''This Year's Blonde'' is a 1980 American television film directed by
John Erman
John Erman (August 3, 1935 – June 25, 2021) was an American television director, producer, and actor. He was nominated for ten Primetime Emmy Awards, winning once for the film ''Who Will Love My Children?'' (1983). He also won two Directors Gu ...
and starring
Constance Forslund as
Marilyn Monroe
Marilyn Monroe ( ; born Norma Jeane Mortenson; June 1, 1926 August 4, 1962) was an American actress and model. Known for playing comic "Blonde stereotype#Blonde bombshell, blonde bombshell" characters, she became one of the most popular sex ...
,
Lloyd Bridges as
Johnny Hyde, and
Norman Fell. Based on the
Garson Kanin
Garson Kanin (November 24, 1912 – March 13, 1999) was an American writer and director of plays and films.
Early life
Garson Kanin was born in Rochester, New York; his Jewish family later relocated to Detroit then to New York City. He at ...
novel ''
Moviola''
about Monroe, the film was presented as part of a three-night TV special event on NBC titled ''Moviola: A Hollywood Saga''.
''This Year's Blonde'' was the first of two TV movies about Monroe in 1980; the second was ''
Marilyn: The Untold Story'', starring
Catherine Hicks.
Cast
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Constance Forslund as
Marilyn Monroe
Marilyn Monroe ( ; born Norma Jeane Mortenson; June 1, 1926 August 4, 1962) was an American actress and model. Known for playing comic "Blonde stereotype#Blonde bombshell, blonde bombshell" characters, she became one of the most popular sex ...
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Lloyd Bridges as
Johnny Hyde
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Norman Fell as Pat Toledo
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Vic Tayback as
Harry Cohn
Harry Cohn (July 23, 1891 – February 27, 1958) was a co-founder, president, and production director of Columbia Pictures, Columbia Pictures Corporation.
Life and career
Cohn was born to a working-class Jewish family in New York City. His fath ...
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Michael Lerner as
Jack L. Warner
Jack Leonard Warner (born Jacob Warner; August 2, 1892 – September 9, 1978) was a Canadian-born American film executive, who was the president and driving force behind the Warner Bros., Warner Bros. Studios in Burbank, California. Warner's ca ...
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John Marley as
Joe Schenck
*Richard Seer as Norman
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Lee Wallace as
Samuel Goldwyn
Samuel Goldwyn (; born Szmuel Gelbfisz; ; July 1879 (most likely; claimed to be August 27, 1882) January 31, 1974), also known as Samuel Goldfish, was a Polish-born American film producer and pioneer in the American film industry, who produce ...
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William Frankfather as
John Huston
John Marcellus Huston ( ; August 5, 1906 – August 28, 1987) was an American film director, screenwriter and actor. He wrote the screenplays for most of the 37 feature films he directed, many of which are today considered classics. He rec ...
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Philip Sterling as Dr. Freed
*Sondra Blake as Mrs. Baker
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Barney Martin as
Eddie Mannix
Joseph Edgar Allen John Mannix (February 25, 1891 – August 30, 1963) was an American film studio executive and producer. He is remembered for his work as a "fixer (crime), fixer", who was paid to cover up Hollywood stars' often colorful priva ...
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Michael Strong as Sol Silverman
*Peter Maloney as
Darryl Zanuck
*Stephen Keep Mills as
Dore Schary
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Peggy Ann Garner as the Stepmother
See also
* ''
Moviola'', 1979 novel by
Garson Kanin
Garson Kanin (November 24, 1912 – March 13, 1999) was an American writer and director of plays and films.
Early life
Garson Kanin was born in Rochester, New York; his Jewish family later relocated to Detroit then to New York City. He at ...
, source material for this film
* ''
The Scarlett O'Hara War'' (1980), the third installment of TV miniseries ''Moviola: A Hollywood Saga''
References
External links
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1980 television films
1980 films
1980 drama films
American biographical drama films
Films set in Los Angeles
Films set in the 1940s
Films set in the 1950s
Films about Marilyn Monroe
Films based on American novels
NBC original films
Films directed by John Erman
Films scored by Elmer Bernstein
1980s American films
1980s English-language films
English-language biographical drama films
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