Laurette Luez

[Guest]

Date of Birth
19 August 1928, Honolulu, Hawaii, USA

Date of Death
12 September 1999, Milton, Florida, USA

Birth Name
Loretta Mary Luiz

Trivia

Claimed to have given Marilyn Monroe her stage name. Luez met Norma Jean Baker in an acting class and claimed that it was her suggestion that 'Norma Jean' change her name to Marilyn Monroe, theorizing that one should choose an already famous name (Monroe, after President James Monroe) and another already famous name (Marilyn, after Marilyn Miller) to distinguish it.

Made her stage debut at age 3 dancing the hula.

The exotic, photogenic beauty whose measurements were 34-24-35 graced such magazines as Esquire and Life, as well as in soap commercials.

Once engaged to producer 'Samuel Goldwyn, Jr.', she broke it off to marry Greek-born director Gregg C. Tallas. They divorced after only three months of marriage.

Actress:

"Ben Casey" .... Sophie Costeau (1 episode, 1964)
- The Evidence of Things Not Seen (1964) TV episode .... Sophie Costeau
Ballad of a Gunfighter (1964) .... Felina
Flower Drum Song (1961) (uncredited) .... TV Mexican Girl
Man-Trap (1961) (uncredited) .... Mexican Woman
"The Adventures of Dr. Fu Manchu" .... Karamaneh (9 episodes, 1956)
- The Master Plan of Dr. Fu Manchu (1956) TV episode .... Karamaneh
- The Death Ships of Dr. Fu Manchu (1956) TV episode .... Karamaneh
- Dr. Fu Manchu's Raid (1956) TV episode .... Karamaneh
- The Plague of Dr. Fu Manchu (1956) TV episode .... Karamaneh
- Dr. Fu Manchu, Incorporated (1956) TV episode .... Karamaneh
(4 more)
"Stories of the Century" .... Felicia (1 episode, 1955)
... aka The Fast Guns (USA: reissue title)
- Augustine Chacon (1955) TV episode .... Felicia
The Adventures of Hajji Baba (1954) .... Meriam
"The Mickey Rooney Show" .... Samal (1 episode, 1954)
... aka Hey Mulligan
- Double Trouble (1954) TV episode .... Samal
Jungle Gents (1954) .... Tarzana
Valley of the Kings (1954) (uncredited) .... Native Girl
Paris Model (1953) .... Lisa
... aka Nude at Midnight (USA: alternative title)
Siren of Bagdad (1953) .... Orena
... aka Siren of Baghdad
"The Range Rider" .... Mexican Girl (1 episode, 1953)
- Treasure of Santa Dolores (1953) TV episode .... Mexican Girl
African Treasure (1952) .... Lita Sebastian
... aka Bomba and the African Treasure (UK)
Kim (1950) .... Laluli
Prehistoric Women (1950) .... Tigri
... aka The Virgin Goddess (USA: reissue title)
Love That Brute (1950) (uncredited) .... Moll
D.O.A. (1950) .... Marla Rakubian
Killer Shark (1950) .... Maria
Unfaithfully Yours (1948) (uncredited) .... Hatcheck Girl
Anna and the King of Siam (1946) (uncredited) .... Wife of King
The Story of Dr. Wassell (1944) (uncredited) .... Pretty Javanese Girl

[RubySlippers]

W O W. so exotic.

[Guest]

I love the fact that she named Marilyn Monroe

[AnneBoleyn]

I love the fact that she named Marilyn Monroe

Yeah that´s pretty cool... she was stunning herself.. so exotic


Some very beautiful pictures of her on here;

http://www.legendarywomen.com/cgi-bi.../Laurette_Luez

[KELT]

I love the fact that she named Marilyn Monroe

She didn't.
The two knew one another and in fact were featured together in a LIFE magazine article on 'Hollywood's New Starlets' back around 1949,1950. Also featured in the article were JANE NIGH, DOLORES GARDNER, LOIS MAXWELL (later Bond' Miss Moneypenny), CATHY DOWNS & RICK SOMA (later the wife of John Huston and mother of Angelica; she committed suicide in 69 I believe). I'm missing one or two but it's been decades since I saw the article, so tuf.
Anyway, MONROE had already chosen her professional name before she met LUEZ. I loved it when MONROE' first husband JAMES DOUGHERTY was one of the guests featured on a segment of LARRY KING along with some others who had known her. MICKEY ROONEY stated that he'd (also) named her and how he'd helped her to choose the name of MARILYN MONROE. DOUGHERTY interrupted him and said that she chose it herself; how so many have tried to take credit over the years for having done so and that it was bunk that she'd done it herself * and afterall as he pointed out 'he was there !' ROONEY kept his mouth shut after that. Pity; If only the topic had turned to JUDY..............




* ROONEY, TONY CURTIS, SHELLEY WINTERS, BEN LYON, LAURETTE LUEZ and on & on..............they've all insinuated (a) greater importance into MONROE'S life than what had actually taken place.