Marilyn Monroe
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- June 1, 1926
- Died
- August 5, 1962 (aged 36)
- Birthplace
- Los Angeles, California, USA
Biography
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).
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Filmography
Portrait of Norma Jeane
Movie · as (archive footage)
100 Years of Marilyn Monroe
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
Marilyn Monroe: The Rise of an Icon
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
Celebrity Crime Scene: Marilyn Monroe
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
Marilyn and the Mob
TV · as archive footage · 2 eps
Bardot
Movie · as archive footage
Crushtime
Movie · as L'actrice blonde
My Mom Jayne
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Aliens Uncovered: Marilyn Monroe Exposed
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
My Life as Marilyn
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The Myth of Marilyn Monroe
Movie · as Self (archival footage)
Pretty Baby: Brooke Shields
TV · as Self (archive footage) · 1 ep
Una foto de Marilyn
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
Becoming Marilyn
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Rat Pack
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Marilyn, Her Final Secret
Movie
Fatal Addiction: Marilyn Monroe
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Marilyn, a woman of today
Movie · as archive footage
Andy Warhol's America
Movie
The Century of Icons
TV · as Self (archive footage) · 1 ep
Dream Girl: The Making of Marilyn Monroe
TV · as Self (archive) - actress, subject · 3 eps
Reframed: Marilyn Monroe
TV · as archive footage · 4 eps
Andy Warhol's America
TV · as archive footage · 1 ep
Marilyn Monroe: Beauty is Pain
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
Mythos Côte d'Azur - Liebe, Luxus, Leidenschaft
Movie
Beautiful Like a Poem
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
Signoret and Montand, Monroe and Miller: Two couples in Hollywood
Movie · as Self(archive footage)
First Ladies
TV · as Self (archive footage) · 1 ep
Marilyn and I
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
Scandalous: The Death of Marilyn Monroe (Director's Cut)
TV · as archive footage · 3 eps
Marilyn Monroe for Sale
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
Arthur Miller: Writer
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Hollywood-Diven von ihrer erotischen Seite
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Cinema Through the Eye of Magnum
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Mansfield 66/67
Movie · as Self - Actress(archive footage)
The Fabulous Allan Carr
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All Governments Lie: Truth, Deception, and the Spirit of I.F. Stone
Movie · as The Girl (archive footage)
Andy Warhol, Fluorescent
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Marilyn Monroe Declassified
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
Arthur Miller: A Man of His Century
Movie · as Self - Miller's 2nd Wife (archive footage)
Destins secrets d’étoiles - Grace, Jackie, Liz, Marilyn…
Movie
Jayne Mansfield: The Tragedy of a Blonde
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
Footsteps on the Ceiling
Movie · as Miss Caswell (archive footage)
Love, Marilyn
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Fascination: Unauthorized Story of Marilyn Monroe
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
Marilyn
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Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen
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Marilyn Monroe: Unclaimed Baggage
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
Marilyn despite herself
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Marilyn Monroe: In The Movies
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Marilyn Monroe: The Story of Her Iconic Life
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Marilyn at the Movies
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
Bert Stern - Original Madman
Movie
Marilyn Monroe: The Last Torments
Movie · as archive footage
Mentiras verdaderas
TV · as Self (archive footage) · 1 ep
Cameraman: The Life and Work of Jack Cardiff
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
Marilyn Monroe: I Want to Be Loved
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Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History - The 1950s: The Golden Era of the Musical
Movie · as Self (archive)
Marilyn, dernières séances
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The Making of 'Some Like It Hot'
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
The Legacy of 'Some Like It Hot'
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Playboy: Celebrity Centerfolds
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Grace Kelly: Destiny of a Princess
Movie · as Self - Actress (archive footage)
Marilyn Monroe: Still Life
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The Life And Music Of Marilyn Monroe
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Marilyn Monroe: A Life in Pictures
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James Dean: Forever Young
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
Playboy: 50 Years of Playmates
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
Marilyn's Man
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The Prince, The Showgirl and Me
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The Body of Marilyn Monroe
Movie · as archive footage
Bettie Page: The Girl in the Leopard Print Bikini
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
Playboy's 50th Anniversary Celebration
Movie
Un film et son époque
TV · as Self (archive footage) · 1 ep
Making 'The Misfits'
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
Marilyn vs Marilyn
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Cleopatra: The Film That Changed Hollywood
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
Marilyn on Marilyn
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
Nobody's Perfect: The Making of Some Like It Hot
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
Marilyn Monroe: The Final Days
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The Complete Marilyn Monroe
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Backstory: 'All About Eve'
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
Clara Bow: Discovering the "It" Girl
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Marilyn in Manhattan
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
Prayer for Marilyn Monroe
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Hollywood Hall Of Fame - Marilyn Monroe
Movie
Barbara Stanwyck: Straight Down the Line
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
Hidden Hollywood: Treasures from the 20th Century Fox Film Vaults
Movie · as Self (Archival Footage)
We Remember Marilyn
Movie · as archive footage
The Good, The Bad, and the Beautiful
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
Trinity and Beyond: The Atomic Bomb Movie
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
Marilyn Monroe: Portrait of a Legend...Suicide Or Murder?
Movie
The Casting Couch
Movie
Marilyn Monroe: The Mortal Goddess
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
That's Entertainment! III
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Intimate Portrait
TV · as Self (archive footage) · 1 ep
Marilyn: Portrait of a Legend
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
Playboy's Playmates: The Early Years
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Murderers, Mobsters, & Madmen: Volume 6: Hollywood Police Files
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Faces of Death VII
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The Marilyn Files
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Robert Mitchum: The Reluctant Star
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Barbara Stanwyck: Fire and Desire
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
The Discovery Of Marilyn Monroe
Movie
Marilyn: Something's Got to Give
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
Hollywood Heaven: Tragic Lives, Tragic Deaths
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
Death In Hollywood
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Batmania: From Comics to Screen
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Two Tragic Blondes - Marilyn Monroe And Jean Harlow
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John Huston: The Man, the Movies, the Maverick
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
Remembering Marilyn
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Hollywood Uncensored
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Norma Jean Alias Marilyn Monroe
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Eve and Marilyn
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Marilyn Monroe
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Marilyn Monroe: Beyond the Legend
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Voyage to Nowhere
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Say Goodbye to the President: Marilyn and The Kennedys
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
Volunteers
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Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage
Movie · as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Oops, Those Hollywood Bloopers!
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
Arthur Miller on Home Ground
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
Mi Marilyn
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Spécial cinéma
TV · as Self (archive footage) · 1 ep
The Men Who Made the Movies: Howard Hawks
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
Marilyn Magdalene
Movie
Fake Newsreal
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Marilyn
Movie
The Legend of Marilyn Monroe
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
ABC Stage 67
TV · as Self (archive footage) · 1 ep
Marilyn
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
La Rabbia
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
The Marilyn Monroe Story
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
President Kennedy's Birthday Salute
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Lykke og krone
Movie · as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
The Misfits
Movie · as Roslyn Taber
Let's Make Love
Movie · as Amanda Dell
Some Like It Hot
Movie · as Sugar Kane Kowalczyk
Zwischen Glück und Krone
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
The Prince and the Showgirl
Movie · as Elsie
Bus Stop
Movie · as Cherie
The Seven Year Itch
Movie · as The Girl
River of No Return
Movie · as Kay Weston
There's No Business Like Show Business
Movie · as Vicky
Gentlemen Prefer Blondes
Movie · as Lorelei Lee
How to Marry a Millionaire
Movie · as Pola Debevoise
Niagara
Movie · as Rose Loomis
Clash by Night
Movie · as Peggy
We're Not Married!
Movie · as Annabel Jones
Don't Bother to Knock
Movie · as Nell Forbes
O. Henry's Full House
Movie · as Streetwalker (segment "The Cop and the Anthem")
Monkey Business
Movie · as Lois Laurel
Let's Make It Legal
Movie · as Joyce Mannering
Home Town Story
Movie · as Iris Martin
Love Nest
Movie · as Bobbie Stevens
As Young as You Feel
Movie · as Harriet
All About Eve
Movie · as Miss Caswell
The Asphalt Jungle
Movie · as Angela Phinlay
The Fireball
Movie · as Polly
A Ticket to Tomahawk
Movie · as Clara
Right Cross
Movie · as Dusky Ledoux (uncredited)
The Jack Benny Program
TV · as Marilyn Monroe · 2 eps
The Bob Hope Show
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Love Happy
Movie · as Grunion's Client
Green Grass of Wyoming
Movie · as Extra at Square Dance (uncredited)
Ladies of the Chorus
Movie · as Peggy Martin
Scudda Hoo! Scudda Hay!
Movie · as Betty (uncredited)
Dangerous Years
Movie · as Evie
The Shocking Miss Pilgrim
Movie · as Telephone Operator (voice) (uncredited)
Golden Globe Awards
TV · as Self - Nominee · 2 eps