not get more iconic than that moment.

[@alexisspencer9148]

And notice how in all of these videos, not a single person has a bad thing to say about her. She was a true legend and one of a kind 💕

[@jennysmith4646]

Am glad to hear Marilyn had a good friend like you God bless ❤️

[@jadeshannon5583]

I love Shelley Winters and Marilyn was too lovely for words!

[@bojack40]

Both great actresses, I’ve always loved Marilyn (who doesn’t right?) and now I’m a little in love with Miss Winters too. Thanks for collating/posting.

[@frankpeter6851]

shelly has a terrific voice. nice speaking voice. like an aunt ... aunt shelley

[@erikapazos3153]

frank peter =

[@johnpeel2300]

At what date did George Reeves die, and did people ever figure out how he die?

[@johnpeel2300]

Can somebody answer that, please?

[@jess00821]

I love Shelleys voice and I love listening to all her interviews. She is open, honest and very funny.

[@gonietubenyc5741]

Marilyn Monroe is gorgeous!!! Usually women from those days aren’t viewed as gorgeous today but Marilyn Monroe stood the test of time and she’s probably one of them most gorgeous women to ever grace Hollywood

[@Cynnas]

Her look and persona was manufactured by Hollywood just like they all were back then; Bleached hair, a nose and chin job, had her teeth fixed, eventually drugs, and made to act a certain way. For as beautiful as she was what we see is mostly Hollywood.

[@jen-gv7tx]

women are so competitive with each other, that in and of itself can drive people to act and behave in ways that they would not ordinarily

[@lottiesummers]

The image of her cleaning each lettuce leaf individually because she wanted so desperately to impress that writer she looked up to sticks out to me. Her need for approval that she’d been looking for all her life is what I believe was the death of her. But it created so much magic while she was around, everywhere she went. He had to have felt the love they put into that meal.

[@TraceTaylor]

For Dylan Thomas people - one of the great writers - a poet❣️

[@theducklinghomesteadandgar6639]

What a tragic loss for the world! If only she had been able to find enough someone's to trust love and turn to...a family...she might have lived much longer and been more happy and fulfilled! Bless her heart for having felt so alone!!!

[@demijour1234]

I always love the stories Shelley Winters told about Marilyn. One of the very few who said good things about Marilyn, others talked about her as Actress and being late on stage etc. Jane Russell, also said good things about her however did not keep in touch with her after their successful movie (Gentlemen Prefer Blondes). Shelley said that Mariyln did not have any family, however she did. She found out when she was 12yrs old that she had a sister and a brother (who died at 15) and her sister was I believe 19yrs old. They looked so much alike and you could see what Mariyln would have looked like if she lived to 100yrs old. Maryilyn did keep in contact with her sister and they were finally able to meet up right before she became famous (when she was about 19yrs old). Marilyn, I believe also met her mother too.

[@stephanieburns4560]

Very interesting! Thanks so much from this. I always liked Shelly Winters.

[@bduhe219]

Shelly was always a great guest, because she was honest, loved to dish, was thoughtful, and engaging. the host rarely was forced to make any small talk.

[@emagneticfield]

I have been crazy about Shelley Winters for what seems like forever. The first person I fell in love with looked a lot like Shelley Winters. She is funny and I could listen to her talk for hours.

[@normadesmond6017]

"I wish I had someone to call for…." Well, that's the one that breaks your heart….

[@JustinLHopkins]

I’ve always adored Shelley from the first time I saw her on screen. A marvelous woman.

[@BGF_276HUNTERSPO8NTSF]

What a true friend Shalley was, to anyone lucky enough to know her. SHALOM .RIP. both beautiful woman.

[@ellebelle4094]

I read Shelley's book where she mentions her years with Marilyn. Good book, interesting insights.

[@suddendee]

Winters discussed MM w/such dignity & respect ♥️ RIP Shelley Winters

[@taniacole3466]

Marilyn was very beautiful, yet women really loved and cared about her. They knew she was broken and there was no jealousy of her

[@Be12397]

She seems like one of the few dear friends MM had who never spoke badly about her FRIEND! Always been something endearing about Shelly- I think she knew the secret to life was family, and then friends. Poor Marilyn didn’t have much of either. Thanks Shelly! May you and Marilyn rest in peace!

[@rivaridge7211]

Aw, I love Shelley! I read her auto-biographies (yes, she had two) back in the day, and fully enjoyed them. Always bright, honest, and never at a loss for words - a wonderful woman. When I read her first book, I was delighted to learn that we shared the same birthday - August 18th. Cheers to Shelley Winters, and of course, Marilyn.

[@BarbaraBertke]

I will ALWAYS admire and respect Shelley Winters because she didn't jump the band wagon bashing Marilyn Monroe as so many others did even long after her death! She always staunchly stood up for her!

[@karenpinner5913]

Shelley was quite a gal...What a life she & Marilyn must have led for that one year that they roomed together.

[@LJS232]

Shelley a legend in her own right

[@Rankutubuki88]

Leslie Suli she has 2 oscars

[@lisarafferty9757]

No wonder I feel a closeness to Marilyn, I have no family and my mother is mentally gone. My the correlations!!

[@Whippy99]

Shelley Winters. What a woman.She is one of my all time favourites. Talented, intelligent, honest and caring. The perfect friend for Marilyn. If only they had stayed extra close for longer...

[@johnpetty3574]

When i was first seeing Marilyn in film ,on re-runs in the 1970's as a preteen ... i only saw and knew of her dizzy blonde personality ... i really grew to like her , NOW 2019 AT AGE 51, after seeing docu's showing her REAL SIDE ... THE REAL HER!!! Very nice person, thinking , kind ..... but as usual .... evil people took advantage of and USED her. Very sad ... still SMFH !!!! VERY VERY SAD. But i am very glad i grew up first b4 seeing the real HER, as living and learning in life ... i could appreciate her soul ... as it should BE ........ R.I.P BEAUTIFUL. PEACE.

[@citizen1163]

I've seen & heard such a lot about Marilyn & Shelley over the years but you've put together some great clips I've not seen before. The most surprising & wonderful thing to me is that they made dinner for Dylan Thomas! Thanks for sharing.🙏

[@h.l.asolomonov7674]

I liked her honesty

[@Etigress]

I would love to give Marilyn a hug. I would have been her friend.

[@lynnlobliner3933]

Shelley told a great story on herself when she was out hawking her bio. She said she was going down a stairway and passed a man who said, "Hi Shelley." She looked at him and he could tell she didn't recognize him. He said, You don't remember me, do you?" and she said, "No." He said, I'm Tony Franciosa, your third husband."

[@nancymarkiewick3557]

Lyn lobliner. That's lol

[@laribain8599]

As kids, my sisters and I heard about this just after it happened...she was walking on the beach with her boyfriend at the time, Richard Compton (one of my Dad's best friends) when they ran into Tony.

[@tiffanyclark-grove1989]

❤️ Life is so hard without family 😥

[@veeganboy]

Great to her about Marilyn from the perspective of people who actually knew her, and not just the sensationalized speculation of strangers.

[@ceciliem1811]

What beautiful interviews! Shelley told the truth about her and Marilyn! The comparisons of men and being happy for each other! I could picture them, back in the day being just like, "Cagney & Lacey" Sometimes we have to keep our friends close and check on them! Marilyn, should have had someone watching over her! She really had no one! 💔

[@r4b32t11]

how awesome to see Shelley Winters , what a superb uncomplicated, non jealous woman....A knockout

[@karlbroderickmusic]

Didnt think id watch all of this but I loved it.

[@gizzykatkat9687]

I could listen to her all day talk about Marilyn! She was so great in "The Tennant"! Thanks Shelley!

[@binklebabe4725]

They were roommates! I think Shelley's autobiography describes it all very well. Also, off topic, Shelley's impulsive encounter with young Burt Lancaster still leaves me breathless!!

[@JloveLamar]

Tell us about it! What happened with her and Burt?

[@msmarycrawley4303]

Oh my god they were roommates

[@neelabhraroy4238]

Young Burt Lancaster? Then Winters must have been a teenager. Lancaster was some 7 years older than her

[@julieankhan.2801]

@@JloveLamar wow didnt know

[@splehcar]

I remember reading her book... she definitely had an eventful life. Remember her writing about learning how to cry underwater? There's a part that talks about her crying in the pool day after a fight/breakup with ol' Burt.

[@LadyJay252]

Shelley Winters was quite an interesting woman. I grew up watching her in the Poseidon Adventure, it great to see her interviews. I'm glad that Marilyn had her for a friend.

[@robindore258]

Rip Norma Jean Baker aka Marilyn Monroe 🕊️🕯️ Rip Shelley Winters 🕊️

[@DorothyPotterSnyder]

What a lovely person Shelley Winters was.

[@BuckyBrown-lt4ry]

And her and MM were, for a time, lovers.

[@midnightchannel111]

What a wonderful person Shelley Winters shows herself to be here, thank you so much u for posting.

[@avuncular300]

Shelley Winters is a classy woman. Honest and amusing...

[@happycamper6260]

Shelley Winters and Tony Curtis, cut from the same cloth with similar delivery and sense of humor.. They are sorely missed....

[@normadesmond6017]

Nope. Not even close. Shelley Winters was a decent person. tony Curtis said that when doing Some like it hot, kissing Marilyn Monroe was like kissing hitler. Great guy. Don't miss him muc, though…..

[@pjf7943]

@@normadesmond6017 I don't remember any "Hitler" remark, but I do recall TC saying that her B.O. and breath were terrible... Frankly, I would have enjoyed removing her clothes and showering with her.... Brushing teeth & mouth wash before and after the shower... LOL!

[@mirabellaolson6410]

Actually, Marilyn got pregnant with Tony Curtis' baby while filming "Some like it Hot". He may have been married at the time, but did NOT want her to have a baby! Maybe he thought it was somebody else's? Who knows? So because she resisted getting an abortion, he disliked her. So there were hard feelings between them. Not many people know about this. Certainly Shelley would not reveal this after her death. So I wouldn't put much into what Tony Curtis' said. He liked trying the goods but didn't want to buy them! So much for him. He was bisexual and didn't want his style cramped. She would not have gone for that. He knew it. In the famous scene with Tony and Lawrence Olivier in Kubrick's 'Spartacus' in the spa (That was really true between them, the tryst) although it wasn't real obvious at the time in the movies. I believe Shelley knew Marilyn in the early days, and they were friends. But later on, Shelley wasn't in Marilyn's league, and she was a bit envious of all her attention. It is not true that Marilyn suicided. She was murdered. Shelley did not extend into Marilyn's life in her later years, but you can see her trying to get alot of attention by talking about what she did know about her. That is not to say that Shelley wasn't a good actress. I am not taking that part away from her. It's just that they did not run in the same circles like the Rat Pack which Marilyn did, add of course her affair with JFK and RFK. I have read MANY books about Marilyn and the unfortunate thing is Marilyn kept a red diary about all her liason's, and that Pres. Jack had told her about UFO's. The CIA was worried that may get out, the mob used her for their " club events" at Frank's Cal Neva resort, and she was tired of being used and abused. She threatened to expose them all, and Peter Lawford (Pat Kennedy's gay husband at the time) managed to convince her psychaiatrist that she would rat on him too, so after the mob tried to shut her up unsuccessfully, Dr. Greenson DID. In front of the EMT going out the door to the ambulance! It was all on audio tape thanks to Hoover from the FBI trying to scandalize the Kennedy's, who had threatened to expose the fact (he was gay). And Mrs. Murray the housekeeper was a spy for Lawford and Dr. Greenson. In later years, the testimony of the Coroner and the EMT worker finally admitted she did not commit suicide. ( Not publicly) It was from S. Giancona's men - an enema; and shot to the heart of Nembutal. It took more than they thought because her use built up a tolerance to the drug. These stars all protect one another, and will never disclose the real stuff. They just want to be center of attention after their own star fades. Besides, nobody wants some other has been telling all "their goodies" after they die for fame and attention.

[@Seekyourtruth777]

I had the pleasure to meet Tony Curtis many times I was his favorite waitress and he used to tip me $100 for one round of drinks . He would tell me fabulous old Hollywood stories and talk about Marilyn . His gf at the time looked like a clone of her . They were awesome

[@ceciliem1811]

@@mirabellaolson6410 How sad, if your story is true! Marilyn, was just looking for love! On the movie sets; all kind of love triangles happen! So Tony in the dress; was not to far from the truth! 😏

[@angelacarleton9575]

Marilyn Monroe had so many personal issues including abandonment issues which was hard for her to stay alone. She felt in her life she couldn't stay by herself and needed a man to keep her company. It is sad she couldn't be strong by herself because this is how so many men took advantage of her.

[@angelacarleton9575]

When you look back a lot of those that claimed to be friends especially Peter Lawford who pimped Marilyn to Kennedy and then his brother Robert. When they call the "Rat Pack" I believe most of them were "rats" except for Dean and Joey Bishop. The rests were users and vulgar men no matter how professional they seem to be these guys were jerks!

[@vivianbrown2477]

@@angelacarleton9575 Yes I agree but you neglected to state the fact that a noted satanic worshiper in that group was part of Anton LaVey's cult. Lawford and the Kennedy's killed her. The evidence is astounding for murder but even if it was not murder it was them who pushed her to that point. I think she was MUCH stronger than we think or give her credit for and the media has destroyed the true person she was. She survived so much and someone who wants to kill themselves is usually not telling people she is in fear for her life the SAME day she was found died. She would have not cared. She did have people who loved her sadly though she had others who used her and likely estranged those relationships like her current dr/psychiatrist the one who "found" her dead.

[@dianepoura2674]

Vivian Brown n

[@TheCrossPearls]

She didn’t have a family. No father and no mother (her mother locked up in the mental ward). It’s only natural that she looked for a man to love her. She never had a family.

[@world-yw5ro]

Angela Carleton as a child Marilyn had no family she was an orphan! its sad but she didn't stand a chance😳

[@aidie2311]

Over the period of 31 years in most of her interviews, she was asked about Marilyn. One or the other she might have been telling herself..,"..uuhh ohhh here we go again".

[@AllenMQuinn]

Shelley Winters is such an underrated actress nowadays. She was damn good

[@Kpink452]

Loved Shelley winters so much intelligence humour and was very beautiful as a young woman but underrated as an actress I think . She seems kind too and so right from what we read about Marilyn . Both amazing women .

[@hcombs0104]

That photo of Shelley and Marilyn (Marilyn is caressing Shelley's face) I THINK was at a Golden Globes Ceremony in 1959.

[@helenpaul67]

Nobody can help marilyn even if they wanted to because she didnt call or cry out for help. RIP Marilyn. No matter how many copycats around, there are none like her - nothing or no one can replaced this goddess

[@gusjackson3658]

Shelley was terrific as Elvis’s mother in the Elvis film.

[@cmcb09]

Ed Miller there was a 1979 TV movie called Elvis, Kurt Russell played Elvis. Shelley played Elvis’s mother Gladys.