Background
Marilyn Louise Brown was born on March 9, 1953 in San Jose, California. Her father named her after his favorite actress, Marilyn Monroe.
Marilyn Louise Brown was born on March 9, 1953 in San Jose, California. Her father named her after his favorite actress, Marilyn Monroe.
She was the sister of actor/author/playwright Barry Brown and author James Brown. Her parents were Donald Bernard Brown and Vivian Brown. Marilyn was of mixed English, Irish, Sicilian, and Scottish descent.
She started studying tap dancing, modern dance, and acting beginning in pre-teens, and continuing into her late teens at an acting school run by the actor Bo Hopkins.
During that time, she appeared in several off-off Broadway plays. Brown had small roles in the lowbrow mid-70s drive-in exploitation comedies Navy and The Amorous Adventures of Don Quixote and Sancho Panza.
Outside of her sparse movie credits, Marilyn also acted in a few off-off-Broadway stage productions.
