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Marilyn Monroe

Marilyn Monroe

Acting · Sound

Born June 1, 1926, Los Angeles, California, USA

Marilyn Monroe (born Norma Jeane Mortenson; June 1, 1926 – August 4, 1962) was an American actress. Famous for playing comedic "blonde bombshell" characters, she became one of the most popular sex symbols of the 1950s and early 1960s, as well as an emblem of the era's sexual revolution. She was a top-billed actress for a decade, and her films grossed $200 million (equivalent to $2 billion in 2021) by the time of her death in 1962. Long after her death, Monroe remains a major icon of pop culture. In 1999, the American Film Institute ranked her sixth on their list of the greatest female screen legends from the Golden Age of Hollywood. Multiple film critics and media outlets have cited Monroe as one of the best actors never to have received an Academy Award nomination. Born and raised in Los Angeles, Monroe spent most of her childhood in a total of 12 foster homes and an orphanage; she married at age sixteen. She was working in a factory during World War II when she met a photographer from the First Motion Picture Unit and began a successful pin-up modeling career, which led to short-lived film contracts with 20th Century Fox and Columbia Pictures. After a series of minor film roles, she signed a new contract with Fox in late 1950. Over the next two years, she became a popular actress with roles in several comedies, including As Young as You Feel and Monkey Business, and in the dramas Clash by Night and Don't Bother to Knock. She faced a scandal when it was revealed that she had posed for nude photographs prior to becoming a star, but the story did not damage her career and instead resulted in increased interest in her films. By 1953, Monroe was one of the most marketable Hollywood stars; she had leading roles in the film noir Niagara, which overtly relied on her sex appeal, and the comedies Gentlemen Prefer Blondes and How to Marry a Millionaire, which established her star image as a "dumb blonde". The same year, her nude images were used as the centerfold and on the cover of the first issue of Playboy. She played a significant role in the creation and management of her public image throughout her career, but she was disappointed when she was typecast and underpaid by the studio. She was briefly suspended in early 1954 for refusing a film project but returned to star in The Seven Year Itch (1955), one of the biggest box office successes of her career. When the studio was still reluctant to change Monroe's contract, she founded her own film production company in 1954. She dedicated 1955 to building the company and began studying method acting under Lee Strasberg at the Actors Studio. Later that year, Fox awarded her a new contract, which gave her more control and a larger salary. Her subsequent roles included a critically acclaimed performance in Bus Stop (1956) and her first independent production in The Prince and the Showgirl (1957). She won a Golden Globe for Best Actress for her role in Some Like It Hot (1959), a critical and commercial success. Her last completed film was the drama The Misfits (1961).

Filmography

Appearances as themselves (92)
  • 2026100 Years of Marilyn Monroe — Self (archive footage)
  • 2026Celebrity Crime Scene: Marilyn Monroe — Self (archive footage)
  • 2026Disney Celebrates America: The Pursuit of Happiness — Self (archival footage)
  • 2026Marilyn Monroe: The Rise of an Icon — Self
  • 2024Aliens Uncovered: Marilyn Monroe Exposed — Self (archive footage)
  • Pretty Baby: Brooke Shields — Self (archive footage)
  • 2023The Myth of Marilyn Monroe — Self (archival footage)
  • 2022Becoming Marilyn — Self (archive footage)
  • 2022Rat Pack — Self (archive footage)
  • The Century of Icons — Self (archive footage)
  • 2022Una foto de Marilyn — Self (archive footage)
  • 2021Marilyn Monroe: Beauty is Pain — Self (archive footage)
  • 2020Beautiful Like a Poem — Self (archive footage)
  • First Ladies — Self (archive footage)
  • 2019Marilyn and I — Self (archive footage)
  • 2018Marilyn Monroe for Sale — Self (archive footage)
  • 2017Arthur Miller: Writer — Self (archive footage)
  • 2017Hollywood-Diven von ihrer erotischen Seite — Self (archive footage)
  • 2017Mansfield 66/67 — Self - Actress(archive footage)
  • 2017The Fabulous Allan Carr — Self (archive footage)
  • Код доступа — Self
  • 2015Arthur Miller: A Man of His Century — Self - Miller's 2nd Wife (archive footage)
  • 2015Jayne Mansfield: The Tragedy of a Blonde — Self (archive footage)
  • 2015Marilyn Monroe Declassified — Self (archive footage)
  • 2012Fascination: Unauthorized Story of Marilyn Monroe — Self (archive footage)
  • 2012Marilyn — Self (archive footage)
  • 2012Marilyn Monroe: The Story of Her Iconic Life — Self
  • 2012Marilyn Monroe: Unclaimed Baggage — Self (archive footage)
  • 2011Marilyn at the Movies — Self (archive footage)
  • Mentiras verdaderas — Self (archive footage)
  • 2010Cameraman: The Life and Work of Jack Cardiff — Self (archive footage)
  • 2009Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History - The 1950s: The Golden Era of the Musical — Self (archive)
  • 2006Grace Kelly: Destiny of a Princess — Self - Actress (archive footage)
  • 2006Marilyn Monroe: Still Life — Self (archive footage)
  • 2006Playboy: Celebrity Centerfolds — Self (archive footage)
  • 2006The Legacy of 'Some Like It Hot' — Self (archive footage)
  • 2006The Life And Music Of Marilyn Monroe — Herself
  • 2006The Making of 'Some Like It Hot' — Self (archive footage)
  • 2005James Dean: Forever Young — Self (archive footage)
  • 2005Marilyn Monroe: A Life in Pictures — Self
  • 2004Bettie Page: The Girl in the Leopard Print Bikini — Self (archive footage)
  • 2004Marilyn's Man — Self (archive footage)
  • 2004Playboy: 50 Years of Playmates — Self (archive footage)
  • 2004The Prince, The Showgirl and Me — Self (archive footage)
  • Un film et son époque — Self (archive footage)
  • 2002Making 'The Misfits' — Self (archive footage)
  • 2001Cleopatra: The Film That Changed Hollywood — Self (archive footage)
  • 2001Marilyn on Marilyn — Self (archive footage)
  • 2001Nobody's Perfect: The Making of Some Like It Hot — Self (archive footage)
  • 2001The Complete Marilyn Monroe — Self
  • 2000Backstory: 'All About Eve' — Self (archive footage)
  • 1999Clara Bow: Discovering the "It" Girl — Self (archive footage)
  • 1998Marilyn in Manhattan — Self (archive footage)
  • 1997Barbara Stanwyck: Straight Down the Line — Self (archive footage)
  • 1997Hidden Hollywood: Treasures from the 20th Century Fox Film Vaults — Self (Archival Footage)
  • 1996The Good, The Bad, and the Beautiful — Self (archive footage)
  • 1995Trinity and Beyond: The Atomic Bomb Movie — Self (archive footage)
  • 1994Marilyn Monroe: The Mortal Goddess — Self (archive footage)
  • Intimate Portrait — Self (archive footage)
  • 1992Faces of Death VII — Self (archive footage)
  • 1992Marilyn: Portrait of a Legend — Self (archive footage)
  • 1992Playboy's Playmates: The Early Years — Self (archive footage)
  • 1991Barbara Stanwyck: Fire and Desire — Self (archive footage)
  • 1991Robert Mitchum: The Reluctant Star — Self (archive footage)
  • 1990Death In Hollywood — Self (archive footage)
  • 1990Hollywood Heaven: Tragic Lives, Tragic Deaths — Self (archive footage)
  • 1990Marilyn: Something's Got to Give — Self (archive footage)
  • 1989Batmania: From Comics to Screen — Self (archive footage)
  • 1989Two Tragic Blondes - Marilyn Monroe And Jean Harlow — Self (archive footage)
  • 1988John Huston: The Man, the Movies, the Maverick — Self (archive footage)
  • 1988Remembering Marilyn — Self (archive footage)
  • 1987Eve and Marilyn — Self (archive footage)
  • 1987Hollywood Uncensored — Self (archive footage)
  • 1986Marilyn Monroe — Self (archive footage)
  • 1985Say Goodbye to the President: Marilyn and The Kennedys — Self (archive footage)
  • 1983Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage — Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
  • 1982Oops, Those Hollywood Bloopers! — Self (archive footage)
  • 1979Arthur Miller on Home Ground — Self (archive footage)
  • 1975Mi Marilyn — Self (archive footage)
  • Spécial cinéma — Self (archive footage)
  • 1973The Men Who Made the Movies: Howard Hawks — Self (archive footage)
  • 1970Fake Newsreal — Self (archive footage)
  • ABC Stage 67 — Self (archive footage)
  • 1966The Legend of Marilyn Monroe — Self (archive footage)
  • 1963La Rabbia — Self (archive footage)
  • 1963Marilyn — Self (archive footage)
  • 1963The Marilyn Monroe Story — Self (archive footage)
  • 1962Lykke og krone — Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
  • 1962President Kennedy's Birthday Salute — Self
  • 1959Zwischen Glück und Krone — Self (archive footage)
  • The Bob Hope Show — Self
  • Golden Globe Awards — Self - Nominee
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