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CELEBRATING THE RESIDENTIAL PARK COMMUNITIES FOR 64 YEARS
‘Becoming Marilyn Monroe,’ Actress Sunny Thompson to be Honored with Star Next to Marilyn Monroe
Singer, Actress and Palm Springs “Snowbird” receives Palm Springs Stars on Friday, February 22
Sunny Thompson as Marilyn Monroe. Photo courtesy of BecomingMarilynMonroeTheFilm.com.
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unny Thompson is a singer/actress/recording artist best known for her awardwinning one woman portrayal of Marilyn Monroe in the long running play with music, “Marilyn Forever Blonde.” Sunny performed the play for a decade, more than 700 performances, from the West End in London to Auckland, New Zealand, while cris-crossing the United States and Canada many times over. Sunny finally retired the role in 2017 by
saying “I can’t play 36 forever.” “I wasn’t a big Marilyn fan before I started playing her onstage,” said Sunny, “but after spending more than 10 years saying her words on stage, night after night, helped me understand the difficult life she led and why so many people love her so much! Performing a one-woman play about someone so lonely and desperate to be loved showed me how lucky I am to have a husband and a family to love and support me. I feel
like I’ve become incredibly close to Marilyn Monroe over the years and it’s ironic that I am getting a star on The Palm Springs Walk of Stars right next to Marilyn. I hope she knows how much I love her!” Sunny’s star dedication will be held at 101 S. Palm Canyon Drive on Friday, February 22 at 2 p.m. The award-winning documentary film, “Becoming Marilyn Monroe,” which follows the play from its conception to world-wide success, had its World Premiere at the
American Documentary Film Festival in Palm Springs last year. The film will be screened once again at the Palm Springs Cultural Center as it is the featured attraction for Modernism Week on Saturday, February 23 at 7:30 p.m. Sunny will perform live following the screening. Sunny will also make a guest appearance at the Annenberg Theater on Tuesday, February 20 in Greg Schreiner’s costume spectacular, “Hollywood Revisited.” Sunny has performed “Marilyn Forever Blonde” in Palm Springs at the Annenberg Theatre and the Indian Wells Theater in Palm Desert. She performed for a number of years at the Frank Sinatra Celebrity Golf Tournament opposite Kenny Rogers, Barry Manilow and Frank Sinatra Jr. More importantly, Sunny won the Frank Sinatra Celebrity Tournament in 2000 and has the trophy to prove it. Sunny claims she owed her golfing success to “cute outfits and a high handicap!” Sunny Thompson’s star dedication will be held at 101 South Palm Canyon Drive in Palm Springs on Friday, February 22 at 2 p.m. For more information, visit pschamber.org. “Becoming Marilyn Monroe” will be shown on Saturday, February 23 at 7:30 p.m. at the Palm Springs Cultural Center located at 2300 E Baristo Road in Palm Springs. For more information, visit camelottheatres.com.