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R.I.P. Marilyn G. Henry, 87, in Sept. (paper-doll designer)
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Lenona
Dec 5, 2020, 7:57:16 PM12/5/20
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(There's another Marilyn Henry, I believe, who was born in July of 1939, but right now I can't find out what kind of books she worked on.)
https://obits.courierpress.com/obituaries/courierpress/obituary.aspx?n=marilyn-g-henry&pid=196822669&fhid=14467
(includes photo)
Evansville, Ind. - Marilyn G. Henry, 87, of Evansville, IN, passed away peacefully at her home on Sunday, September 13, 2020, after a brief struggle with cancer.
Marilyn was born Dec. 19, 1932, in Lincoln, NE, to the late A. Vernon and Grace Thompson. She studied fine art at the University of Nebraska before moving to Evansville, where she began a long career as a fashion illustrator for the Evansville Courier, Strouse's, the Evansville Store, DeJong's, and many others. For more than two decades beginning in 1982, she taught commercial art and drawing at Ivy Tech, mentoring many of the artists now working in the city. A life-long fan of classic Hollywood, Marilyn was the author of The Films of Alan Ladd; a contributor to movie publications; and a cohost of "Superstar Movie" for WNIN-TV. Her other great passion was paper dolls. As an artist, she produced numerous movie star paper doll books, earning fans and friends around the globe. She also launched a magazine, Paperdoll Review, for which she served as editor the past 28 years. An avid reader and freelance writer, she was a past president of the Ohio Valley Writer's Guild.
Marilyn is survived by her sons, Scott, and his wife Genevieve, of Atlanta; and Blaine, and his wife Natasha, of Evansville. She will be missed by her publisher, Jenny Taliadoris, close friend Dwan Coomes, and the many friends she made through her love of paper dolls, movies, and books.
No services will be held.
https://obits.courierpress.com/obituaries/courierpress/obituary.aspx?n=marilyn-g-henry&pid=196822669&fhid=14467
(includes photo)
Evansville, Ind. - Marilyn G. Henry, 87, of Evansville, IN, passed away peacefully at her home on Sunday, September 13, 2020, after a brief struggle with cancer.
Marilyn was born Dec. 19, 1932, in Lincoln, NE, to the late A. Vernon and Grace Thompson. She studied fine art at the University of Nebraska before moving to Evansville, where she began a long career as a fashion illustrator for the Evansville Courier, Strouse's, the Evansville Store, DeJong's, and many others. For more than two decades beginning in 1982, she taught commercial art and drawing at Ivy Tech, mentoring many of the artists now working in the city. A life-long fan of classic Hollywood, Marilyn was the author of The Films of Alan Ladd; a contributor to movie publications; and a cohost of "Superstar Movie" for WNIN-TV. Her other great passion was paper dolls. As an artist, she produced numerous movie star paper doll books, earning fans and friends around the globe. She also launched a magazine, Paperdoll Review, for which she served as editor the past 28 years. An avid reader and freelance writer, she was a past president of the Ohio Valley Writer's Guild.
Marilyn is survived by her sons, Scott, and his wife Genevieve, of Atlanta; and Blaine, and his wife Natasha, of Evansville. She will be missed by her publisher, Jenny Taliadoris, close friend Dwan Coomes, and the many friends she made through her love of paper dolls, movies, and books.
No services will be held.
Lenona
Dec 5, 2020, 8:42:40 PM12/5/20
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https://paperdollreview.com/index.php?main_page=index&cPath=9
(This has the covers of paper doll books by Henry - subjects include Judy Garland, Esther Williams, Loretta Young , Maria Montez, Turhan Bey, Gene Tierney, Jeanette MacDonald, Ingrid Bergman, Jane Powell, Leslie Caron, Joan Fontaine, Lauren Bacall, Maureen O'Hara, Merle Oberon, and a few more.)
https://paperdollreview.com/index.php?main_page=index&cPath=81
("Marilyn Henry Estate" the books listed are NOT by Henry)
https://paperstudiopress.com/index.php?main_page=page&id=12
(brief bio - this has the cover of the Marilyn Monroe book)
It says her first book was on Vivien Leigh. Another one was on Ginger Rogers.
Excerpt:
"During the 1990s she created a lovely line of paper dolls for B. Shackman & Co. illustrated in the style of the 1940s books she had loved so well. Her series includes Joan Crawford, Barbara Stanwyck, Claudette Colbert, Myrna Loy, Lana Turner, Carmen Miranda, and a paper doll version of Mel Odom’s Gene Doll™."
(This has the covers of paper doll books by Henry - subjects include Judy Garland, Esther Williams, Loretta Young , Maria Montez, Turhan Bey, Gene Tierney, Jeanette MacDonald, Ingrid Bergman, Jane Powell, Leslie Caron, Joan Fontaine, Lauren Bacall, Maureen O'Hara, Merle Oberon, and a few more.)
https://paperdollreview.com/index.php?main_page=index&cPath=81
("Marilyn Henry Estate" the books listed are NOT by Henry)
https://paperstudiopress.com/index.php?main_page=page&id=12
(brief bio - this has the cover of the Marilyn Monroe book)
It says her first book was on Vivien Leigh. Another one was on Ginger Rogers.
Excerpt:
"During the 1990s she created a lovely line of paper dolls for B. Shackman & Co. illustrated in the style of the 1940s books she had loved so well. Her series includes Joan Crawford, Barbara Stanwyck, Claudette Colbert, Myrna Loy, Lana Turner, Carmen Miranda, and a paper doll version of Mel Odom’s Gene Doll™."
Lenona
Dec 5, 2020, 8:56:05 PM12/5/20
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https://paperdollreview.com/index.php?main_page=index&manufacturers_id=6
(this is worth checking out too - it includes paper dolls with the fashions of the 1950s, 1960s, 1970s, steampunk(!), and an African-American section)
Lenona.
(this is worth checking out too - it includes paper dolls with the fashions of the 1950s, 1960s, 1970s, steampunk(!), and an African-American section)
Lenona.
Lenona
Dec 5, 2020, 9:28:26 PM12/5/20
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https://www.goodreads.com/author/list/810970.Marilyn_Henry
(a few book reviews - this MAY include two or three books by a different Henry)
https://www.browningfuneral.com/obituaries/Marilyn-G--Henry?obId=18386561
(this seems to have remembrances of Henry, but I can't open it right now)
https://m.facebook.com/217497451616730/posts/lets-send-marilyn-henry-some-cheer-our-beloved-paper-doll-artist-and-paperdoll-r/2424713634228423/
(from 2019 - this has a photo of some of her B&W work)
https://m.facebook.com/marilyn.henry.334
(this has some of her work from the Merle Oberon book)
https://m.facebook.com/131269913567989/posts/i-never-know-whats-going-to-surface-as-i-go-through-my-accumulation-of-stuff-ass/2087504047944556/
(this has pictures from the Maureen O'Hara book - it also mentions Audrey Hepburn, Rita Hayworth, Hedy Lamarr and Carole Lombard)
And...there are eight recent videos about her collection! Here's one (they all have very similar titles):
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=7WMu7ott_IU
(a few book reviews - this MAY include two or three books by a different Henry)
https://www.browningfuneral.com/obituaries/Marilyn-G--Henry?obId=18386561
(this seems to have remembrances of Henry, but I can't open it right now)
https://m.facebook.com/217497451616730/posts/lets-send-marilyn-henry-some-cheer-our-beloved-paper-doll-artist-and-paperdoll-r/2424713634228423/
(from 2019 - this has a photo of some of her B&W work)
https://m.facebook.com/marilyn.henry.334
(this has some of her work from the Merle Oberon book)
https://m.facebook.com/131269913567989/posts/i-never-know-whats-going-to-surface-as-i-go-through-my-accumulation-of-stuff-ass/2087504047944556/
(this has pictures from the Maureen O'Hara book - it also mentions Audrey Hepburn, Rita Hayworth, Hedy Lamarr and Carole Lombard)
And...there are eight recent videos about her collection! Here's one (they all have very similar titles):
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=7WMu7ott_IU
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