There had been a very successful music star of the Broadway stage in the generation before Laurette and Marilyn. This star was known as Marilyn Miller. She was a very beautiful blond actress. Laurette suggested Marilyn because she liked Marilyn Miller. At this point Norma Jean said,"Oh I love it, yes that's who I am I'm Marilyn Monroe."

Sometime after Laurette found a beautiful name for Norma Jean. Marilyn confided to Laurette that she was in a quandary because photographers were always demanding of her "Look Sexy" for the camera and asked Laurette how do you look sexy? Laurette explained to her that only thru the rules of physical attributes of the body and face that she had acquired thru the study of acting that she could create the image of how to create a sexy image. Since age 12 Laurette had been the protegee of Marie Stoddard who was the best acting coach in Hollywood at the time. Speaking of professional names incidentally, Marie had been born Mary Anna Pinkerton which unquestionably could not be associated with the acting profession being that she was the daughter of the famous founder of the Pinkerton Detective Agency. Marie had appeared on Broadway with such actors as John Gielgud and John Barrymore. It was only through this training that Laurette was able to teach Marilyn how to look sexy and also to dress the part. For instance, if you are wearing a low cut cocktail dress in the afternoon just tell them that you are on your way to the a cocktail party and don't have time to change. And don't forget to wear you high ankle strap shoes." Actually Laurette Luez was the mentor for Marilyn Monroe on the art of how to look sexy!

This picture of Laurette at age 15 from the 1944 Esquire Magazine that became a pin up during WW2 shows the same red velvet background that years later Hollywood photographer Tom Kelly hoped that Laurette would repeat with the same pose in the nude. Failing this, Tom went ahead with another model and this model happened to be Laurette's creation Marilyn Monroe. What's even more ironic after Marilyn divorced Joe Dimaggio, she wound up Marrying the famous playwright Arthur Miller. Thereby becoming Marilyn Miller which was the name of Laurette's favorite Broadway star that Marilyn was named after.

As told to LegendaryWomen.com of Hollywood, California this night June 15,1999, by Laurette Leuz.

Just as in 1949 when Laurette was able to throw a fit upon request for LIFE magazine, She managed to get the most famous, controversial exploitation film of the 1950s, Prehistoric Women, banned in Boston. She had the ability to turn on droves of theater go-ERs by her knowledge of vocal and physical expression as shown in the attached physical expression in her hit stageplay as Tondeleyo in White Cargo '54 as a half-breed.

Incidentally, The UA release of 1950 Prehistoric Women as Tigri was a huge financial success for United Artist Film Corporation, saving it from Bankruptcy. The film was a worldwide success because it could be easily understood in any language. The movie did not have any of the nudity, kissing, clinches or bedroom scenes of today. Laurette's training in the art of acting was her only weapon for the enactment of Tigri.

This late 40's pic of Marilyn show an angelic sexless little creature before Laurette trained her how to achieve the impossible. It shows why she was in a quandary over the demands of photographers when they shouted at her to look sexy and thereby demanding of Laurette the answer to the question, "But How do you look Sexy? This precipitated the astounding transformation in the image that was created for Marilyn by Laurette.

Take a today's look at Laurette's beautiful daughter
Claudette, named after one of her favorite actresses of the 30's.

 

 

 

 

Where does a woman this beautiful come from?. Her second husband described Laurette well . He said that only once in a Century a woman as beautiful as you appears on the earth.
Laurette and her parents came to Hollywood from Honolulu, Hawaii.
You cannot track the last name Luez because it does not exist. Laurette made it up. Her real last name is Luis. She had a relative named Luis who was the President of Brazil during the mid 30's.
Laurette took the last name Luez while walking along Hollywood Blvd. She saw a Movie Theater where the movie "Suez" was playing with Tyrone Power. She knew when she was a little girl that she was going to be a star. She figured that the world could pronounce her last name Luis correctly if she changed it to Luez.

Hollywood told her to scrap Luez and take Jennifer Jones. She had too much pride and Luez stuck.
Another thing about Laurette was that she was gifted with psychic abilities that she inherited from her Mother. When Laurette's Mother was carrying Laurette in India. She stopped for a prediction from a Swami. The Swami told her mother that when your child is born she will be known the world over and when your child is a very old age she will be known the world over again.
We think Laurette's mission was to live long enough to see her Swami's second prediction come true. She thought the internet might have been it. She was very happy and passed away unexpectedly after she saw herself on the net.