"Some Like It Hot" Characters Trivia Quiz

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Played by Marilyn Monroe, Sugar Kane mentions her real surname is Kowalczyk. Tony Curtis played Joe/Josephine and also Shell Oil Junior, the millionaire with the Cary Grant-like voice.
Jack Lemmon was Jerry/Daphne. Frank Sinatra was to play the Joe/Josephine role because the studio wanted a "big name", with the lesser-known Curtis as Jerry. Producer/Director Billy Wilder felt Sinatra was too unreliable and preferred Jack Lemmon. When big name Monroe subsequently signed on (whom Wilder had worked with on "The Seven Year Itch" and *knew* was going to be a handful), the studio was happy so Lemmon was cast. Lemmon was originally in Wilder's mind for the role of Jerry, with Curtis playing Joe, so Curtis switched to Joe, the romantic lead. Famed female impersonator Barbette was brought in as a consultant to teach gender illusion to the male leads. While Jack Lemmon could never get the physical walk right, Curtis had trouble with the voice. Actor Paul Frees (notable as the voice of Boris Badenov on "The Rocky and Bullwinkle Show"), dubbed some of Josephine's dialogue.

Nellie Weinmeyer, played by Barbara Drew, is the secretary for Sig Poliakoff, the talent agent Jerry and Joe try to get work with. It's Nellie's car they're borrowing at the garage. Joan Shawlee is bandleader Sweet Sue. Dave Berry plays band manager Bienstock.
Wilder wanted older actors familiar with the period the movie was set (late 1920s Prohibition/30s) so Joe E. Brown as cast as Osgood Fielding, and Pat O'Brien played a wise-cracking detective. George E. Stone had played in 1931's classic "Little Caesar" among other gangster roles and was cast as Toothpick Charlie. Gangster film icon George Raft was a perfect fit for Spats Colombo. Wilder wanted Edward G. Robinson to play the rival mob boss Little Bonaparte but Robinson turned the role down, probably due to a long-standing feud with Raft who had already been cast. Robinson's son, Edward G. Robinson, Jr. does appear though as the gunman hidden in the cake. Nehemiah Persoff was cast in the Little Bonaparte role instead.

Written by Billy Wilder and I.A.L. Diamond and produced and directed by Wilder, "Some Like it Hot" has been listed as the #1 ranked movie on the AFI's 100 Years...100 Laughs list. Often in lists of the greatest films of all-time, it was among the first films designated for preservation by the National Film Registry. Outdoor photography in Florida was at the Hotel Del Coronado, across the bay from San Diego. This hotel still operates as a luxury resort. The exterior design is also the basis for the Disney's Grand Floridian hotel in Orlando.

The wrong answers in this quiz are all names of characters that Jack Lemmon portrayed in other Billy Wilder films.