# Did Einstein bed Marilynn Monroe? **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [September 27, 2001, 6:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-einstein-bed-marilynn-monroe/84156 "2001-09-27T18:11:18Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![DanBlather](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/f4b2a3/32.png) [@DanBlather](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DanBlather)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2001, 6:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-einstein-bed-marilynn-monroe/84156/1 "2001-09-27T18:11:18Z")
A co-worker just asked me if the rumors about Monroe and Einstein were true. Nothing in the archives, so I thought I’d ask the smartest people I know. ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2001, 6:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-einstein-bed-marilynn-monroe/84156/2 "2001-09-27T18:20:06Z")
Marilyn Monroe a f\*cking genius? I’d not heard that. ---
**Author:** ![ShibbOleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/848f3c/32.png) [@ShibbOleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShibbOleth)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2001, 6:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-einstein-bed-marilynn-monroe/84156/3 "2001-09-27T18:31:30Z")
> [@](#): > > _Originally posted by lieu \* > \*\*Marilyn Monroe a f_cking genius? > \*\* I think that in this case it should be “Marilyn Monroe f\*cking a genuis”. Talk about your Noble Prizes! ---
**Author:** ![London\_Calling](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/49beb7/32.png) [@London\_Calling](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/London_Calling)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2001, 6:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-einstein-bed-marilynn-monroe/84156/4 "2001-09-27T18:34:30Z")
I think it’s a question of Relativity ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2001, 6:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-einstein-bed-marilynn-monroe/84156/5 "2001-09-27T18:52:16Z")
So that explains his hair. ---
**Author:** ![Wumpus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/8c91f0/32.png) [@Wumpus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wumpus)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2001, 7:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-einstein-bed-marilynn-monroe/84156/6 "2001-09-27T19:03:32Z")
Did Einstein bed Marilyn? No, Einstein _was_ Marilyn. Note how you never see them together in the same picture. ---
**Author:** ![D18](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/c57346/32.png) [@D18](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/D18)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2001, 7:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-einstein-bed-marilynn-monroe/84156/7 "2001-09-27T19:14:44Z")
Your co-worker may be thinking of the movie \* Insignificance\* From imdb: > [@](#): > > Four 1950’s cultural icons (Albert Einstein, Marilyn Monroe, Joe DiMaggio and Senator Joseph MacCarthy) who conceivably could have met and probably didn’t, fictionally do in this modern fable of post-WWII America. Visually intriguing, the film has a fluid progression of flash-backs and flash-forwards centering on the fictional Einstein’s current observations, childhood memories and apprehensions for the future. I’m almost positive Albert and Marilyn don’t boink in the movie. That’s an image I’m sure I would’ve remembered! ---
**Author:** ![D18](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/c57346/32.png) [@D18](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/D18)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2001, 7:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-einstein-bed-marilynn-monroe/84156/8 "2001-09-27T19:16:31Z")
Forgot to mention - the bulk of Marylin’s and Albert’s scenes take place in his hotel room. ---
**Author:** ![voguevixen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b5ac83/32.png) [@voguevixen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/voguevixen)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2001, 7:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-einstein-bed-marilynn-monroe/84156/9 "2001-09-27T19:32:06Z")
I believe I remember seeing Shelly Winters on Letterman talking about her relationship with Monroe. She said one of the things that stood out about her was that Monroe was always more attracted to brains than brawn. They made up some sort of slumber party-type lists of guys they most wanted to sleep with and Monroe’s were all brainy/professional sorts and one of those listed was, in fact, Einstein. So according to a second-hand source, Monroe at least WANTED to have sex with Einstein at some point in her life, but I’ve never heard that she actually did or not. ---
**Author:** ![ShibbOleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/848f3c/32.png) [@ShibbOleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShibbOleth)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2001, 7:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-einstein-bed-marilynn-monroe/84156/10 "2001-09-27T19:38:12Z")
[QUOTE] \*Originally posted by D18 \* > [@](#): > > Four 1950’s cultural icons (Albert Einstein, Marilyn Monroe, Joe DiMaggio and Senator Joseph MacCarthy) who conceivably could have met and probably didn’t… Just to be clear, for the impressionable young minds who might happen here, DiMaggio and Monroe not only met but were married to one another for a year. It was Monroe’s second marriage. Her third and final marriage was to playwright Arthur Miller. So she was attracted to both brains and brawn, but perhaps she was also attracted to celebrity, all three common aphrodisiacs for some. ---
**Author:** ![FallenAngel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/5daacb/32.png) [@FallenAngel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FallenAngel)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2001, 7:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-einstein-bed-marilynn-monroe/84156/11 "2001-09-27T19:43:06Z")
Just to muddy the waters a little, I recall a quote attributed to Monroe, can’t find a cite now though, that Einstein was the sexiest man she ever met. Of course, that doesn’t mean they bumped in the night. ---
**Author:** ![Sofa\_King](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/58956e/32.png) [@Sofa\_King](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sofa_King)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2001, 8:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-einstein-bed-marilynn-monroe/84156/12 "2001-09-27T20:04:22Z")
[Here](http://www.swinginchicks.com/marilynmonroe.htm)’s an unsubstantiated quote attributed to Otto Preminger: “Marilyn had this fantasy of having a child by Albert Einstein, whom she absolutely idolized. Marilyn converted to Judaism, you know, but it’s not widely noted. Anyhow, Marilyn believed that between her and Einstein, they could have the perfect child – one with her looks and his brain…” Albert Einstein would have been about 67 years old at the _start_ of Norma Jeane’s career in 1946. That’s pre-Viagra. ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2001, 8:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-einstein-bed-marilynn-monroe/84156/13 "2001-09-27T20:06:02Z")
I guess that E would equal MM squared. ---
**Author:** ![Ike\_Witt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ike_witt/32/283_2.png) [@Ike\_Witt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ike_Witt)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2001, 8:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-einstein-bed-marilynn-monroe/84156/14 "2001-09-27T20:09:36Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Sofa King \* > \*\* Marilyn believed that between her and Einstein, they could have the perfect child – one with her looks and his brain…" \*\* Can’t you just picture a baby with HIS looks and HER brains? ---
**Author:** ![Just\_Ed](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e19b73/32.png) [@Just\_Ed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Just_Ed)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2001, 12:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-einstein-bed-marilynn-monroe/84156/15 "2001-09-28T00:48:55Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by adam yax \* > \*\* > > > [@](#): > > > > \*Originally posted by Sofa King \* > > \*\* Marilyn believed that between her and Einstein, they could have the perfect child – one with her looks and his brain…" \*\* > > Can’t you just picture a baby with HIS looks and HER brains? \*\* Sure. Carrot Top. ---
**Author:** ![don\_t\_ask](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e68b1a/32.png) [@don\_t\_ask](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/don_t_ask)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2001, 1:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-einstein-bed-marilynn-monroe/84156/16 "2001-09-28T01:19:32Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by lieu \* > \*\*I guess that E would equal MM squared. \*\* I think it’s actual E=M’sC squired. ---
**Author:** ![DanBlather](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/f4b2a3/32.png) [@DanBlather](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DanBlather)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2001, 2:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-einstein-bed-marilynn-monroe/84156/17 "2001-09-28T02:25:20Z")
Thanks all for giving me a good laugh. I’ll never look at Carrot Top the same way again. ---
**Author:** ![Astroboy14](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/df705f/32.png) [@Astroboy14](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Astroboy14)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2001, 2:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-einstein-bed-marilynn-monroe/84156/18 "2001-09-28T02:45:17Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Quixotic \* > \*\* > > > [@](#): > > > > \*Originally posted by adam yax \* > > \*\* > > > > > [@](#): > > > > > > \*Originally posted by Sofa King \* > > > \*\* Marilyn believed that between her and Einstein, they could have the perfect child – one with her looks and his brain…" \*\* > > > > Can’t you just picture a baby with HIS looks and HER brains? \*\* > > Sure. Carrot Top. \*\* BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!😃 First good laugh of the day! ---
**Author:** ![Wumpus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/8c91f0/32.png) [@Wumpus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wumpus)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2001, 3:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-einstein-bed-marilynn-monroe/84156/19 "2001-09-28T03:01:59Z")
So how many days until someone posts a thread asking “Is it true what I hear about Marilyn, Einstein, and Carrot Top?” ---
**Author:** ![Buck\_The\_Diver](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ac8455/32.png) [@Buck\_The\_Diver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Buck_The_Diver)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2001, 4:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-einstein-bed-marilynn-monroe/84156/20 "2001-09-28T04:41:54Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Wumpus \* > \*\*So how many days until someone posts a thread asking “Is it true what I hear about Marilyn, Einstein, and Carrot Top?” \*\* I never thought I would see Marilyn Monroe, Albert Einstein and {shudder} Carrot Top mentioned in one thread, much less one sentence. Thanks, Wumpus. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-einstein-bed-marilynn-monroe/84156.md?page=2)