Marilyn Monroe (born Norma Jeane Mortenson; 1 June 1926 – 4 August 1962) was a European-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.
Marilyn Monroe (born Norma Jeane Mortenson; 1 June 1926 – 4 August 1962) was a European-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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Wikipedia: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4616
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Filmography (Movies)
Portrait of Norma Jeane
Character:
Release Date:09/12/2025
Dream Girl: The Making of Marilyn Monroe
Character:
Release Date:20/09/2022
Becoming Marilyn
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:07/07/2022
Una foto de Marilyn
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:14/04/2022
Rat Pack
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:11/01/2022
Marilyn Monroe: Beauty is Pain
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:01/06/2021
Beautiful Like a Poem
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:11/05/2020
Marilyn and I
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:20/01/2019
Marilyn Monroe for Sale
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:23/12/2018
Arthur Miller: Writer
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:08/12/2017
Hollywood-Diven von ihrer erotischen Seite
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:01/09/2017
All Governments Lie: Truth, Deception, and the Spirit of I.F. Stone
Character:The Girl (archive footage)
Release Date:04/11/2016
Arthur Miller: A Man of His Century
Character:Self - Miller's 2nd Wife (archive footage)
Release Date:17/10/2015
Marilyn Monroe Declassified
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:12/07/2015
Footsteps on the Ceiling
Character:Miss Caswell (archive footage)
Release Date:01/01/2013
Fascination: Unauthorized Story of Marilyn Monroe
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:15/05/2012
Marilyn
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:02/04/2012
Marilyn Monroe: Unclaimed Baggage
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:25/02/2012
Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen
Character:(archive footage)
Release Date:04/02/2012
Cameraman: The Life and Work of Jack Cardiff
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:05/05/2010
Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History - The 1950s: The Golden Era of the Musical
Character:Self (archive)
Release Date:10/03/2009
The Life And Music Of Marilyn Monroe
Character:Herself
Release Date:09/11/2006
Grace Kelly: Destiny of a Princess
Character:Self - Actress (archive footage)
Release Date:16/09/2006
Marilyn Monroe: Still Life
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:18/07/2006
The Legacy of 'Some Like It Hot'
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:25/06/2006
The Making of 'Some Like It Hot'
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:25/06/2006
Playboy: Celebrity Centerfolds
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:24/02/2006
Marilyn Monroe: A Life in Pictures
Character:Self
Release Date:12/07/2005
Playboy: 50 Years of Playmates
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:14/09/2004
Making 'The Misfits'
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:02/10/2002
Marilyn: Portrait of a Legend
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:30/07/2002
Nobody's Perfect: The Making of Some Like It Hot
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:31/12/2001
Cleopatra: The Film That Changed Hollywood
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:03/04/2001
Marilyn on Marilyn
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:01/01/2001
Clara Bow: Discovering the It Girl
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:14/06/1999
Prayer for Marilyn Monroe
Character:
Release Date:31/10/1998
Marilyn in Manhattan
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:05/09/1998
Hidden Hollywood: Treasures from the 20th Century Fox Film Vaults
Character:Self (Archival Footage)
Release Date:18/11/1997
Barbara Stanwyck: Straight Down The Line
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:12/05/1997
Trinity and Beyond: The Atomic Bomb Movie
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:29/09/1995
Marilyn Monroe: Portrait of a Legend...Suicide Or Murder?
Character:
Release Date:01/01/1995
Marilyn Monroe: The Mortal Goddess
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:17/10/1994
That's Entertainment! III
Character:(archive footage)
Release Date:01/07/1994
Barbara Stanwyck: Fire and Desire
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:15/07/1991
Robert Mitchum: The Reluctant Star
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:10/03/1991
Marilyn: Something's Got to Give
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:13/12/1990
Hollywood Heaven: Tragic Lives, Tragic Deaths
Character:(archive footage)
Release Date:01/01/1990
Batmania: From Comics to Screen
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:01/01/1989
John Huston: The Man, the Movies, the Maverick
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:24/10/1988
Hollywood Uncensored
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:01/12/1987
Marilyn Monroe
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:01/01/1986
Volunteers
Character:Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Release Date:16/08/1985
Say Goodbye to the President: Marilyn and The Kennedys
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:01/01/1985
Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage
Character:Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Release Date:25/02/1983
Oops, Those Hollywood Bloopers!
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:01/01/1982
Mi Marilyn
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:02/01/1975
The Men Who Made the Movies: Howard Hawks
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:01/01/1973
Marilyn Magdalena
Character:
Release Date:12/10/1972
Fake Newsreal
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:01/01/1970
The Legend of Marilyn Monroe
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:30/11/1966
The Love Goddesses
Character:(Archive Footage)
Release Date:03/03/1965
The Marilyn Monroe Story
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:01/06/1963
Marilyn
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:18/04/1963
La Rabbia
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:13/04/1963
President Kennedy's Birthday Salute
Character:Self
Release Date:19/05/1962
Something's Got to Give
Character:Ellen Wagstaff Arden
Release Date:01/01/1962
The Misfits
Character:Roslyn Taber
Release Date:01/02/1961
Let's Make Love
Character:Amanda Dell
Release Date:08/09/1960
Some Like It Hot
Character:Sugar Kane Kowalczyk
Release Date:19/03/1959
The Prince and the Showgirl
Character:Elsie
Release Date:13/06/1957
Bus Stop
Character:Cherie
Release Date:31/08/1956
The Seven Year Itch
Character:The Girl
Release Date:03/06/1955
There's No Business Like Show Business
Character:Vicky
Release Date:16/12/1954
River of No Return
Character:Kay Weston
Release Date:30/04/1954
How to Marry a Millionaire
Character:Pola Debevoise
Release Date:29/10/1953
Gentlemen Prefer Blondes
Character:Lorelei Lee
Release Date:14/07/1953
Niagara
Character:Rose Loomis
Release Date:26/01/1953
Monkey Business
Character:Lois Laurel
Release Date:03/09/1952
O. Henry's Full House
Character:Streetwalker (segment "The Cop and the Anthem")
Release Date:07/08/1952
Don't Bother to Knock
Character:Nell Forbes
Release Date:18/07/1952
We're Not Married!
Character:Annabel Jones
Release Date:11/07/1952
Clash by Night
Character:Peggy
Release Date:30/05/1952
Let's Make It Legal
Character:Joyce Mannering
Release Date:31/10/1951
Love Nest
Character:Roberta 'Bobbie' Stevens
Release Date:10/10/1951
As Young as You Feel
Character:Harriet
Release Date:15/06/1951
Home Town Story
Character:Iris Martin
Release Date:18/05/1951
All About Eve
Character:Miss Caswell
Release Date:09/11/1950
The Fireball
Character:Polly
Release Date:09/11/1950
Right Cross
Character:Dusky Ledoux (uncredited)
Release Date:06/10/1950
A Ticket to Tomahawk
Character:Clara
Release Date:19/05/1950
The Asphalt Jungle
Character:Angela Phinlay
Release Date:12/05/1950
Love Happy
Character:Grunion's Client
Release Date:12/10/1949
Ladies of the Chorus
Character:Peggy Martin
Release Date:30/12/1948
Green Grass of Wyoming
Character:Extra at Square Dance (uncredited)
Release Date:03/06/1948
Scudda Hoo! Scudda Hay!
Character:Betty (uncredited)
Release Date:10/03/1948
Dangerous Years
Character:Evie
Release Date:07/12/1947
The Shocking Miss Pilgrim
Character:Telephone Operator (voice) (uncredited)
Release Date:04/01/1947
Television Appearances
Pretty Baby: Brooke Shields
Character:Self (archive footage)
The Century of Icons
Character:Self (archive footage)
Marilyn Monroe, La Célébrité à tout prix
Character:Marilyn Monroe
First Ladies
Character:Self (archive footage)
Код доступа
Character:Self
Mentiras verdaderas
Character:Self (archive footage)
Un film et son époque
Character:Self (archive footage)
Intimate Portrait
Character:Self (archive footage)
Spécial cinéma
Character:Self (archive footage)
ABC Stage 67
Character:Self (archive footage)
Startime
Character:
The Jack Benny Program
Character:Marilyn Monroe
The Jack Benny Program
Character:Self
The Bob Hope Show
Character:Self
Golden Globe Awards
Character:Self - Nominee
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