Ab irato. AB IRATO, civil law. A Latin phrase, which signifies by a man in anger. It is applied to bequests or gifts, which a man makes adverse to the interest of his heir, in consequence of anger or hatred against him. Thus a devise made under these circumstances is called a testament ab irato.
Marilyn Monroes first movie role was in The Shocking Miss Pilgrim.
Representative of the more sensational (but still well-received) accounts of Monroe's life is Anthony Summers, Goddess: The Secret Lives of Marilyn Monroe (1985; 1986). A thoughtful analysis of Monroe's life, films, and changing cultural meaning can be found in Graham McCann, Marilyn Monroe (1987). Norman Mailer, Marilyn (1973), and Gloria Steinem, Marilyn (1986), perhaps illuminate as much about their authors as they do about Monroe.