"With his appearing with Marilyn Monroe in "The Fireball" (1950) and with Grace Kelly in "The Bridges at Toko-Ri" (1954), Rooney is the only actor ever co-starring with four of the greatest female screen legends ever.Rooney's "bumptiousness and boyish charm" as an actor developed more "smoothness and polish" over the years, writes biographer Scott Eyman.