None can say with certainty, because answers are varied - and so is all the gossip about these two. Some say they had a two-week long affair together, and that they were spending time in his tiny beach house (which sounds entirely possible, because he did the exact same thing with his intended fiancée Pier Angeli). read more
Honestly, I don’t know. Overall with the fraternization and smaller ‘size’ of Hollywood back in their day, my educated guess would be yes. They likely met at least once at one point in time. read more
In the case of Marilyn Monroe and James Dean they practically had to be restrained from spitting. The brush occurred in Hollywood in 1954 at a screening of the new Brando picture, On the Waterfront. They attended separately—she was with Shelley Winters, he was with Nick Ray. read more