Marilyn Monroe as Daisy Mae?

**tsunamiSD** · November 23rd, 2016, 10:19 PM

I've run across the picture below on the internet, and can't make up my mind about it. I think that it is her, but my searches in her VEF thread and online (using various combinations of her name, Daisy Mae, Dogpatch, Sadie Hawkins Day, etc.) brought up nothing. I had in fact been searching for holiday-themed pictures of celebrities but when this picture popped up the weblog site it was from said nothing about Marilyn. Can anyone state that it is her or definitely someone else, and what your rationale is? Thanks...

PS - the actual file title was "2 sadie-hawkins-day-450x269".

~~bigtrain45~~ · November 24th, 2016, 08:47 PM

Hollywood was looking for women who looked like her, and found plenty; Jayne Mansfield, Kim Novak, Diana Dors, and dozens of others. In the movie of Lil' Abner, Daisy Mae was played by Leslie Parrish, who did not do a lot of movies, but you could find her on almost any tv show in the 60's, from Perry Mason to Star Trek.

**tsunamiSD** · November 24th, 2016, 10:31 PM

Edie Adams (Broadway) and Leslie Parrish (who only got the role because Edie was late in delivering her baby) played Daisy Mae. Neither of them looked anything like Marilyn, except for having blonde hair. Check the pics below and you can see what I mean.

**Witness** · November 27th, 2016, 12:47 AM

Marilyn may not have played Daisy Mae, but she did once visit Dog Patch:

voyeurkind · November 27th, 2016, 04:08 PM

Could she have tested for the role or worn the costume for a party or something similar? Is that definitely not her in the picture above?

November 23rd, 2016, 10:19 PM	#1
tsunamiSD Veteran Member Join Date: Jan 2010 Posts: 53,020 Thanks: 633,164 Thanked 640,246 Times in 53,099 Posts	Marilyn Monroe as Daisy Mae? I've run across the picture below on the internet, and can't make up my mind about it. I think that it is her, but my searches in her VEF thread and online (using various combinations of her name, Daisy Mae, Dogpatch, Sadie Hawkins Day, etc.) brought up nothing. I had in fact been searching for holiday-themed pictures of celebrities but when this picture popped up the weblog site it was from said nothing about Marilyn. Can anyone state that it is her or definitely someone else, and what your rationale is? Thanks... PS - the actual file title was "2 sadie-hawkins-day-450x269". Last edited by tsunamiSD; June 18th, 2017 at 11:12 AM..

November 24th, 2016, 10:31 PM	#3
tsunamiSD Veteran Member Join Date: Jan 2010 Posts: 53,020 Thanks: 633,164 Thanked 640,246 Times in 53,099 Posts	Edie Adams (Broadway) and Leslie Parrish (who only got the role because Edie was late in delivering her baby) played Daisy Mae. Neither of them looked anything like Marilyn, except for having blonde hair. Check the pics below and you can see what I mean. Last edited by tsunamiSD; June 18th, 2017 at 11:13 AM..

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November 24th, 2016, 08:47 PM	#2
~~bigtrain45~~ Banned! Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Savannah GA Posts: 16,142 Thanks: 47,756 Thanked 215,718 Times in 16,027 Posts	Hollywood was looking for women who looked like her, and found plenty; Jayne Mansfield, Kim Novak, Diana Dors, and dozens of others. In the movie of Lil' Abner, Daisy Mae was played by Leslie Parrish, who did not do a lot of movies, but you could find her on almost any tv show in the 60's, from Perry Mason to Star Trek.

November 27th, 2016, 12:47 AM	#4
Witness Vintage Member Join Date: Nov 2009 Posts: 3,262 Thanks: 16,791 Thanked 36,051 Times in 3,276 Posts	Marilyn may not have played Daisy Mae, but she did once visit Dog Patch:

November 27th, 2016, 04:08 PM	#5
voyeurkind Member Join Date: Oct 2014 Posts: 27 Thanks: 1,567 Thanked 352 Times in 25 Posts	Could she have tested for the role or worn the costume for a party or something similar? Is that definitely not her in the picture above?