GEORGE NARDIELLO — Fashion designer; met Marilyn in late 1954
NORMAN NORELL — Fashion designer; met Marilyn in late 1954
ELI WALLACH — Member of the Actors Studio; befriended Marilyn in 1955 and remained a close friend until her death
BEN GAZZARA — Member of the Actors Studio and Marilyn’s classmate in 1955
DEAN MARTIN — Actor, singer, entertainer, and friend of Marilyn’s
JERRY LEWIS — Actor, singer, entertainer, and friend of Marilyn’s
MILTON BERLE — Actor, television personality; Marilyn’s friend and former lover
CARSON MCCULLERS — American writer; befriended Marilyn in 1955
TRUMAN CAPOTE — New York author; befriended Marilyn in 1955
CONSTANCE COLLIER — English actress and theater coach; Marilyn’s first drama coach in New York
CHERYL CRAWFORD — Influential theater producer and director; befriended Marilyn in 1955
LEE STRASBERG — Creative director of the Actors Studio and Marilyn’s mentor
LEO LYONS — New York journalist; befriended Marilyn in 1955
EARL WILSON — New York journalist and a friend of Marilyn’s
ROBERT STEIN — Journalist; spent time with Marilyn in March 1955
ED FEINGERSH — Photographer; spent time with Marilyn in March 1955
EDWARD R. MURROW — Prizewinning journalist and television personality; interviewed Marilyn in March 1955
ELLEN BURSTYN — Member of the Actors Studio; Marilyn’s classmate in 1955
DELOS SMITH — Member of the Actors Studio; Marilyn’s classmate in 1955
MARLON BRANDO — Member of the Actors Studio; Marilyn’s friend and classmate in 1955
JACK GARFEIN — Member of the Actors Studio; Marilyn’s classmate in 1955
CARROLL BAKER — Member of the Actors Studio; Marilyn’s classmate in 1955
MAUREEN STAPLETON — Member of the Actors Studio; Marilyn’s classmate in 1955
LOUIS GOSSETT JR. — Member of the Actors Studio; Marilyn’s classmate in 1955
KIM STANLEY — Member of the Actors Studio; Marilyn’s classmate in 1955
JACK LORD — Member of the Actors Studio; Marilyn’s classmate in 1955
MARGARET HOHENBERG — Marilyn’s psychoanalyst in 1955
PAULA STRASBERG — Former stage actress; married to Lee Strasberg; Marilyn’s surrogate mother and confidante
SUSAN STRASBERG — American actress; daughter of Lee Strasberg and a friend of Marilyn’s
JOHNNY STRASBERG — Lee and Paula Strasberg’s son
SAM SHAW — New York photographer and a friend of Marilyn’s; they met in 1954 while filming The Seven Year Itch
NORMAN ROSTEN — New York poet; friend of Arthur Miller’s; befriended Marilyn in 1955
HEDDA ROSTEN — Norman’s wife; befriended Marilyn in 1955
MAURICE ZOLOTOW — Journalist; interviewed Marilyn in spring and summer 1955
JIMMY HASPIEL — Teenage fan who befriended Marilyn in 1955
THE MONROE SIX — Six teenage fans who befriended Marilyn in 1955
ARTHUR MILLER — American playwright; Marilyn’s lover in 1955 and her husband from 1956 to 1961
ELIA KAZAN — Stage and film director; Marilyn’s friend and former lover
JOHN GILMORE — Actors Studio member; Marilyn’s classmate in 1955
JOSHUA LOGAN — American stage and film director; directed Marilyn in the film adaptation of Bus Stop
