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- Turning down scripts and "irritating her bosses at 20th Century Fox" led to the higher-ups looking for a replacement bombshell. Enter Los Angeles native Sheree North, who never stole the spotlight from Marilyn, but did land on the cover of LIFE Magazine with some bold print declaring: “Sheree North Takes Over From Marilyn Monroe.”
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In 1980, she played Marilyn Monroe's mother in the made-for-television film Marilyn: The Untold Story. In 1983, she appeared in the ensemble cast of Steven Bochco's series Bay City Blues. The hour-long drama series aired eight episodes. North later appeared in two episodes of The Golden Girls as Blanche Devereaux's sister Virginia.
Sheree North, the platinum blond bombshell of 1950s musical motion pictures remembered by younger audiences for her continuing television roles as Lou Grant’s sultry girlfriend on “The Mary Tyler...
May 24, 2014 · A working actress across five decades; not too shabby for a woman who, at the start of her movie career, was (according to LIFE) “kept on ice merely as a decoy to scare Marilyn Monroe.”
Sep 3, 2021 · Sheree North was signed to 20th Century-Fox in 1954. The studio had hired her primarily as a threat to Marilyn Monroe, their biggest, but temperamental star and box office draw. After Monroe balked at starring in THE GIRL IN PINK TIGHTS, North was snatched up from the theatre and given a lucrative contract with Fox.
May 20, 2014 · It would seem: no one. While North had plenty of work throughout her life (she even played Kramer's mom on Seinfeld!), she never became a big name. In her 2005 obituary, the LA Times...
Nov 21, 2019 · A working actress across five decades; not too shabby for a woman who, at the start of her movie career, was (according to LIFE) “kept on ice merely as a decoy to scare Marilyn Monroe.” Sheree North was married four times and was the mother to two daughters.
The studio told her she was being replaced by Sheree North. Marilyn blithely went up to San Francisco to spend Christmas with Joe DiMaggio. The studio sent Marilyn the script, and her worst fears were confirmed.
