Original sentence: It has been speculated that the character Norma Desmond of Sunset Boulevard, a washed-up silent superstar living in self-delusion, was based on Mae Murray.She was the subject of an authorized biography, The Self-Enchanted written by Jane Ardmore that has often been incorrectly called Murray's autobiography.Writer/director Billy Wilder, however, never revealed his inspiration for the character, however
Edited sentence: It has been speculated by many Hollywood insiders that the character Norma Desmond of Sunset Boulevard, a washed-up silent superstar living in self-delusion, was based on Mae.She was the subject of a not-particularly-successful authorized biography, The Self-Enchanted written by Jane Ardmore that has often been incorrectly called Murray's autobiography.Writer/director Billy Wilder never admitted as such