‘I Love Lucy’ star played matchmaker for Marilyn Monroe and Joe DiMaggio: author

Marilyn Monroe was introduced to hubby fig 2 by an improbable matchmaker – an "I Love Lucy" star.

The 25-year-old was eating retired with her agent, Norman Brokaw, erstwhile William Frawley, who played Fred Mertz successful the sitcom, approached them. He had an connection that the histrion couldn’t refuse.

"[My father] took her to a tv programme called ‘Lights, Camera, Action,’ which was a showcase for up-and-coming talent," Norman's lad Joel Brokaw told Fox News Digital. "[It was] a unrecorded amusement successful Hollywood that each the casting agents would tune successful to watch. They went and did this tv show, and past helium said, 'Let’s spell down the thoroughfare and spell to The Hollywood Brown Derby and person a meal.’ It was the spot to beryllium seen."

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Marilyn Monroe had nary thought who Joe DiMaggio was erstwhile they met successful 1952. (Getty Images)

"It didn’t instrumentality agelong earlier they were noticed," Joel shared. "William Frawley … came implicit to the array and helium said … ‘I’m having meal with Joe D. He would similar to conscionable the young lady. We’ll halt by your array aft we’re done.’ 

"Marilyn turned to my dada and said, ‘Who’s Joe D?’ She had nary thought who Joe DiMaggio was. She evidently wasn’t a shot fan. So, helium had to springiness her a speedy past of the value of Joe DiMaggio."

According to Hollywood lore, Joe DiMaggio was speechmaking the paper erstwhile helium spotted a photograph of Marilyn Monroe wearing a shot uniform. He was smitten. (Getty Images)

Brokaw, who represented Elvis Presley, Clint Eastwood and galore different apical stars, died successful 2016 astatine property 89. Joel has written a caller memoir astir the precocious patriarch, "Driving Marilyn," which details however helium went from moving successful the mailroom of William Morris Agency to becoming its CEO.

Joel Brokaw's book, "Driving Marilyn," is retired now. (Lyons Press )

DiMaggio, who was 12 years Monroe’s senior, had conscionable retired from the New York Yankees. He was retired eating with his adjacent pal erstwhile helium recovered himself captivated by the blonde beauty.

And Brokaw didn’t miss his accidental to assistance bring the 2 together.

"[My begetter and Marilyn] finished their repast first," said Joel. "They went implicit to the table, and the remainder is history."

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William Frawley starred arsenic Fred Mertz successful the '50s sitcom "I Love Lucy." (CBS via Getty Images)

Joel said his begetter met Monroe done his uncle, Hollywood endowment cause Johnny Hyde. In her publication "My Story," Monroe said that Hyde was successful emotion with her and had asked her to wed him.

"If you look astatine each the stories that person been written astir Marilyn Monroe, Johnny Hyde is simply a salient chapter," Joel explained. "He was the big-shot superagent who believed successful Marilyn. He was besides surviving with her arsenic well. He staked his full estimation connected advancing her career."

Hollywood cause Johnny Hyde wanted to wed his client, up-and-coming starlet Marilyn Monroe. (ALAMY)

"At the time, a batch of the attitudes of his peers were, ‘That’s his lover, and she’s this year's blonde,’" Joel shared. "A batch of radical didn’t spot thing truly peculiar successful her. But finally, towards the extremity of his life, helium got her a declaration with 20th Century Fox. At that point, my begetter had conscionable been promoted to beryllium a inferior agent."

Marilyn Monroe with her cause Johnny Hyde, circa 1949.  (ALAMY)

Joel said that Hyde had "a precise atrocious bosom condition," which prevented him from taking his imagination lawsuit to functions. That’s erstwhile Brokaw stepped in.

"He had to instrumentality her to her auditions, which were for $55 a job, SAG minimum," Joel explained. "He took her to acting lessons, went to premieres and tv shows that she was doing. He got to walk a batch of clip with her. 

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"From what helium told maine astir her, they truly deed it disconnected precise well. He truly liked her. He thought that she was incredibly intelligent. They conscionable had a large relationship."

Norman Brokaw went connected to correspond Marilyn Monroe. (Brokaw Family)

Hyde passed distant successful 1950. He was 55.

It was successful 1952 erstwhile Brokaw and Monroe walked implicit to DiMaggio’s array to accidental hello. DiMaggio and Monroe went connected to day for astir 2 years earlier getting hitched astatine San Francisco City Hall successful 1954.

Several months after the mates said, "I do," Brokaw received a telephone call. It was from DiMaggio. According to the book, Monroe was nary longer his lawsuit astatine the time.

Joe DiMaggio was hoping Marilyn Monroe would go a housewife. She had different plans. (AFP via Getty Images)

"Joe DiMaggio got a portion of proposal from my dada that came astatine a precise important clip successful their marriage," said Joel. "Joe truly wanted Marilyn to beryllium a stay-at-home housewife. He was getting much and much upset astir Marilyn’s higher illustration and being retired successful public. 

Marilyn Monroe and Joe DiMaggio's matrimony was said to beryllium tumultuous earlier they yet called it quits. (Underwood Archives/Getty Images)

"And so, my begetter said to him, ‘I don’t cognize of a pistillate who could person you not to spell up to bat to deed for the 56th consecutive game. And I don’t cognize of a antheral who could person a young histrion not to prima successful a movie with Clark Gable oregon Spencer Tracy.'"

"That made [a] lightbulb spell connected successful Joe DiMaggio’s mind," said Joel. "He credited that proposal for keeping the matrimony live a spot longer. . . . It besides cemented a lifelong relationship that my begetter had with Joe DiMaggio."

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Marilyn Monroe and Joe DiMaggio's matrimony lasted 9 months. (NY Daily News Archive via Getty Images.)

The powerfulness couple’s matrimony lasted lone 9 months. Monroe filed for divorcement from DiMaggio, citing "mental cruelty."

Brokaw and Monroe crossed paths successful a unsocial mode erstwhile much successful 1962. 

At the time, Joel’s parent was hospitalized with schizophrenia. Brokaw needed idiosyncratic to assistance ticker implicit his sons. Monroe’s psychiatrist, Dr. Ralph Greenson, who had besides worked with Joel’s mother, suggested housekeeper Eunice Murray.

Marilyn Monroe and Joe DiMaggio reconnected successful 1961, a twelvemonth earlier her death. (Getty Images)

"She was a idiosyncratic whom helium placed with a batch of his patients to assistance them grip their day-to-day responsibilities and to person a watchful oculus implicit them," Joel explained. "A fewer weeks earlier, Eunice Murray had walked successful and recovered Marilyn Monroe dead. That was a truly unusual occurrence successful my life."

Mrs. Eunice Murray, housekeeper of the precocious Marilyn Monroe, tells reporters that the histrion had not seemed suicidal to her. (Getty Images)

"I truly liked Mrs. Murray," said Joel. "But I besides felt similar the vigor was unusual astir her. . . . That was portion of increasing up successful Hollywood – a batch of unusual stuff."

Monroe passed distant from a barbiturate overdose successful 1962. She was 36. It was DiMaggio, who had reentered her beingness successful 1961, who planned her funeral.

"It was an undying emotion that helium had for her for the remainder of his life," Joel remarked.

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Joe DiMaggio's reported past words were, "I'll yet get to spot Marilyn." (Getty Images)

DiMaggio had caller roses delivered to Monroe's sedate doubly a week for 20 years. He outlived his ex-wife by astir 4 decades. He passed distant successful 1999 astatine property 84.

DiMaggio’s lawyer aboriginal said that his reported past words were, "I’ll yet get to spot Marilyn."