Autographs of Marilyn Maxwell
Marvel Marilyn Maxwell (August 3, 1921 – March 20, 1972) was an American actress and entertainer. In a career that spanned the 1940s and 1950s, she appeared in several films and radio programs, and entertained the troops during World War II and the Korean War on USO tours with Bob Hope. More about Marilyn Maxwell
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Maxwell was a native of Clarinda, Iowa. During the 1930s, she worked as an usher in Fort Wayne, Indiana at the Rialto Theater located at 2616 South Calhoun Street.
In Fort Wayne, she attended Central High School. She dropped out of school in her sophomore year to join an Indianapolis band as a singer.
She started her professional entertaining career as a radio singer and a singer on stage with Ted Weems' big band while still a teenager. She moved to Hollywood after being with the Pasadena Playhouse and signed with Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer in 1942 as a contract player. Among the radio programs in which she appeared were Beat the Band and The Abbott and Costello Show. Louis B. Mayer, the head of MGM, insisted she change the Marvel part of her real name. She dropped her first name and kept the middle one. She appeared in several Dr. Kildare films with Van Johnson - Dr. Gillespie's Criminal Case (1943); Three Men in White (1944); and Between Two Women (1945). Some of her other film roles included Lost in a Harem (1944) with Abbott and Costello; Champion (1949) with Kirk Douglas; The Lemon Drop Kid (1951) with Bob Hope; New York Confidential (1955) with Broderick Crawford; and Rock-A-Bye Baby (1958) with Jerry Lewis. She received critical praise for her performance in the musical Summer Holiday (1948). The popular Christmas song "Silver Bells" made its debut in The Lemon Drop Kid, sung by Maxwell and Hope. Read even more about Marilyn Maxwell at Wikipedia
She started her professional entertaining career as a radio singer and a singer on stage with Ted Weems' big band while still a teenager. She moved to Hollywood after being with the Pasadena Playhouse and signed with Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer in 1942 as a contract player. Among the radio programs in which she appeared were Beat the Band and The Abbott and Costello Show. Louis B. Mayer, the head of MGM, insisted she change the Marvel part of her real name. She dropped her first name and kept the middle one. She appeared in several Dr. Kildare films with Van Johnson - Dr. Gillespie's Criminal Case (1943); Three Men in White (1944); and Between Two Women (1945). Some of her other film roles included Lost in a Harem (1944) with Abbott and Costello; Champion (1949) with Kirk Douglas; The Lemon Drop Kid (1951) with Bob Hope; New York Confidential (1955) with Broderick Crawford; and Rock-A-Bye Baby (1958) with Jerry Lewis. She received critical praise for her performance in the musical Summer Holiday (1948). The popular Christmas song "Silver Bells" made its debut in The Lemon Drop Kid, sung by Maxwell and Hope. Read even more about Marilyn Maxwell at Wikipedia
Traded items with a signature of Marilyn Maxwell
The most expensive item with a signature of Marilyn Maxwell (Marilyn Maxwell 10x8 inch vintage signed photo) was sold in July 2018 for £64.99 while the cheapest item (VINTAGE POSTCARD OF MARILYN MAXWELL WITH FACSIMILE SIGNATURE) found a new owner for £1.74 in June 2019. The month with the most items sold (2) was November 2018 with an average selling price of £12.49 for an autographed item of Marilyn Maxwell. Sold items reached their highest average selling price in July 2018 with £64.99 and the month that saw the lowest prices with £1.74 was June 2019. In average, an autographed item from Marilyn Maxwell is worth £8.50.
Most recently, these items with a signature of Marilyn Maxwell were sold on eBay - click here for more items.
| Item Title | Price | Store | |
|---|---|---|---|
 | Bob Hope, Marilyn Maxwell, Red Skelton vintage signed album page AFTAL#145 | £8.50 | |
| Glamour - MARILYN MAXWELL D1972 @ 51 `Three Men in White` Ruth Edley signed page | £6.98 | |
| MARILYN MAXWELL (HOLLYWOOD ACTRESS 1940’s) VTG FANCLUB PRE-SIGNED 3x5 PHOTO | £4.02 | |
| MARILYN MAXWELL - AMERICAN ACTRESS. BOLD AUTOGRAPHED ALBUM PAGE | £4.99 | |
| Marilyn Maxwell 10x8 inch signed vintage sepia photograph | £64.99 | |
| Marilyn Maxwell 10x8 inch vintage signed photo | £64.99 | |
| Marilyn Maxwell PC Size Photograph, Facsimile Signature, Rock-A-Bye Baby, USO | £6.00 | |
| Marilyn Maxwell Signed Card Autograph | £4.00 | |
| MARILYN MAXWELL signed paper + pic in display UACC RD retiring | £20.00 | |
| Marilyn Maxwell Signed photo | £2.17 | |
| Marilyn Maxwell vintage signed photograph AFTAL#145 | £14.50 | |
| MARILYN MAXWELL-"Lost In A Harem"-1944-Actress, Singer & Sex Symbol-Signed Pic | £13.28 | |
| MARILYN MAXWELL-1940's-50's Sex Symbol- Swing Fever-etc 1943 Film-Signed Piece | £18.99 | |
| PHOTOGRAPH OF MARILYN MAXWELL - SIGNED | £5.00 | |
| VINTAGE POSTCARD OF MARILYN MAXWELL WITH FACSIMILE SIGNATURE | £1.74 | |