Pamela Blair which later opened at the Kennedy Center to critical acclaim. She also appeared in "Sugar", the stage musical version of the film "Some Like It Hot", in which she played "Sugar Kane", a role made famous by Marilyn Monroe. In 1974, Blair was invited by Michael Bennett to participate in the workshops from which "A Chorus Line" was developed. The character of "Valerie Clark" was in large part, based on her own life, although the surgical enhancement came from another dancer. "Val was based on Mitzi Hamilton, who actually underwent surgery to enhance her figure, and Pam Blair, whose mixture
Albert Einstein in popular culture although the movie is fictionalized. An Einstein-like character appears in Nicolas Roeg's 1985 film "Insignificance". Set in New York in 1953, the film includes a scene in which "The Professor" (played by Michael Emil), the character evidently representing Albert Einstein, discusses Relativity with "The Actress" (Theresa Russell), a Marilyn Monroe-like character. Einstein was portrayed by Walter Matthau in the 1994 romantic comedy "I.Q". In the 2001 film "", he was portrayed as a holographic personality called Dr. Know (voiced by Robin Williams). The 2009 film "The Nutcracker in 3D" includes a character named Uncle Albert who resembles Einstein, speaks with