Burton's Secret Affair With Monroe....

A new biography of the late Richard Burton has revealed the Hollywood actor had an affair with Marilyn Monroe.Burton's affair with Elizabeth Taylor - who he went on to marry - has been well documented but it is now claimed the star first cheated on his wife Sybil Williams with Monroe.The book titled Richard Burton: Prince of Players is written by the actor's former publicist Michael Munn who insists Burton's liaison with the Gentleman Prefer Blondes star occurred at the beginning of his career - before he met Taylor on the set of Cleopatra in 1963.Penny Juror, who has also written a biography of Burton, insists there could definitely be truth to the rumours.She says, "I think any affair Burton might have had is credible. He was very promiscuous. He made it a rule to try and conquer any leading lady that he had in the early days."Clearly Marilyn Monroe would have been a target for him because she was the sex symbol of Hollywood at the time."Munn also details an affair Burton is said to have conducted with Lana Turner - his co-star in 1955 movie The Rains of Ranchipur.

Burton divorced Williams in 1963 and went on to marry four more times - twice to Elizabeth Taylor - before his death in 1984.

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