1. Marvel Marilyn Maxwell was an American actress and entertainer.
15 Facts About Marilyn Maxwell
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Marilyn Maxwell dropped out of school in her sophomore year to join an Indianapolis band as a singer.
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Marilyn Maxwell started her professional entertaining career as a radio singer and a singer on stage with Ted Weems' big band while still a teenager.
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Marilyn Maxwell moved to Hollywood after being with the Pasadena Playhouse and signed with Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer in 1942 as a contract player.
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Marilyn Maxwell dropped her first name and kept the middle one.
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Marilyn Maxwell appeared in several Dr Kildare films with Van Johnson - Dr Gillespie's Criminal Case ; Three Men in White ; and Between Two Women.
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Marilyn Maxwell received critical praise for her performance in the musical Summer Holiday.
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Marilyn Maxwell appeared twice as a singer in the second season of The Jimmy Durante Show.
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Marilyn Maxwell sang at the Latin Quarter in New York and other top nightclubs of the time.
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Marilyn Maxwell appeared as the mystery guest of 'What's My Line ' on May 10,1953.
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Marilyn Maxwell's only child, Matthew, was born to Maxwell and Davis in 1956.
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Marilyn Maxwell met and became friends with Frank Sinatra when they crossed paths, both of them in separate nationally renowned big bands in the late 1930s.
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Sinatra's wife Nancy saw Marilyn Maxwell wearing a diamond bracelet she had earlier seen in Sinatra's car which she assumed was for her.
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Hope and Marilyn Maxwell's relationship was so open that many in Hollywood referred to her as Mrs Bob Hope.
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On March 20,1972, at age 50, Marilyn Maxwell was found dead in her home by her 15-year-old son, who had arrived home from school.