Background
Fleming was born Marilyn Fleming on August 13, 1941 in New Liskeard, Ontario, Canada.
Fleming was born Marilyn Fleming on August 13, 1941 in New Liskeard, Ontario, Canada.
She appeared in minor roles in six films between 1965 and 1976, during which time she became acquainted with Marx and moved into his house. She appeared in the Woody Allen movie, Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Sex* (*But Were Afraid to Ask). Fleming"s influence on Marx was controversial.
Court battles dragged into the early 1980s, but judgments were eventually reached in favor of Arthur Marx, ordering Fleming to repay $472,000 to the Marx estate.
Fleming"s mental health deteriorated in the 1990s. She was arrested once in the Los Angeles area on a weapons charge, and spent much of the decade in and out of commitments to various psychiatric facilities.
She was also reportedly impoverished and homeless in her final years, living on the streets of Hollywood and Beverly Hills. Fleming committed suicide on April 15, 2003 at age 61 by shooting herself.
She is buried in Hornings Mills Cemetery, Horning"s Mills, Ontario, Canada.