Biography
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).
Filmography
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Movies 129
self 88
TV Shows 14
Writer 1
Producer 1
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Marilyn inédite (2023)
Pretty Baby: Brooke Shields (2023)
Le Siècle des icônes (2022)
Dream Girl: The making of Marilyn Monroe (2022)
Becoming Marilyn (2022)
Marilyn, Her Final Secret (2022)
The Mystery of Marilyn Monroe: The Unheard Tapes (2022)
Marilyn, femme d'aujourd'hui (2022)
Una foto de Marilyn (2022)
Reframed: Marilyn Monroe (2022)
Rat Pack (2022)
Yves Montand entre en scène (2021)
Tunnel to Freedom (2021)
Marilyn Monroe: Beauty is Pain (2021)
Cher: In Her Own Words (2021)
Signoret et Montand, Monroe et Miller : Deux couples à Hollywood (2020)
I Am Jackie O (2020)
First Ladies (2020)
Killing Michael Jackson (2019)
Hollywood, la vie rêvée de Lana Turner (2019)
Propaganda: The Art of Selling Lies (2019)
Marilyn and I (2019)
Marilyn Monroe for Sale (2018)
Always at The Carlyle (2018)
Arthur Miller: Writer (2017)
Marilyn Monroe: Auction of a Lifetime (2017)
All Governments Lie: Truth, Deception, and the Spirit of I.F. Stone (2016)
Yves Montand, l'ombre au tableau (2016)
Arthur Miller: A Man of His Century (2015)
Marilyn Monroe Declassified (2015)
Love, Marilyn (2013)
Khrushchev Does America (2013)
Footsteps on the Ceiling (2013)
Fascination: Unauthorized Story of Marilyn Monroe (2012)
Marilyn (2012)
Mentiras verdaderas (2011)
Bert Stern: Original Madman (2011)
The Kennedy Detail (2010)
The Clock (2010)
Smash His Camera (2010)
Cameraman: The Life and Work of Jack Cardiff (2010)
Marilyn Monroe: Death of an Icon (2010)
Marilyn Monroe: I Want to Be Loved (2010)
Mystères d'archives (2009)
Marilyn, dernières séances (2008)
La Rabbia di Pasolini (2008)
The Jill & Tony Curtis Story (2008)
Man Made: Secret History of the Bra (2007)
Grace Kelly: Destiny of a Princess (2006)
The Making of 'Some Like It Hot' (2006)
The Legacy of 'Some Like It Hot' (2006)
Jane Russell - Der Star aus dem Heu (2006)
Playboy: Celebrity Centerfolds (2006)
Private Screenings: Lauren Bacall (2005)
Playboy: 50 Years of Playmates (2004)
Bettie Page: The Girl in the Leopard Print Bikini (2004)
Sex at 24 Frames Per Second (2003)
Un film et son époque (2003)
Making 'The Misfits' (2002)
Marilyn: Portrait of a Legend (2002)
Marilyn Monroe: The Final Days (2001)
Memories from the Sweet Sues (2001)
Cleopatra: The Film That Changed Hollywood (2001)
Clara Bow: Discovering the It Girl (1999)
Marilyn in Manhattan (1998)
Barbara Stanwyck: Straight Down The Line (1997)
Marilyn, divine et fragile (1996)
The Good, The Bad, and the Beautiful (1996)
We Remember Marilyn (1996)
Trinity and Beyond: The Atomic Bomb Movie (1995)
The Casting Couch (1995)
Marilyn Monroe: The Mortal Goddess (1994)
That's Entertainment! III (1994)
Intimate Portrait (1993)
The Marilyn Files (1992)
Barbara Stanwyck: Fire and Desire (1991)
Robert Mitchum: The Reluctant Star (1991)
Marilyn: Something's Got to Give (1990)
Star Life (1990)
Hollywood Heaven: Tragic Lives, Tragic Deaths (1990)
Batmania: From Comics to Screen (1989)
John Huston: The Man, the Movies, the Maverick (1989)
Hollywood Uncensored (1987)
Hollywood's Hidden Secrets (1987)
Marilyn Monroe: Beyond the Legend (1986)
Marilyn Monroe (1986)
Pink Floyd: The Final Cut (1983)
Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage (1983)
Oops, Those Hollywood Bloopers! (1982)
Coeur bleu (1980)
Arthur Miller on Home Ground (1979)
Un sanglant symbole (1979)
Ken Murray Shooting Stars (1979)
Marilyn, Guy Lux et les nonnes (1977)
Mi Marilyn (1975)
Spécial cinéma (1974)
Marilyn Times Five (1973)
The Men Who Made the Movies: Howard Hawks (1973)
Marilyn (1970)
Fake Newsreal (1970)
The Two Kennedys (1969)
The Legend of Marilyn Monroe (1966)
The Love Goddesses (1965)
The Marilyn Monroe Story (1963)
Marilyn (1963)
La Rabbia (1963)
Hollywood: The Fabulous Era (1962)
Something's Got to Give (1962)
President Kennedy's Birthday Salute (1962)
The Misfits (1961)
Let's Make Love (1960)
Startime (1959)
Some Like It Hot (1959)
The Prince and the Showgirl (1957)
Bus Stop (1956)
The Seven Year Itch (1955)
There's No Business Like Show Business (1954)
River of No Return (1954)
How to Marry a Millionaire (1953)
Gentlemen Prefer Blondes (1953)
Niagara (1953)
Monkey Business (1952)
O. Henry's Full House (1952)
Don't Bother to Knock (1952)
We're Not Married! (1952)
Clash by Night (1952)
Let's Make It Legal (1951)
Love Nest (1951)
As Young as You Feel (1951)
Home Town Story (1951)
All About Eve (1950)
The Fireball (1950)
The Jack Benny Program (1950)
Right Cross (1950)
A Ticket to Tomahawk (1950)
The Asphalt Jungle (1950)
Love Happy (1949)
Ladies of the Chorus (1948)
The Ed Sullivan Show (1948)
Green Grass of Wyoming (1948)
Scudda Hoo! Scudda Hay! (1948)
Dangerous Years (1947)
The Shocking Miss Pilgrim (1947)
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Known ForActing
GenderFemale
Birthday1926-06-01
Deathday1962-08-05 (36 years old)
Birth NameNorma Jeane Mortenson
Birth PlaceLos Angeles, United States of America
ReligionChristianity
Height166-centimeter, 165-centimeter, 65.5-inch
RelationshipsJoe DiMaggio (1954-01-14 - 1955-10-31), Arthur Miller (1956-06-29 - 1961-01-24), James Dougherty (1942-06-19 - 1946-09-13)
FatherCharles Stanley Gifford
MotherGladys Monroe
SiblingsBerniece Baker Miracle
CitizenshipsUnited States of America
Also Known As마릴린 먼로, Мерілін Монро, Norma Jeane Baker, Norma Jeane Mortenson, 玛丽莲·梦露, Мэрилин Монро, マリリン・モンロー
AwardsHenrietta Award, Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy, star on Hollywood Walk of Fame, Targa d'Oro, Golden Globe Award, David di Donatello
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