Which two powerhouses became unlikely friends, with one helping launch the other's career?

The Some Like It Hot actress and "Summertime" singer formed a friendship that helped build a career. After Monroe and Fitzgerald became pals, Monroe locked down a gig for her friend at Mocambo, a popular nightclub at the time. As it turned out, that gig would launch the jazz queen to her destiny. According to Fitzgerald herself, in a 1972 MS magazine article, “I owe Marilyn Monroe a real debt...She personally called the owner of the Mocambo (who had refused to book Fitzgerald because she was black), and told him she wanted me booked immediately, and if he would do it, she would take a front table every night...After that, I never had to play a small jazz club again.” Girl power.

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