Goodbye, Norma Jean (1976)

Director
Larry Buchanan

Main cast
Misty Rowe; Terence Locke; Patch Mackenzie; Preston Hanson; Marty Zagon

Genres
Drama

Description
Norma Jean Baker finds her way to Hollywood and is turned into sex symbol Marilyn Monroe.


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