Mary Loos Mary Loos Mary Loos (May 6, 1910 – October 11, 2004) was an American actress, screenwriter and novelist. She was occasionally credited under her full name, Mary Anita Loos. Born in San Diego, she was the daughter of Dr. Clifford Loos, co-founder of the Ross-Loos Medical Clinic and the Ross-Loos Medical Group, the first Health maintenance organization (HMO) in the United States. She was the niece of screenwriter Anita Loos. She was both co-creator and one of the writers for "Yancy Derringer" (1958-1959), an American Western TV series. Mary Loos died in Monterey, California, aged 94, due to complications following
Gentlemen Prefer Blondes (1953 film) is too, a lack of grasp in Howard Hawks' handling, which is scrappy and uninventive." On review aggregation website Rotten Tomatoes, the film has an approval rating of 98% based on 40 reviews, with an average rating of 7.8/10. The site's critical consensus reads, "Anchored by Marilyn Monroe and Jane Russell's sparkling magnetism, "Gentlemen Prefer Blondes" is a delightfully entertaining 1950s musical." German film director Rainer Werner Fassbinder declared it one of the ten best films ever made. Monroe and Russell were accorded the honor of putting their hand and foot prints in cement in the forecourt of Grauman's Chinese