22. She also had a slight fixation with her costar in The Misfits, Clark Gable, whom she saw as a father figure. When he passed away, she claimed to have cried for two days straight.
It’s understandable that she would have seen Gable as a sort of father to her, given that her real-life dad was a mystery. Not only that, but she was a young actress and he really did have a fatherly feel to him on screen.
It’s sad to imagine how his passing affected her! Crying for two whole days sounds pretty awful.
