Life and work
Tom Ewell was an American actor. Born: 29 April 1909. Died: 12 September 1994. Citizenship recorded in the biographical source: United States.
Actor · 1909–1994
Tom Ewell
Tom Ewell was an American actor. Born on 29 April 1909, this profile follows Tom Ewell through existing screen stories and their real settings. The connected credits include The Seven Year Itch. The location trail reaches The Seven Year Itch subway-grate site. Each stop belongs to a particular work and moment, keeping the creative credit beside the place that gives the story its geography. Explore the films and programmes below to move between performances, collaborators and settings, and use each location’s own story for the documented connection. These are work locations; a credit alone does not establish a personal visit to every mapped stop. The credit and location sources remain alongside each story for further reading.
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The Seven Year Itch · The Seven Year Itch subway-grate site
Tom Ewell is credited as cast member on The Seven Year Itch. The work’s existing location story leads to The Seven Year Itch subway-grate site. In the early hours of 15 September 1954, Monroe and Billy Wilder's crew filmed the famous dress-lift sequence at Lexington Avenue and East 52nd Street. Fourteen takes were made with a crowd gathered around the corner; because the street sound and crowd overwhelmed production, the film's close-ups were later recreated on a California soundstage. The New York corner is therefore the real-world shoot site, not a claim that every finished frame was photographed here.
The Seven Year Itch — credits ↗︎MoMA — The Seven Year Itch subway-grate shoot ↗︎Wikidata — Trans-Lux 52nd Street Theatre, 586 Lexington Avenue ↗︎
THE PLACES BEHIND THE STORY
A life on the map.
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The Seven Year Itch subway-grate site ↗︎
Marilyn Monroe shoots The Seven Year Itch subway-grate scene
In the early hours of 15 September 1954, Monroe and Billy Wilder's crew filmed the famous dress-lift sequence at Lexington Avenue and East 52nd Street. Fourteen takes were made with a crowd gathered around the corner; because the street sound and crowd overwhelmed production, the film's close-ups were later recreated on a California soundstage. The New York corner is therefore the real-world shoot site, not a claim that every finished frame was photographed here.
MoMA — The Seven Year Itch subway-grate shoot ↗︎Wikidata — Trans-Lux 52nd Street Theatre, 586 Lexington Avenue ↗︎
Lexington Avenue at East 52nd Street, New York, NY 10022
Open street map ↗︎IN THE STORY1909-04-29 1994-09-12
Born 29 April 1909
Died 12 September 1994
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WORKS
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The Seven Year Itch ↗︎
The Seven Year Itch
KEEP EXPLORING
Cities and Worlds.
New York ↗︎
Street corners, fire escapes and subway rhythms. A city to read at walking pace.
PEOPLE IN THE STORY
Creative connections.
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Marilyn Monroe ↗︎
The Hollywood Roosevelt places Marilyn Monroe among its former residents. Begin with this documented hotel connection on Hollywood Boulevard.
Evelyn Keyes ↗︎
Evelyn Keyes was an American film actress. Born on 20 November 1916, this profile follows Evelyn Keyes through existing screen stories and their real settings. The connected credits include The Seven Year Itch. The location trail reaches The Seven Year Itch subway-grate site. Each stop belongs to a particular work and moment, keeping the creative credit beside the place that gives the story its geography. Explore the films and programmes below to move between performances, collaborators and settings, and use each location’s own story for the documented connection. These are work locations; a credit alone does not establish a personal visit to every mapped stop. The credit and location sources remain alongside each story for further reading.