Rare Facts You Never Knew About Marilyn Monroe

Johnny Hyde

Monroe began to work with Johnny Hyde, the VP of William Morris Agency. They began to sleep together and Hyde fell in love, proposing to Monroe not long after. She refused his affection. He paid for her to have cosmetic surgery on her jaw and nose, which landed her a small role in the Marx Brothers film Love Happy. 

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