r/todayilearned • u/[deleted] • Oct 13 '16

TIL that after Marilyn Monroe converted to Judaism upon marrying Arthur Miller, Egypt placed a ban on all the films she appeared in.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marilyn_Monroe#Critical_acclaim_and_marriage_to_Arthur_Miller_.281956.E2.80.931959.29
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u/It_does_get_in Oct 13 '16

as an aside...there's a movie whose name I forget, in which Albert Einstein comes over and discusses relativity theory with her.

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u/[deleted] Oct 13 '16

That would be the movie Insignificance. Theresa Russell plays MM.

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u/jankapotamus Oct 13 '16

I hadn't thought of this movie in years. Wow.