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"Acting" Marilyn Monroe In Her Own Words (1990)as quoted in Marilyn by Peter Harry Brown and Patte B. Barham (1992)As quoted in Ms. magazine (August 1972)Life (New York, Aug. 3, 1962)Look (New York, Jan. 16, 1962)

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The studio people want me to do "Good-bye Charlie" for the movies, but I'm not going to do it. I don't like the idea of playing a man in a woman's body—you know? It just doesn't seem feminine.

Marilyn Monroe

Marilyn Monroe (1926–1962), U.S. actor. As quoted in Ms. magazine, p. 41 (August 1972).

A beautiful movie star and "sex symbol," Monroe was very feminine. The lead role in Goodbye Charlie was ultimately played by the more tomboyish Debbie Reynolds (b. 1932).

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