Just watching the girls from the Playboy mansion & Kendra was disgusted that Mamie's ex-husband Ray Anthony was talking to her (Kendra's) Mum. Kendra called him "all the way Ray"...whilst I can guess at what she was on about, I just wondered was there a particular incident or something? The guy is like 87...eeekkk...!!!
"I cannot live without my life! I cannot die without my soul".... Heathcliff
I see "Girls Next Door" sometimes, they come off
(on the show) as a bit silly, but I am a bit impressed
with Holly's literary selections (George Orwell & F. Scott Fitzgerald)
and I think without all the makeup, Holly looks like Mamie Van Doren.
I don't know what his nickname means,
but maybe it just has to do with music?
When Ray was married to (or dating?) Mamie,
he was friends with Marilyn Monroe, but I doubt
they dated--cause he was with miss Mamie at the time.
(Mamie's autbiography talks more about that)
"Stars were made to suffer, and I am a star."-Jayne Mansfield
I agree with you I also think Holly looks like Mamie.
"I cannot live without my life! I cannot die without my soul".... Heathcliff
They have very simular smiles, figures and pretty hair.
I don't know if she can act, but Holly (looks wise) could
maybe play Mamie, she's the only modern person who reminds me of Mamie.
If I was a movie director, that would be just
a dream come true to make a movie about miss Mamie
--only with her Full approval. She deserves a respectable,
witty, epic, fabulous, non-sensationalized! movie about her book!
Mamie is good friends with Holly's spouse ("Hef"),
but I wonder if Holly is friends with Mamie, maybe they are?
There is a really good artist, Olivia (don't know her last name),
and she paints really good art of the GND's, Mamie and Bettie Page.
"Stars were made to suffer, and I am a star."-Jayne Mansfield
Actually Mamie has said that she does think Ray Anthony and Marilyn had a fling. He even wrote a song for MM. Ray was a womanizer in his day, he was cute and had lots of 'lady friends'! Their son, Perry, loves the blondes too!
Professional Jayne Mansfield fanatic/lover since 1980.
I just saw Ray on a newer episode of GND.
(He was on a bus with Holly and Hef going
to see Kendra and Bridget at a beach party)
In Mamie's book, he seemed more uptight,
but on the show he seemed more easygoing,
friendly and happy. Of course people change
with age, but I wouldn't have guessed that
he was the same guy!
"Oh, I Don't Care What People Call Me."-Debbie Harry
Really Marilyn and Ray had a fling?
She really loved her Men.
That's what Mamie says she thinks
happened [in her book] between them.
He sent Marilyn flowers and
supposedley wrote [or dedicated]
one of his hit songs for/to her.
I don't know why he'd cheat on
Mamie, even though Marilyn was
kind and beautiful herself. Some
men are just crazy like that though.
I think even Orson Welles cheated on Rita Hayworth!
"Oh, I Don't Care What People Call Me."-Debbie Harry
do you have an excerpt from the book?
Orson Welles did cheat on Rita Hayworth - with Marilyn in 1947!!