Rarely has the cult of celebrity alighted on someone with the intensity it struck Marilyn Monroe. More than 60 years after her death, the blond mop, the wafting white dress and that wiggle of a walk continue to inspire imitators.
EastEnders actor Michelle Collins, making her fringe debut, once came across such an acolyte in LA and was fascinated. The woman, in her 60s, pulled up in a motorhome and emerged looking just like the star of Some Like It Hot. What need for fame, what thirst for attention, what emotional hunger could drive such a person?
