They said I wasn’t the type for it, so they put a dark blonde wig on me. They wanted me to look like Grace Kelly with breasts. - Mamie Van Doren

You know, talking about Marilyn Monroe is strange. To me, she’s a person; to most people, she’s an idea.

The studio didn’t really know how to groom a female star because they only had male stars ... they didn’t know what to do with a well-endowed blonde, except giving her dumb roles.

... in those days, there were hardly any women who headlined movies. Men always had first billing, unless it was a Joan Crawford or Bette Davis movie. But I starred in most of my so-called B movies.