She Kept Her Clothes On
Pinned against the most famous woman in the world, the good girl from a good family was nothing like bad girl Marilyn Monroe. Kelly actually kept her clothes on (again, probably because of her father’s opinion on actresses being a notch above prostitutes).
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Unlike Monroe, Kelly wasn’t sexualized in Hollywood. She was described as “stainless steel” and “granite.” Alfred Hitchcock, who was also obsessed with her after seeing the Taxi screen test, called her “a snow-covered volcano.” In Rear Window, the famed director reportedly made her kiss Jimmy Stewart 30 times in one scene.