Marilyn Monroe surrounded herself with many people, and enough living contacts remain to allow interviews decades after her death. Her public image as an immortal screen goddess makes it easy to assume she lacked ordinary relationships, yet she formed genuine friendships, including with women. She lived for several years with Amy Greene, an ex-model and widow of Milton Greene, the photographer with whom Monroe created her independent film company in 1955. Greene described skepticism from other girlfriends who questioned having Monroe in their home, while Greene insisted Monroe was a business partner and posed no threat. Female friendships also appear in Monroe’s films through her relationships with other women.
"The first thing to say about Monroe's friends is that she had a lot of them. The fact that more than six decades have passed since her death, and it's still possible to find enough living people to interview, tells you something. This is all the more surprising because MM (as she's sometimes referred to in fan circles) seems far too much the archetypal, immortal screen goddess to do anything as ordinary as have mates."
"But Monroe could indeed be what some might call a girl's girl. Amy Greene is an ex-model and the widow of Milton Greene, the photographer with whom Monroe formed her independent film company, Marilyn Monroe Productions (MMP), in 1955. Greene shared her home with the star for several years in the mid-1950s, and remembers the consternation this arrangement caused: Girlfriends would say, Are you out of your mind to have that woman in your house?' I'd say, What's wrong with you? There's nothing there. They're business partners!'"
"And when we got to know each other and we became real friends, I knew that she would never hurt me by banging Milton. Female friendships figure prominently in her movies, too. She pals around with Lauren Bacall and Betty Gra"
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