Marilyn Monroe
Acting
Marilyn Monroe (born Norma Jeane Mortenson; 1 June 1926 – 4 August 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).
Portrait of Norma Jeane
Dream Girl: The Making of Marilyn Monroe
Becoming Marilyn
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Una foto de Marilyn
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Rat Pack
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Mythos Côte d'Azur - Liebe, Luxus, Leidenschaft
Marilyn Monroe: Beauty is Pain
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Beautiful Like a Poem
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Marilyn and I
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Marilyn Monroe for Sale
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Arthur Miller: Writer
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Hollywood-Diven von ihrer erotischen Seite
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All Governments Lie: Truth, Deception, and the Spirit of I.F. Stone
The Girl (archive footage)
Arthur Miller: A Man of His Century
Self - Miller's 2nd Wife (archive footage)
Marilyn Monroe Declassified
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Footsteps on the Ceiling
Miss Caswell (archive footage)
Fascination: Unauthorized Story of Marilyn Monroe
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Marilyn
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Marilyn Monroe: Unclaimed Baggage
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Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen
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Cameraman: The Life and Work of Jack Cardiff
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Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History - The 1950s: The Golden Era of the Musical
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The Life And Music Of Marilyn Monroe
Herself
Grace Kelly: Destiny of a Princess
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Marilyn Monroe: Still Life
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The Legacy of 'Some Like It Hot'
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The Making of 'Some Like It Hot'
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Playboy: Celebrity Centerfolds
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Marilyn Monroe: A Life in Pictures
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Marilyn's Man
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Playboy: 50 Years of Playmates
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Playboy's 50th Anniversary Celebration
Making 'The Misfits'
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Marilyn: Portrait of a Legend
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Nobody's Perfect: The Making of Some Like It Hot
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Cleopatra: The Film That Changed Hollywood
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Marilyn on Marilyn
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Clara Bow: Discovering the "It" Girl
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Prayer for Marilyn Monroe
Marilyn in Manhattan
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Hidden Hollywood: Treasures from the 20th Century Fox Film Vaults
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Barbara Stanwyck: Straight Down the Line
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Trinity and Beyond: The Atomic Bomb Movie
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Marilyn Monroe: Portrait of a Legend...Suicide Or Murder?
Marilyn Monroe: The Mortal Goddess
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That's Entertainment! III
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Playboy Playmates: The Early Years
Faces of Death Part VII
Murderers, Mobsters, & Madmen: Volume 6: Hollywood Police Files
Barbara Stanwyck: Fire and Desire
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Robert Mitchum: The Reluctant Star
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Marilyn: Something's Got to Give
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Hollywood Heaven: Tragic Lives, Tragic Deaths
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Batmania: From Comics to Screen
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John Huston: The Man, the Movies, the Maverick
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Hollywood Uncensored
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Marilyn Monroe
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Say Goodbye to the President: Marilyn and The Kennedys
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Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage
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Oops, Those Hollywood Bloopers!
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Arthur Miller on Home Ground
Mi Marilyn
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The Men Who Made the Movies: Howard Hawks
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Marilyn Magdalene
Fake Newsreal
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The Legend of Marilyn Monroe
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The Marilyn Monroe Story
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Marilyn
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La Rabbia
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Something's Got to Give
Ellen Wagstaff Arden
President Kennedy's Birthday Salute
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Lykke og krone
The Misfits
Roslyn Taber
Let's Make Love
Amanda Dell
Some Like It Hot
Sugar Kane Kowalczyk
Zwischen Glück und Krone
The Prince and the Showgirl
Elsie
Bus Stop
Cherie
The Seven Year Itch
The Girl
There's No Business Like Show Business
Vicky
River of No Return
Kay Weston
How to Marry a Millionaire
Pola Debevoise
Gentlemen Prefer Blondes
Lorelei Lee
Niagara
Rose Loomis
Monkey Business
Lois Laurel
O. Henry's Full House
Streetwalker (segment "The Cop and the Anthem")
Don't Bother to Knock
Nell Forbes
We're Not Married!
Annabel Jones
Clash by Night
Peggy
Let's Make It Legal
Joyce Mannering
Love Nest
Roberta 'Bobbie' Stevens
As Young as You Feel
Harriet
Home Town Story
Iris Martin
The Fireball
Polly
All About Eve
Miss Caswell
Right Cross
Dusky Ledoux (uncredited)
A Ticket to Tomahawk
Clara
The Asphalt Jungle
Angela Phinlay
Love Happy
Grunion's Client
Ladies of the Chorus
Peggy Martin
Green Grass of Wyoming
Extra at Square Dance (uncredited)
Scudda Hoo! Scudda Hay!
Betty (uncredited)
Dangerous Years
Evie
The Shocking Miss Pilgrim
Telephone Operator (voice) (uncredited)